Global Learning for Operational Leaders
Course HRT-047
Certificate in Career Development and Succession Planning
Career development and succession planning are essential for building future leaders, retaining top talent, and ensuring... The outline covers Putting People First in Talent Strategy, Foundations of Career Management and...
Introduction
Course overview
Why Attend
Career development and succession planning are essential for building future leaders, retaining top talent, and ensuring business continuity. Organizations that invest in employee growth create stronger engagement, higher performance, and readiness for key roles. This course provides participants with practical tools to design career pathways, identify high-potential employees, and develop effective succession plans.
Course Methodology
This course uses an interactive and practical approach through presentations, case studies, group discussions, talent assessment exercises, planning workshops, and real workplace examples.
Course Objectives
- Understand career development principles
- Design structured career pathways
- Identify high-potential employees
- Build effective succession planning systems
- Align talent development with business needs
- Improve employee retention through growth opportunities
- Assess readiness for critical positions
- Create practical development and succession plans
Target Audience
- HR Professionals
- Talent Management Specialists
- HR Managers
- Organizational Development Staff
- Learning and Development Professionals
- Department Managers
- Anyone involved in talent growth and succession decisions
Target Competencies
- Career Planning
- Succession Planning
- Talent Assessment
- Leadership Development
- Strategic Thinking
- Employee Engagement
- Workforce Planning
- Decision-Making
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Understand career development principles
- Design structured career pathways
- Identify high-potential employees
- Build effective succession planning systems
- Align talent development with business needs
- Improve employee retention through growth opportunities
- Assess readiness for critical positions
- Create practical development and succession plans
Who should attend
Target audience
- HR Professionals
- Talent Management Specialists
- HR Managers
- Organizational Development Staff
- Learning and Development Professionals
- Department Managers
- Anyone involved in talent growth and succession decisions
- Target Competencies
Methodology
Learning approach
- This course uses an interactive and practical approach through presentations, case studies, group discussions, talent assessment exercises, planning workshops, and real workplace examples.
Course content
Five focused days of learning and application
Day 1
Putting People First in Talent Strategy
- Putting people before numbers
- People’s wants from their organizations
- Organizations’ wants from their people
- The war for talent
- Today's top priorities in HR
- Disengagement and the downward performance spiral
- Building a people-based strategy
Day 2
Foundations of Career Management and Succession Planning
- Careers today: the importance of development
- Definition of career development
- The career development process and links to HR
- Essential elements in an integrated career development system
- Definition of succession planning
- Main aims of succession planning and management
- Distinguishing succession planning from replacement planning
Day 3
Building Organizational Readiness for Development
- Promoting a development culture
- Career development as a change agent
- Roles and responsibilities in a development culture
- Role of human resources
- Role of line managers
- Role of top management
- Role of employees in development success
Day 4
Identifying High Potentials and Career Tools
- Identifying key positions
- High potentials and high professionals
- Assessing individual potential
- Best practices to improve management of high potentials
- Spotting, developing, and retaining high potentials
- Competencies as the foundation for career development
- Building competency frameworks
- Coaching, mentoring, and career counseling services
Day 5
Developing Internal Successors
- Making the business case for succession planning
- Starting a systematic succession planning program
- Refining the succession planning process
- Assessing present work requirements and job performance
- Assessing future work requirements and individual potential
- Closing development gaps through IDPs
- Designing the Individual Development Plan (IDP)
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does Certificate in Career Development and Succession Planning (HRT-047) cover?
This course covers Human Resources and Training through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 15 - 19 June 2026, with additional classroom dates and mirrored Online / Live options listed in the course schedules section.
Who should attend this course?
HR Professionals, Talent Management Specialists, HR Managers
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Yes. The course detail page includes both classroom sessions and Online / Live sessions, with online options aligned to the same course dates for easier planning.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include Amsterdam, London, Munich, Barcelona, Paris.
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