Succession Management (SM) Certification

Develop Your Workforce

$1,995

Create Your Blueprint for Succession Management and Future-Proof Your Organization

Unplanned vacancies in critical roles pose a significant threat to organizations. Without a clear succession plan, it’s impossible to be prepared for what lies ahead. To future-proof themselves, organizations need to cultivate a pipeline of talent ready to take on critical, strategic roles when the time comes. They need a robust succession management plan.

Succession management is more than just filling gaps—it's about preparing people to be in the right places and giving them the skills to succeed. By aligning each step of your succession management process to your organization’s strategy, you can identify, assess, and develop the talent needed for future success and foster a culture where everyone can become the best version of themselves.

This comprehensive two-day program takes the complicated process of succession management and distills it down to the key steps. You’ll work through a single case study with our five-step model, practicing each step along the way as you develop a holistic succession plan designed to ensure ongoing talent readiness and cultivate a talent pipeline for the future. You’ll be equipped with the skills and knowledge to strategically align your succession management process with your organization’s long-term goals and leave with best practices, tools, and an action plan to implement right away.

What You'll Learn

Align Strategically

Understand the importance of linking succession management to your organization’s strategic goals while engaging collaboratively with leadership and key stakeholders

Identify Strategic Roles

Determine what roles, skills, and competencies are necessary to ensure future success

Assess the Talent

Examine your workforce for potential successor candidates

Provide Learning and Development

Implement a holistic talent development plan and provide structured and targeted opportunities for learning and development for all employees

Monitor and Adjust

Ensure your succession management plan aligns with evolving organizational needs and goals by regularly evaluating and adjusting the process and monitoring potential successors

Want to learn more about the Succession Management certification program?

Download Brochure

What to Expect

Select training dates and times that fit your schedule
Finish your HCI program with a guidebook, access to additional videos and research, and a set of skills that you can use on the job immediately
Access log-in information, certification materials (participant guide and toolkit), and the exam in your MyHCI profile
Chat and interact with faculty and peers via Zoom
Earn your HCI certification by attending all the sessions, completing all classwork, and passing the multiple-choice exam with a score of 80% or higher
Renew your HCI certification every three years by obtaining 60 credits
Attend this certification program and earn 13 HCI, 13 HRCI, 13 SHRM, and 12 ATD recertification credits

Build the in-demand strategic capabilities you need to advance your HR career and lead the future of HR in only 18 months. You'll take three core programs and two strategic accelerators as well as complete mentoring and an advised portfolio project. Graduates of this program demonstrate a breadth of HR knowledge and capabilities to bring wherever they go.

Learn How to Earn a Human Capital Strategy Credential