Key Objectives

• To identify the organization's key roles now and for the future, based on importance and risk factors, to identify the requirements both eligibility (experience, knowledge, technical skills and suitability/behavioral factors including career aspirations).

• For each key role, to Identify key experiences, knowledge, skills and capabilities to prepare successors for future roles

• To retain key talent and leaders

• To ensure a clear process for ensuring key positions have a successor or ready to go strategy for getting one(TA)

• To ensure key organizational capabilities are developed and in place where they need to be

• Other Strategic Goals (often integrated in)

  • A Process for ensuring the culture is understood, nurtured and "developed" directionally toward ideals

  • Increase Diversity

  • Develop lateral positions, projects or cross-functional or cross-organizational teams to increase knowledge and skills and adaptability