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Insight: Planning for the Future: Next-Generation Practices in Succession Planning
With the market for talent becoming tighter and a spate of retirements expected, organizations are increasingly focused on succession planning. In the past, succession planning often revolved more around intuition than facts. That is changing today. This paper discusses key aspects of successfully implementing a succession planning program.
[US - October 2007]