Mainframe Talent Succession Playbook: A Guide for Building Resilience into Your Talent Pipeline

A research-backed guide commissioned by Broadcom, the Mainframe Talent Succession Playbook, explores the state of talent readiness across mainframe roles in hybrid IT environments. The report uncovers five truths that reshape how leading enterprises build resilience into their talent pipeline. The key takeaways include positioning the mainframe as a platform for innovation, treating training budgets as a reliability metric, implementing "two-in-the-box" structures, using a succession planning scorecard, and addressing succession gaps and skilling strategy.