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What is Succession Planning?

As one aspect of talent management, succession planning has many different technical terms that can confuse the best of us. Luckily, once you cut through the jargon, this process is largely common sense.

In this white paper, we aim to clarify just what is succession planning? In addition, we also hope to provide some tips on how to implement this process successfully within your own organisations.

Where to begin?

At its heart, succession planning is about risk management and contingency planning. In the event of a loss of a key player, having a strategic approach to managing the flow of talent is extremely beneficial. By setting up a succession plan, you can ensure that you have the right people in the right place at the right time.

As with so many topics in HR, succession planning contains far too much jargon. Therefore, we will aim to define or explain the following subjects in this white paper:

  1. Top-down or bottom-up succession planning
  2. Readiness
  3. Potential
  4. The 9-box grid
  5. Bench strength
  6. Flight risk
  7. Breadth of Leadership pipeline

Furthermore, this white paper provides some ‘food for thought’ on debates around this topic, such as whether you should tell your talent that they are, in fact, on a succession plan.

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