Five strategies to avoid the next human capital crisis

Here are the five steps every organization should take to overcome the impending global leadership gap.

Senior leaders worldwide are set to retire in droves, prompting what some call an impending “human capital time bomb.”
 
Luckily, organizations can implement workforce management strategies and a succession plan to prevent such a bomb from exploding. 
 
This can be done through a five-step process, which includes:
 
  • Identifying the best leadership style for your organization.  This should take culture into account, since one of the primary reasons that CEOs fail is due to poor organizational fit.  Recommended assessments to overcome this include psychological and behavioral evaluation, as well as an in-depth look at what type of leadership the company’s culture requires. 
  • Weighing the costs and benefits of hiring internally versus externally.  While it’s tempting to look outside the organization, research indicates that leaders who have been developed inside the organization reaches productivity 50% faster than external applicants.
  • Evaluating leadership gaps, and striving to develop workers when projected skills gaps appear.
  • Developing succession plans for every level of the organization, which may include backfilling data from recruitment and performance reviews, maintaining a shortlist of possible candidates for replacement, and creating talent profiles to be compared side by side
  • Implementing recognition programs that acknowledge when employees and leaders exhibit goal-oriented thinking
 
With these policies in place, organizations can enjoy a stable and productive workforce for years to come.
 
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