Oracle Succession Planning
Secure Your Organization's Future Leadership
Oracle Succession Planning helps organizations identify, develop, and prepare future leaders — ensuring business continuity and reducing the risk of critical talent gaps.
The Complete Lifecycle
9-Step Succession Planning Process
From identifying critical positions to activating succession — a proactive approach to leadership continuity and organizational resilience.
Identify Critical Positions
HR and leadership identify key roles critical to business continuity — executive, technical, and high-impact positions.
HR, Leadership
Build Talent Pools
Create pools of potential successors for each critical position based on skills, performance, potential, and career aspirations.
HR, Managers
Assess Readiness
Evaluate successor readiness using performance ratings, potential assessments, competency gaps, and leadership capabilities.
HR, Managers
Risk Analysis
Analyze succession risk — positions with no ready successors, single points of failure, and retirement timeline projections.
HR, Leadership
Development Plans
Create targeted development plans for successors — leadership training, stretch assignments, mentoring, and cross-functional exposure.
HR, Managers
Talent Review & Calibration
Leadership reviews succession plans in talent review meetings, calibrates assessments, and validates successor nominations.
Leadership, HR
Progress Monitoring
Track successor development progress, readiness improvements, and plan completion rates with real-time dashboards.
HR, Managers
Plan Updates & Refresh
Regularly refresh succession plans based on organizational changes, new talent, departures, and evolving business strategy.
HR, Leadership
Succession Activation
When a transition occurs, activate the succession plan — promote the ready successor and initiate onboarding into the new role.
HR, Leadership
Identify Critical Positions
HR, Leadership
HR and leadership identify key roles critical to business continuity — executive, technical, and high-impact positions.
Build Talent Pools
HR, Managers
Create pools of potential successors for each critical position based on skills, performance, potential, and career aspirations.
Assess Readiness
HR, Managers
Evaluate successor readiness using performance ratings, potential assessments, competency gaps, and leadership capabilities.
Risk Analysis
HR, Leadership
Analyze succession risk — positions with no ready successors, single points of failure, and retirement timeline projections.
Development Plans
HR, Managers
Create targeted development plans for successors — leadership training, stretch assignments, mentoring, and cross-functional exposure.
Talent Review & Calibration
Leadership, HR
Leadership reviews succession plans in talent review meetings, calibrates assessments, and validates successor nominations.
Progress Monitoring
HR, Managers
Track successor development progress, readiness improvements, and plan completion rates with real-time dashboards.
Plan Updates & Refresh
HR, Leadership
Regularly refresh succession plans based on organizational changes, new talent, departures, and evolving business strategy.
Succession Activation
HR, Leadership
When a transition occurs, activate the succession plan — promote the ready successor and initiate onboarding into the new role.
Key Capabilities
Why Oracle Succession Planning
Proactively prepare your organization for leadership transitions with data-driven succession strategies.
Succession Org Charts
Visual organizational charts showing succession depth for every critical position — color-coded by readiness level and risk status.
Talent Pool Management
Create and manage dynamic talent pools with automated matching based on skills, performance history, and career trajectory.
Risk Dashboards
Real-time risk analysis dashboards highlighting positions with no successors, single points of failure, and upcoming retirement waves.
Bench Strength Analytics
Measure organizational bench strength across departments, functions, and leadership levels with detailed readiness metrics.
What-If Scenarios
Model succession scenarios to understand the impact of key departures and test different successor combinations before decisions are made.
Integration with Talent Review
Seamless integration with Talent Review Meetings for collaborative succession discussions, calibration, and action planning.
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Other Oracle HCM Modules
Succession Planning integrates seamlessly with Talent Review, Career Development, and the entire Oracle HCM ecosystem.