1. Weekly Poll - Grooming Leaders
Analyzing 359 responses of s sent, 1565 received (response rate = 22.9%).
Fielded December 2 – 9, 2003; presentation generated on December 9, 2003.
Margin of error is +/- 5.3%

2. What is your HR department doing to help management groom future leaders? (Please select all that apply.)

3. What is your HR department doing to help management groom future leaders? (Please select all that apply.)
Choice
Count
Percent of Sample
Designing succession plans
116
32.3%
Developing leaders
145
40.4%
Formal mentoring programs 58
16.2%
Identifying potential leaders
183
51.0%
Implementing/managing succession plans 86
24.0%
Offering professional development opportunities
213
59.3%
Tracking performance of potential leaders
126
35.1%
Nothing 76
21.2%
Other (please specify) 20
5.6%

4. What is your HR department doing to help management groom future leaders? (Please select all that apply.) (Other – specify)
Informal mentoring
Consulting with line businesses to assist them in developing their succession plans
Use of Executive Assessment Centers during selection of VPs and above (we use for both internal and external candidates).
Providing Informal Opportunities for leadership. i.e. Activity Committee, Special Projects from time to time, Playing the "strong" second role for Team Leaders and Managers
Informing management of employees demonstrating potential for advancement
A specific curriculum of leadership courses designed specifically for our system required of all managers.
Creating Talent Development Mgr position. This is a 1 yr rotation into HR for a business mgr.
Use of Industrial Psychologist in Career Progression discussions
New, small Company

5. What is your HR department doing to help management groom future leaders? (Please select all that apply.) (Other – specify, cont’d)
Formal Training
There is a formal program to develop leaders, however, this program is not administered by HR but by Administration
assignments which stretch the leader into areas they have not been before.
Formal Global Assessment Center for Executive Potentials
Have previously done succession planning, but currently nothing.
Track all training, courses, degrees and project skills on our system. Use this information to determine qualified candidates.
We have an established goal to design and implement a succession plan by 2008
Restructuring
Extensive training in the change process "Who moved my cheese" , "Fish", "execution", and many other books and discussions.
Offer Executive coaching as part of the professional development