Effective Succession Planning: Ensuring Leadership Continuity and Building Talent from Within [With CDROM]

Rothwell's book is one of the more comprehensive and well researched books covering this growing topic. It includes a wealth of information following all of the major steps of the Succession Planning process. The book contains useful worksheets and task process flows that allow a reader to rapidly introduce the core concepts into their organisation. A great resource.

easy to understand and absorb great intro reference

The need for succession planning is reaching crisis proportions, yet few organizations are willing to face the crisis and do something about it. There's nothing magic here---just a realistic, comprehensvie, flexible approach to get the job done. The strenghts in this book: - Finding the right devleopmental activity for the right level of management - Design, gain support, and implement, and maintain your succession process. - Lots of extras, including assessments and a plan to devleop a mentoring program. A great value.

Rothwell provides not only an excellent review of the current literature but countless worksheets for practice. If you are interested in succession planning issues this book is a must. I would also recommend "The Leadership Pipeline" by Charan, Drotter, & Noel. And buy a copy of "Strategic Organizational Learning" by Beitler. Beitler has several free articles on his website "[...]" that are also helpful. Laura Taylor Baltimore, MD

This is a very good book. In addition to this, I would strongly recommend "Strategic Organizational Change" by Beitler. The two books make a powerful combination.