Doris M. Sims Spies, SPHR is an international Talent Review and Succession Planning consultant, speaker and author.

Doris is the author of The 30-Minute Guide to Talent and Succession Management, and The Talent Review Meeting Facilitator’s Guide, and Creative Onboarding Programs, which are all available on Amazon.com. Doris is also the co-author of Building Tomorrow’s Talent: A Practitioner’s Guide to Talent Management and Succession Planning. These books together are all top sellers on Amazon on the topics of talent and succession management. Doris is an Approved Provider of the HR Certification Institute.

Doris works with organizations of all types, shapes, and sizes, and in various countries (in the USA, South America, Asia and Europe) to assist experienced HR professionals as they plan, execute, communicate and measure talent review and succession strategies and processes. Doris enjoys training and coaching HR teams to facilitate Talent Review-Succession Planning meetings. View multiple training options for your HR team to plan and facilitate Talent-Succession meetings at www.dorisdev.mach.us.

Why Talent BenchStrength?

Doris works with business executives to create succession plans. This process includes working with the incumbent leader to identify success competencies for the position and to identify potential successor candidates. The process would then include identifying competency strengths and gaps for potential successors, and to create leadership transition and development action plans.