Perspective on succession planning in multiple MNCs: interview with Aparna Sharma

ABSTRACT

​Organizations are often confronted with the challenges of developing a continuous flow of functional leaders who can operate effectively in different cultural contexts. To maintain a sustainable leadership structure across different functional units, organizations need to put in place an efficient succession plan to meet any unexpected leadership void. The existing scholar practitioner literature offers limited information regarding evidence-based practices adopted by organizations for creating an effective succession planning strategy. The interview presented here is an attempt to highlight different approaches and strategies of effective succession management for ensuring leadership continuity and harnessing talent from within the organizations.

KEYWORDS:

• Succession planning
• leadership
• hi-potential
• talent review
• strategic human resource development

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.​

Notes

1. A ‘CXO’ is a top executive that has ‘Chief’ in their title. For example: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Financial Officer etc.