Could Your Company Survive A Metatarsal Break?
Is the success of one nation’s sporting team entirely dependent on one man? Is the success of your organisation overly dependent on a few key players? What are you doing to make sure you have contingencies in place?
According to the press the England football team’s success in the World Cup is already in doubt because Wayne Rooney has broken his foot. Twice. Long-time fans of the English team may welcome the excuse for defeat, but is it a sign of poor management and planning that this entirely predictable injury is such a setback?
Whilst a metatarsal break is unlikely to be top of your management worries, many organisations place complete faith in a few key individuals to carry the organisation forward without giving any thought to how they will replace those individuals when they leave, or if they need to take a break from work.
Potential replacements will often leave the organisation before they are called up on because they are bored, or because they don’t feel that they are being developed, or because they feel that there is no meritocratic succession plan in place.
There are 4,000 registered professional English footballers. Admittedly, not all of them strikers, but there’s certainly a pool to work with, yet the idea of taking Wayne Rooney along just in case he’s fit has been debated as a serious strategy.
Predaptive work with organisations to identify not only the key talent pool, but also the key roles that will need to be fulfilled now and in the future, as well as helping to define the steps needed to ensure that individuals have the right balance of drive, skills, knowledge and experience needed to take on a new role.
Whether you’re looking to put in place a succession plan for the long term benefit of your organisation, or to undertake an audit to assess your current level of risk and what you can do to minimise it, Predaptive’s PSP Succession Planning™ can help.
Who to talk to?
If you would like to pick up on any of the themes in this overview or talk more specifically about whether succession planningis right for you, please contact:
Claudine McClean
e: claudinem@predaptive.com
t: +44 (0) 1789 734333
f: +44 (0) 1789 734401
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