Taking the Pain out of Succession Planning

When you think of succession planning, does it make you cringe? Are the contentious arguments over whether an employee is in box 8 or 7…making you want to run for the hills?

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This FREE webinar was recorded on:
December 11, 2018
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM EST

When you think of succession planning, does it make you cringe? Are the contentious arguments over whether an employee is in box 8 or 7…making you want to run for the hills? Do your managers only place people in the upper right hand corner of the 9 box because it’s really hard to say someone doesn’t have potential? When an incumbent leaves, do you activate someone on the bench or do your leaders say “I didn’t agree to that?”

Well that was Gap, Inc's experience… until now.

"What we wanted to do was to get away from 9 different categories. There's so much pressure to figure out which on they [employees] should be in," Rob Ollander-Krane said.  He's the Head of Talent Planning and Performace for Gap.

In the following webinar, Ollander-Krane discusses the company's new approach to succession planning and how it takes the pain out of succession planning.

Host:

Rob Ollander-Krane
Head of Talent Planning and Performance
Gap, Inc.

Rob Ollander-Krane is the Director of Talent Planning and Performance at Gap Inc.  Gap Inc. is comprised of 5 brands (Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta and Intermix) and employees 140,000 people in over 40 countries. Since joining Gap Inc. in 2007, Rob has held a variety of management positions in learning and development, HR and talent management.  Since assuming his current role in 2013, he has focused on reinventing Gap Inc.’s performance management process, with an increase emphasis on performance and less emphasis on management.  Prior to joining Gap Inc., Ollander-Krane held a variety of training-related positions at Levi Strauss, DFS Galleria and Macy’s West.  He has also serves as a development coach and instructional designer for the Gap Inc. Leadership Initiative, a program designed to provide leadership capability building to non-profit organizations that cater to youth, and as a faculty member for the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

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