Effective succession planning will ensure that you have the right skills and experience in place to meet the current and future demands of your business. Correct identification of your future needs, cross matched with your existing employees skills and abilities will clearly identify your training, development and recruitment needs. This linked to contingency planning processes will ensure that you are well placed for the future and will provide clear development paths for employees.

	Clear identification of critical skills and gaps
	identification of training/development needs
	highlight recruitment demands
	career development paths
	contingency plans
	Identify potential successors