Transition: Integrate Succession Planning, Mentoring & Knowledge Transfer

During this phase students are provided the information and techniques required to achieve organizational continuity through mentoring, knowledge transfer, and succession planning. Topics will educate the student on managing multiple generations of leaders and transitioning a workforce.

• Next Leader In:  A Better Model for Succession Planning presents core concepts, considerations, planning factors, and models to help leaders integrate succession planning into corporate strategy.
• Fault Lines:  Changing Workforce Demographics presents a thorough review and assessment of shifting workforce demographics that impact the leader’s and organization’s long-term excellence, continuity, and competitiveness.
• Telemachus’ Guide teaches students the concept of mentoring, how to develop and implement a comprehensive mentoring program, to include “reverse mentoring,” and how to build a mentoring culture within the organization.
• Leadership Incubators presents Paul Callan’s innovative approach to long-term and in-depth mentoring, called “leadership incubators.” 
• Passing The Baton:  Enabling Knowledge & Experience Transfer discusses the criticality of knowledge transfer throughout the workforce and provides students with practical tools and models to ensure corporate knowledge consistently passes between and amongst generations.
• Downshifting, Retooling, & Rebooting presents Paul Callan’s Sherpa Model–which teaches students how to better-integrate senior, soon-to-be retiring employees into more involved and vibrant mentor, advisor, and guide roles.
• Managing the Baby Boomer Exodus presents a very focused and detailed review on the present realities, risks, and potential opportunities resident in the Baby Boomer exodus from the workforce.
• Managing a Transient Workforce teaches the student how to understand, engage with, and transform into advantage an increasingly transient workforce.

Learning Objectives – At the conclusion of this phase, students will have detailed knowledge and practical skills to incorporate succession planning, mentoring, and knowledge transfer within an organization and how to posture their teams for long term excellence.

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