Why now
Nationwide, over 46% of local government employees are 45 years
or older. Almost 30% of current state government employees
will retire within the next 2 years. By 2008, 53% of
federal government employees will be eligible for retirement. How
about your organization? Are you attending retirement
parties about every week? Is your organization chart
in a constant state of revision? Unsure of what to do
to impact these trends? Adopting and implementing a comprehensive
and systematic governmental Succession Planning and Management Process is
the solution you need and the Mejorando Group is the partner
who can help.
What is Succession Planning and
Management?
More than simply replacing positions that become vacant, succession
planning is an ongoing process of identifying, assessing, and
developing talent to ensure leadership and management continuity
throughout an organization. It ensures that replacements have
been prepared to fill key vacancies on short notice, and that
individuals have the development capacity to assume greater
responsibilities and exercise increased technical proficiency
and expanded management role in their work.
According to a recent survey of government organizations by
IPMA-HR, less than 22% currently have a Succession Plan in
place. Is
your agency one of the 22% that does or the other 78% that
doesn’t have a plan in place? The benefits to those
agencies with a system in place include:
Having identified leadership and front-line bench strength
in place helps the organization meet both long-term and emergency
leadership needs at all levels.
Growing internal leaders sends a
positive message throughout the workforce. Promoting people is good for morale
and essential to a positive organizational culture. People
will want to join and stay with the organization since it
develops its own people.
The organizations have a clearer
sense of an internal candidate’s
strengths and opportunities for improvement as well as access
to more and better data on that person’s performance
than they would with outside candidates. Therefore,
they are able to make more informed and accurate selection
decisions.
It helps align human resources with strategic directions
of the organization
What Your Organization Will Gain
By strengthening current Succession Planning and Management efforts or instituting
a new Process all together, you will achieve several key objectives that help
your organization reach its optimum performance. These objectives include:
Employee skills, knowledge and expertise are enhanced via
targeted training and development activities;
Candidates for employment are properly evaluated to ensure
each has the appropriate talent and fit for the city organization;
Position/Job descriptions accurately reflect the competencies
necessary for high performance;
Performance management/appraisal system is in alignment
with organizational goals, and supervisors and managers equipped
to deliver timely, relevant and practical feedback; and
Compensation system is aligned with organizational goals
and employees are properly rewarded for achieving desired
results.
The overall result will ensure that the right staff are in
the right jobs at the right times and that your organization’s
performance will be maintained.
How We Can Help Click
here to find
out how we can help your organization respond effectively to
the upcoming “brain drain” by executing
an effective and targeted Succession Planning and Management
Process.
"We knew that we needed a comprehensive, practical approach to succession planning and employee development, but we didn’t know how to get there. Patrick Ibarra looked at our specific circumstances and helped us develop an effective program to develop employees, keep valuable knowledge within the organization, and improve the city’s recruitment efforts. City Councils can be very difficult to sell on things, but Patrick’s professionalism and expertise (not to mention his humor) made him credible and trustworthy from the very beginning. We’re very pleased with the work he’s done, and would recommend him to any organization looking to establish an effective succession plan."
Kelly Cooper
Human Resources Director
City of Colleyville, Texas
As consultants to government organizations and businesses, the members of the Mejorando Group provide expertise in all aspects of performance improvement and organizational development services, including performance reviews, succession planning, leadership and management
training, and team building.
