The Five Best Practices for Developing Succession Candidates White Paper

It’s disturbing that succession planning is in a state of disarray these days. After all, so much of future corporate success depends on doing such planning well. Yet, a major new study published in a partnership between the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and i4cp shows that a mere 14% of 1,247 respondents describe their succession planning efforts as effective to a high or very high extent.

Part of the problem is a lack of proper development for succession candidates...

This white paper stems from research produced by the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) on behalf of the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). The ASTD/i4cp research report Improving Succession Plans: Harnessing the Power of Learning and Development, is now available at no additional cost to ASTD and i4cp members, and can also be individually purchased via ASTD's online store.