Growing Your Company's Leaders: How Great Organizations Use Succession Management to Sustain Competitive Advantage
Author(s): Robert M. Fulmer (Author), Jay A. Conger
Publisher: Amacom
Publication Date: January 2, 2004
Language: English
Print length: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 0814416349
ISBN-13: 9780814416341
Book Description
Within the next few years, “”baby boomer”” leaders and managers will be retiring in huge numbers. From the executive suite on down, the challenge to put the right person in place for every job is becoming acute. The potential shortfall means organizations must put succession planning at the top of their priority lists. Growing Your Company’s Leaders offers the results of a study of five global leaders in succession strategy: Dow Chemical, Dell Computer, Eli Lilly, Pan Canadian Petroleum, and Sonoco. Readers will learn what these and sixteen other high-profile organizations are doing to identify, secure, and prepare the next generation of leaders. This book examines: * the link between succession management and business strategy * the architecture of good plans and how technology can make them better * the importance of individual employee development * why senior management support is crucial * how to monitor the effectiveness of the succession management system.
Growing Your Company's Leaders: How Great Organizations Use Succession Management to Sustain Competitive Advantage
Author(s): Robert M. Fulmer (Author), Jay Alden Conger (Author)
Publisher: Amacom Books
Publication Date: January 1, 2004
Language: English
Print length: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 0814407676
ISBN-13: 9780814407677
Book Description
This book will help every organization use succession management as a source of strategic advantage. It presents the results of a benchmarking study (conducted by the authors for the American Productivity and Quality Center) of six global companies that have created strong, self-perpetuating succession systems: Dow Chemical, Dell Computer, Bank of America, Eli Lilly and Company, PanCanadian Petroleum, and Sonoco Products Company. In examining the best practices of these companies, as well as sixteen others, Growing Your Company’s Leaders also provides a detailed blueprint for designing an effective succession system at any organization.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“If you believe that people are the key to any successful enterprise, then “Growing Your Company’s Leaders” is key reading.” — CIO, March 2004
“The book tackles the major issues in getting succession management right, with abundant examples from the best practice companies.” —
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
About the Author
Robert M. Fulmer (Santa Barbara, CA) teaches at Pepperdine University and is the academic director of Duke Corporate Education. His books include Leadership by Design and The Leadership Investment (0-8144-0558-4). Jay A. Conger (Manhattan Beach, CA) is Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and teaches at London Business School. He has written or contributed to numerous books, including Corporate Boards .
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