succession planning
Preparing future leaders
Succession planning is the process of identifying and developing people to fill key positions when current holders leave.
Organizations use succession planning to ensure leadership continuity: The CEO's sudden death revealed gaps in our succession planning.
The term appears most often in business and government contexts, where institutional knowledge and smooth transitions matter.
- knowledge transferConveying expertise to others
- passing the torchTransferring responsibility to another
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- decision-making skillsAbility to choose well
career progression · inheritance · wealth transfer · executive training · corner office · skill assessment · talent acquisition · performance metrics · onboarding · stepping down · change management · business sustainability · organizational culture · roadmap · transition · pipeline · bench strength · next in line
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- managementmanagers, management, executives, boss, supervisors
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- aging workforceaging workforce, older workers, mature workers, baby boomers, senior staff
succession planningcrisis management
Handling urgent threatening situations
emergency response · firefighting · damage control · improvisation · scrambling
succession planningleadership vacuum
Lack of guiding authority
power vacuum · leadership crisis · brain drain · discontinuity · abandonment