Succession Planning: Where to Start – Live Online Webinar

DESCRIPTION

Public safety agencies cannot afford to wait until a key leader announces a retirement to start preparing the next person. Yet many agencies know they need a succession plan and still are not sure where to begin.

This live 90-minute webinar gives chiefs, command staff, and mid-level managers a practical starting point. Participants will examine the risks created by leadership turnover, learn a four-phase framework for succession planning, and use a simple readiness check to identify gaps in their own organization. The session also introduces five development strategies agencies can use to strengthen their leadership pipeline over time.

Attendees will leave with a practical framework for identifying their agency’s most pressing succession-planning needs and determining where to begin. By the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

• Explain why succession planning is a current operational priority for public safety agencies.
• Identify likely leadership gaps using retirement and attrition information, mission-critical roles, and a simple readiness assessment.
• Describe the four phases of an effective succession-planning process.
• Select an appropriate development strategy and define one practical action to begin within 30 days.