Planning for the future - succession planning and your external talent pool

This webinar focused on succession planning, exploring innovation and best practice in how to link succession planning to your overall business strategy.

The webinar recording includes a panel debate around the following:

  • Linking internal pipelining activities with external sourcing to ensure the talent ‘bench’ is filled with the best possible diverse candidates
  • How to ensure that truly inclusive succession planning is not just a reactive exercise but is integrated and aligned into all business planning and reporting processes
  • Successfully integrating succession planning with leadership development
  • Implementing an effective succession planning strategy in a ‘risk-averse’ lengthy economic downturn
  • Leveraging on tools and technology to facilitate the succession planning programme

Expert Panel

  • Paul Ballard, Talent Manager, Ochre House

    Paul Ballard, Talent Manager, Ochre House

    Paul Ballard has over 30 years experience in the delivery of HR; recruitment and assessment services on both the client and consultancy side into both the public and private sectors. As part of his current role as Talent Manager in the Talent Search Solutions division of Ochre House, he has managed the strategic transformation of a leading UK media/digital organisation.

    He has developed strategic partnerships across Europe and internationally in order to ensure that clients are offered the most rounded and integrated HR solutions through a centrally-focused, project-managed methodology.

    He has managed multiple international projects that have included integrating internal succession planning strategies with external talent sourcing and he has also written Government policy in the assessment and development of people with disabilities to ensure inclusivity of the talent agenda.

  • Dr. Waqar Azmi OBE; Chairman, Waterhouse Consulting Group

    Dr. Waqar Azmi OBE; Chairman, Waterhouse Consulting Group

    Dr. Waqar Azmi OBE is a prominent and respected figure. He is listed in the World's 500 Most Influential Muslims published by the Georgetown University's Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talaal Center and the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan.

    He is Chairman & Managing Partner of Waterhouse Consulting Group and EU Ambassador of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID). Prior to this, he was the UK Government’s Chief Diversity Adviser at the Cabinet Office. He worked at the highest levels with responsibility for driving forward Government priorities. He sits on numerous top-level boards and committees and is also listed in the Asian Power 100 list of the most influential Asians in the UK.

     

  • Jane Lea, Director, Cepec Career Management LTD

    Jane Lea, Director, Cepec Career Management LTD

    Jane is an experienced business manager, career consultant and coach. After an early career in retail management, Jane joined BUPA Health Insurance where she was responsible for HR, Learning and Development, Quality and Systems Support.

    Having experienced redundancy at first hand, Jane moved into career management in 1992 and since then has worked in a number of roles, delivering outplacement and career management and coaching programmes at all levels up to senior board level in both private and public sector organisations. As Managing Consultant, initially with Cepec and following its acquisition, TMPWorldwide, she was responsible for managing key accounts and successfully project managed complex and varied assignments, including mergers, acquisitions and large-scale re-locations.

    For 4 years Jane was UK Service Delivery Director at Hudson Human Capital Solutions, responsible for all UK services, managing both London and Manchester offices, as well as staff and more than 180 associates across the country.

     

  • Rab MacIver, Head of R & D, Saville Consulting

    Rab MacIver, Head of R & D, Saville Consulting

    Rab MacIver is a Director of Development at Saville Consulting with specific responsibility for the research and development of the Wave portfolio. Rab joined Saville Consulting in 2004 and project managed the development of Wave Professional Styles and Wave Focus Styles integrated assesments and reports.

    A particular focus of Rab's work is developing bespoke reports for clients to implement by matching their organisational competency and values model to te Wave framework and reports, for us in selection and development including 360 degree assessment. Rab has also been involved in the development and implementation of Saville Consulting's assessment training. Rab splits his time between his base in Glasgow, the UK Head Office and the University of Amsterdam where he is a Visiting Scholar.

  • Martin Nicholson, Business Transformation Director, Thomson Local

    Martin Nicholson, Business Transformation Director, Thomson Local

    Martin has15 Years experience in generalist HR, he has spent the past 3 years with Hertz Europe in a variety of positions, most recently as International Projects Director. Since moving on from Hertz, he is now Business Transformation Director at Thomson Local concentrating on the full transformation remit., including a focus on HR developments and hold HR responsibility as well as scope to move Thomson further into online market