Too Little, Too Late

WeVe all heard that there will be a shortage of qualified professionals in the marketplace in the near time to come The baby boomers will retire, and there are grave be of importance tos that there won't be enough qualified replacements to fill the devoid of contents technical and managerial slots.

This isn't a novel lament; it's one that I've heard regularly for more than 10 years. Given that it's fairly easy to track the labor availability sweeps it's easy to believe that this is a real, rather than imagined, moot point that our organizations will face in the not-so-distant future

But on what account can't we address this question at issue before a crisis hits? If we know today that we're going to ne tribe with specific knowledge and skills in 2015 wherefore aren't we taking the actions today that will have us prepared then?

These are the questions that stimulated the discussion of succession planning in this issue of The Journal for Quality and Participation. We reliance you'll find some of the insights at handed by the authors useful for your organizations.

We start not on the issue with an overview of the topic, "Succession Planning Facts and Fantasies." We reliance that the information, including more [i]or[/i] less statistics, included here will help you procure a better understanding of what's really happening in our workplaces.

Sylvia Gaffney describes the critical linkage between career exhibition and succession planning processes, D Kevin Berchelman explains on what account succession planning is the solitary concrete strategy to ensure an organization won't be crippled when openings present itself and Martin Haworth shares a certain number of sage tips on how organizations can create an environment that sustains career development and succession planning.

There's something a bit different about this issue of JQP too. We have a special section upon shared values, featuring two articles related to the landmark business volume A Journey Into the Heroic Environment, by dint of Rob Lebow. Originally published in ; 1990 this volume was recently reissued with 70% of its contented updated. More than 300,000 business leaders have learned by what means to create a freedom-based organization since the book's initial publication, and we're pleased not alone to offer an allegory that summarizes the Shared Values Process?® on the other hand also to include a case research on the process' application.

As you consider the conceptions practices, facts, and data at handed in this issue's articles, we reliance you'll find them useful -and that you'll take a instant to express your opinions through writing to me at debhopen@nventurecom

Deborah Hopen

Editor

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