The New Rules of Succession Management

Most organizations think they're doing succession management. They're actually doing replacement planning.

However, there's a clear path to the outcomes companies are looking for: successful transitions and ultimately higher performance and future readiness. These organizations treat succession like any other mature program: anchored to strategy, built and deployed with intention, reviewed on a regular cadence, and measured against real results.

This latest research draws on hundreds of global HR and talent leaders, plus interviews with senior practitioners, to create the succession blueprint for future-ready organizations.

Download the executive brief to learn:

• The questions leaders should be asking themselves about succession and future strategy
• What leading organizations are doing to achieve better outcomes
• Ways to connect succession management to core business strategy
• Three processes high-performance organizations are integrating to make sure succession is future-ready

This brief covers the introduction and first finding from The New Rules of Succession Management: A Blueprint for Future-Ready Organizations. The full report—including all four key findings and recommendations, real-world examples from companies like U.S. Bank and Lockheed Martin, and global insights—is available exclusively to i4cp member organizations.