How can succession planning be established and managed in organizational settings? That question has provoked much thought among business leaders, government leaders, and nonprofit administrators. Many employers face talent shortages and are also experiencing an exodus of baby boomers from workplace settings. Those issues, combined with the effects of a recent pandemic, have many employers scrambling to prepare successors for the future. In previous books, William J. Rothwell has explored what organizations should do to establish a foundation for succession planning, what managers should do to develop successors daily, and what organizations should do to transfer knowledge or fully engage workers.
