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Effective Succession Planning Duration: 1 Week/s

Course Information

  • Course Price
  • Location Kigali Courses
  • Course Code ESPK
  • Course Date 9 Jun - 13 Jun 2025

Course Objectives

In order for organisational sustainability, continuity, and competitive advantage they must ensure there are effective succession planning processes and a robust talent pool. This is an essential human resource risk mitigation tool known simply as “bench strength”. Identifying, cultivating, and promoting successors from an internal talent pool is a significant source of savings compared to external recruitment of “stars” who at times fail to meet up to expectations.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed to appeal to Senior Staff, Directors, Heads of Department, Human Resources Managers, Training Officers, Executives and General Managers who recognise the crucial role talented people play in the success of their organisation.

Prerequisite Courses

None

Learning Objectives
By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

  • Plan and execute an effective succession planning and talent management program in either a public or private sector organisation.

  • Understand and exploit the synergies between, performance management, talent management and succession planning.

  • Efficiently map the competencies required for positions air-marked for succession back up.

  • Harness learning and development strategies including coaching, mentoring and blended learning to enhance the effectiveness of your succession planning program.

  • Critically analyse and appraise the design and implementation of succession planning and talent development strategies aimed at defining and securing current and future effectiveness at organisational, departmental and individual levels.


    • Course Overview

    Introducing Talent Management
  • What is talent management?

  • The talent management process

  • Building your talent management strategy

  • Talent management: A Six-Phase system

    • Succession Planning
  • What is succession planning?

  • The leadership pipeline

  • The role talent management plays in succession planning

  • Performance Management and succession

    • Competence and competency frameworks
  • What are competence and competency frameworks?

  • Developing a competency framework

  • Management and technical competencies

  • Values and Ethics


    • Learning and Development
  • Integrating mentoring, coaching, and learning and development into your succession planning and talent management programs

  • Mentoring & coaching your stars

  • Identifying leaders throughout an organization

  • Leadership development


    • Training Methodology

    This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes stimulating presentations supporting each of the topics together with interactive trainer lead sessions of discussion. There will also be practical sessions where participants can practice and experience course-related activities.

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