Succession is a bench you can see - or a scramble you can’t.
Executive intelligence for your leadership bench - who is ready now, who is ready in three years, and where the risk sits - before the resignation letter sets your timeline.
READINESS CATEGORIES
You know the names on your org chart. The market knows the names that could replace them - and so do your competitors. Most succession conversations start the day a seat opens. Ours start two years before.
WHAT IT ANSWERS
If this seat opened tomorrow, who is ready from inside the organization?
Which candidates in the external market are within 12 months of being ready?
Where does a development gap become a retention risk?
Is the succession plan on paper the same as the succession plan in practice?
READINESS FRAMEWORK
Three categories. One honest picture.
The bench map shows your board the depth in one line - how many names sit in each tier, and where one resignation becomes a crisis.
Ready Now
Meets the standard today. These are the names you can move on immediately if the seat opens.
Ready in 1-3 Years
The candidates who need one or two more cycles to be ready. These are the names worth developing and watching.
Emerging
Early-stage candidates with the profile - but not the reps. The names worth tracking before a competitor does.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Timeline: 2-5 weeks
Investment: scoped per engagement, based on seat criticality and bench depth
Bench map against the seat standard
External candidate pool for each readiness category
Development gap analysis
Succession risk assessment
Competitive intelligence on candidates currently in the market
A readiness review with the practice team
When the intelligence says the answer is outside your walls, the search runs through our Executive Search practice - same evidence, same definition of winning, no restart.
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