Succession Planning and the HR Executive: How HR Professionals Can Add Value Through the Succession Planning Process
This session will explore the importance of succession planning and provides guidelines on how HR leaders can guide organizations through the preparation of maintaining high-performing employees to become effective leaders.
Workplace Application: This session will explore the importance of succession planning and provides guidelines on how HR leaders can guide organizations through the preparation of maintaining high-performing employees to become effective leaders.
By implementing and maintaining a robust succession planning program, HR leaders can support their organizations to foster a talent pipeline, enhance employee engagement, and more.
Learning Objectives:
1. Track the success of internal promotions.
2. Benchmark internal talent against external talent.
3. Use stay interviews to develop internal talent.
Prudence Pitter, MBA, SPHR, GPHR

Prudence Pitter is a business executive with 27+ years of broad Human Resource leadership expertise across several industries. In addition to her HR and consulting experience she previously served as Adjunct Professor of HR, for 9+ years. She is currently a Board Member for the Women Mentoring Network, and volunteers her time to help junior HR professionals learn the skills needed to succeed in their career. Her passion is delivering leadership development presentations to HR and business leaders while also inspiring these leaders to align people practices to business priorities while keeping the employee experience as a key focus. Prudence enjoys writing about HR trends, and influencing leadership behaviors that enhance the employee experience.
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