Is your organization prepared for leadership transitions?
By 2030, 75 million baby boomers will retire and the U.S. will face a 6 million worker shortage. Yet only 50% of employers have ready-now successors for critical roles. Without a strategic succession plan, replacing a senior leader costs 200-400% of their annual salary—plus the loss of institutional knowledge.
Keystone Partners experts Gary Bettger and Mary Halpin share actionable strategies for identifying critical roles, developing internal talent, and building leadership pipelines that work when you need them.
What You’ll Learn:
Key Topics Covered:
✓ Six-step succession planning framework from strategic imperatives to talent development
✓ Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
✓ How to identify critical and vulnerable positions
✓ Tools for assessing talent readiness (including the 9-box model)
✓ Why internal talent development yields better outcomes
✓ Creating transparent, ongoing conversations vs. one-time exercises
✓ Developing “ready now” and “ready later” candidates
✓ Capturing institutional knowledge before key leaders depart
Your Expert Panel:
Gary Bettger, Executive Coach and Senior Consultant 30+ years consulting experience specializing in leadership development and succession planning across commercial, public, and nonprofit sectors.
Mary Halpin, Senior Career Management Consultant Former CHRO with deep experience implementing succession planning at large financial services firms.
Kim Littlefield, Partner (Moderator) Decades of experience helping organizations strengthen leadership pipelines and navigate workforce transitions.
Why This Matters:
10,000 baby boomers retire daily
200-400% of salary to replace a senior leader
6 million worker shortage by 2030
Ready to Build Your Leadership Pipeline?
Need support developing your succession planning strategy? Keystone Partners offers customized leadership development programs and talent pipeline consulting.
