Here’s a glass half full or half empty item. Readiness for sudden succession by HR professionals is either laudable with 59% prepared or dismal with 41% unprepared, according to SHRM’s 2006 Succession Planning Report.

Succession planning is one spoke in the talent management wheel and can be a driver of business performance when executed well. Find out more about successful talent management in our upcoming webcast: “Will Talent Management Drive the Future of HR?” on November 8, 2006. Joining me will be Kent Kirch, Global Director of Recruitment, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. You’ll hear about real-world examples of value generation through talent management practices and technology.

And the answer to how full is the glass? It all depends on whether you’re filling it or drinking from it…