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Leadership and Management

Talent Management and Succession Planning

Organisations across Africa face mounting pressure to retain critical skills while preparing the next generation of leaders from within. This course provides a structured approach to identifying high potential employees, building succession pipelines for critical roles and reducing dependence on costly external recruitment. Participants leave with a practical talent review and succession planning framework they can apply directly.

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Course objectives

  • Identify critical roles and assess associated succession risk
  • Design and apply criteria for identifying high potential employees
  • Build succession pipelines and individual development plans for key roles
  • Facilitate structured talent review and calibration sessions
  • Measure the effectiveness of talent management and succession initiatives

Who should attend

  • HR directors and talent management specialists
  • Organisational development practitioners
  • Senior line managers responsible for critical roles
  • Learning and development managers
  • Executives involved in succession governance

Course outline

  1. 01Identifying critical roles and assessing succession risk
  2. 02Defining and identifying high potential talent
  3. 03Building succession pipelines for key positions
  4. 04Individual development planning for identified successors
  5. 05Facilitating talent review and calibration sessions
  6. 06Governance, measurement and sustaining a talent management system

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Talent Management and Succession Planning
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
28 to 30 November 2026Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
12 to 14 January 2027Gaborone, BotswanaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
21 to 23 February 2027Lagos, NigeriaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
25 to 27 March 2027Johannesburg, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
26 to 28 May 2027London, United KingdomClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now