Succession Planning: Creating a Talent Pipeline

Succession planning is the process by which organisations identify future potential leaders to fill senior management positions. The unexpected departure of a senior executive can cause disruption and loss of productivity in an organisation. But HFI can help you prepare for such an eventuality, putting systems and programmes in place to create a ‘talent pipeline’ for the future. Our Consultants have the expertise and knowledge to make your succession planning robust and help ensure a smooth transition when people do leave.

"One of the key strengths of Human Factors is its ability to offer innovative solutions to often challenging human resources issues."

Employee Development Manager H.R., ACCA

Strategic Succession Planning - Organisational level support

The first step towards effective succession planning is to develop a clear framework - the Talent Pipeline that supports the organisation’s corporate strategy. This involves: Profiling the Core Competencies HFI works with managers and staff to identify the knowledge, skills, abilities, values, and behaviours that contribute to the organisation’s success. This competency framework is then used as a reference point for achieving ‘alignment’ of other human resource management processes.

Profiling the Core Competencies

HFI works with managers and staff to identify the knowledge, skills, abilities, values, and behaviours that contribute to the organisation’s success. This competency framework is then used as a reference point for achieving ‘alignment’ of other human resource management processes.

Aligning Employee Selection Processes

In order for a succession plan to be executed effectively, it is vital to have clear criteria and robust tools in place to ‘screen-in’ the right people from day one. As experienced Business Psychologists, we can help you identify and measure the abilities, skills and personality characteristics that will support future success.

Targeting Development Programmes

Once a competency framework is in place, we conduct a full analysis of your organisation’s training needs and work with you to coordinate a targeted development programme.

Managing and Developing Performance

Organisations need to have appropriate systems in place to actively manage and develop individual performance and ensure alignment of individual with organisational goals. HFI will help you design a performance development system for setting clear objectives and evaluating outcomes to make sure that progress is on track.