Professional Development and Succession Planning Toolkit

This toolkit has three forms that can be used to help assess and develop those staff that have a potential for leadership roles or other roles within your organization. There is a tool to help plan a development strategy and two other tools that help with succession planning. Leadership development is key to succession planning.

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Professional Development Dashboard
A tool that allows one to track current skills as well as needed skills for a particular area of development along with training and timelines.

Succession Planning Template
A tool used to help identify employees who have current skills – or the potential to develop skills- that can help them move up in an organization or into other positions.

Talent Grid Profile
A tool used to evaluate an employee’s current and potential level of contribution to the organization. It is commonly used in succession planning to help identify potential leaders.