A%R Associates
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“Succession planning is perpetuating the enterprise by filling the pipeline with high performing people to assure that every leadership level has an abundance of these performers to draw from, both now and in the future.”

Charon, Drotter, and Noel, “The Leadership Pipeline”
AR&Associates help companies develop a system to evaluate performance and enhance learning which:
  • Clarifies competencies
  • Evaluates individuals for performance and potential, and
  • Provides coaching and developmental opportunities

Why is succession planning important?

When a CEO leaves an organization, for example, a company will typically bring in an outsider with great expectations, only to see him/her leave, having failed to achieve those expectations. If organizations have so much trouble at the top, it’s no wonder they are having even more trouble one or two leadership levels down.

Companies need good leaders at all levels. The only way to ensure this is to create a process which systematically builds bench strength.

AR&Associates helps each company develop a customized, company specific performance management process which clarifies what each individual needs to accomplish to be eligible to move to the next level.
Companies need good leaders at all levels. The only way to ensure this is to create a process which systematically builds bench strength.