Growing Ambulatory Care Nurse Leaders: Building Talent From the Primed Pipeline

In this article, the first of two on this topic, the importance of leadership and succession planning will be defined, desired leadership competencies identified, different opportunities and approaches for succession planning identified, and organizational strategies identified, as well as personal strategies, that may be employed for leadership succession planning. In the second article, in an upcoming issue of Nursing Economic$, the role played by multiple generations in building talent and leadership succession planning will be described