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What Does Succession Planning Entail, and What are its Essential Steps? Discuss Two Significant Relationships Between Succession Planning and Perceived Barriers to Achieving Career Optimisation Among Health Care Administrators. Author’s Name The Institutional Affiliation Course Number and Name Instructor Name Assignment Due Date Answer-1 Succession planning is a strategic step in every sector that ensures a smooth leadership transition. The healthcare sector, like other organisations, prepares potential candidates for administrator posts to hand them over to the authority in case of immediate resignation or abdication of a post by the incumbent officeholder (Martin & O’Shea, 2021). Due to the tense working environment of the hospital and other healthcare facilities, health officials often make immediate resignations. That is why having a reserve potential candidate is a must in healthcare facilities. Hence, to avoid a shortage of employees and ensure uninterrupted services, succession planning is a must in the health sector. For better succession planning and to find the best candidates for the job, some important steps are taken. For instance, firstly, planning a set of purposes and goals is essential, which defines the timeframe of succession planning and its objectives (Martin & O’Shea, 2021). Secondly, a search for talent inside the organisation is initiated. This step will help to assess the candidates’ talent in administrating a facility. The report also includes revi...