Build Tomorrow’s Mainframe Workforce with Succession Planning 

Author: Bola Rotibi, CSS Insight

 

A strategic playbook for building a resilient workforce with succession planning

 

Mainframe Talent Succession Playbook:

An Evidence-Based Guide to Sustainable Workforce Resilience

This research-backed playbook outlines tangible actions leading enterprises are taking to ‘Go Beyond Code’ to future-proof their mainframe workforce by deploying a succession plan. Learn how to: 

 

  • Capture institutional knowledge before it walks out the door
  • Build internal pipelines that actually convert 
  • Treat workforce planning with the same rigor as infrastructure. 

Inside, you'll find real-world models, practical metrics, and governance frameworks that shift succession planning from a once-a-year worry to a core business strategy. 
Because the organizations that plan today won't just survive — they'll lead tomorrow. 

 

Bola Rotibi

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