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Board Succession Planning: Prepare Your Board
for the Future

Ensure smooth transitions, maintain critical competencies, and build confidence across your board.

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By using our powerful online tool, SUCCESSIONapp®, we can help you easily create a board succession plan, which means that you will be able to…

  • Have a board that embodies all your critical competencies.
  • Always have qualified candidates available for service on the board.
  • Have seamless transitions when director openings occur.
  • Know who will lead your board in the future.
Client Testimonial
It has been very helpful to my Board for planning purposes. The Directors complete the form annually and we are using the report to see where we will have potential gaps. We are now recruiting for those future gaps.

SUCCESSIONapp® Features

Succession Planning Made Easy & Repeatable with an Intuitive Step-By-Step Flow

Never miss a step in the succession planning process! SUCCESSIONapp® intuitively leads you through the entire process of creating your plan. With SUCCESSIONapp®, you can confidently build a plan that ensures continuity and readiness.

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Streamline Board Input and Keep Data Current

Board members can submit their Intentions and Competency self-assessments directly through electronic forms. The software will automatically update, saving time and reducing errors. With SUCCESSIONapp®, you can manage your board plan efficiently while ensuring everyone's information is up-to-date.

Screenshot of SUCCESSIONapp® Board Intentions Form

Align Board Competencies with your Organization's Goals

Define the competencies that matter most to your board. Choose from our library of competencies and/or create your own to reflect your board's unique needs. With SUCCESSIONapp®, your board succession plan ensures the needed skills are represented on your board.

You Choose the Competencies and Diversity Needed

Stay Ahead of Board Vacancies and Upcoming Changes

Color-coded charts make it simple to see when directors anticipate leaving the board and where gaps could arise. With SUCCESSIONapp®, you can act with confidence before vacancies impact your board's effectiveness.

Easily see when directors plan to leave and where you may have gaps with SUCCESSIONapp®'s timeline

Prioritize Recruitment Based on Real Succession Needs

Use SUCCESSIONapp's insights to identify which gaps need to be recruited for in the future. You can generate a list of potential board candidates based on upcoming vacancies and identified competency gaps. With SUCCESSIONapp®, recruitment efforts are targeted, strategic, and aligned with your board's needs.

Prioritize recruitment

Identify Future Board Leaders Before Gaps Arise

Easily see which directors are ready and willing to step into leadership roles in the future, and where gaps may exist. With SUCCESSIONapp®, you can proactively prepare board leaders, ensuring smooth transitions and continuity in governance.

Screenshot of the leadership succession chart showing when board members may be interested in serving in leadership roles in the future.

Instant Insights with Custom Board Reports

Access and share board succession data through customized reports that highlight director departures, competency gaps, board recruitment plans, and leadership succession. With SUCCESSIONapp®, tracking and communicating your board's succession insights is simple, efficient, and strategic.

Screenshot of the board final report in SUCCESSIONapp®

Board Succession Planning Packages

Get your Board Succession Plans done NOW! Choose the method that's right for you.

Self-Guided Succession Planning

Take Control of Your Succession Plans

Leverage SUCCESSIONapp®'s intuitive platform to build your board succession plans at your own pace. Receive comprehensive onboarding and training from the SUCCESSIONapp® team, and then confidently complete your plans independently.

Succession planning becomes simple and manageable with the freedom to move at your own pace!

Remote Expert-Guided Succession Planning

Get Remote Facilitation from a Succession Planning Expert

Work with a SUCCESSIONapp® expert remotely to guide your board through every step of the succession planning process. From strategy and competency selection to creating a recruitment list and understanding leadership gaps, SUCCESSIONapp® experts can help you complete your plan virtually in as little as 2.5 hours.

Perfect for boards that prefer hands-on guidance but need the flexibility of remote facilitation.

In Person Expert-Guided Succession Planning

Get In-Person Facilitation from a Succession Planning Expert

Collaborate with a SUCCESSIONapp® expert in a live session to fully develop your board plan. From strategy and competency selection to creating a recruitment list and understanding leadership gaps, SUCCESSIONapp® experts can help you complete your plan virtually in as little as 2.5 hours.

Perfect for boards seeking a high-touch experience, especially those with complex governance structures or limited experience with succession planning.

Board Succession Planning Packages

Get your Board Succession Plans done NOW! Choose the method that's right for you.

Self-Guided Succession Planning

Take Control of Your Succession Plans

Leverage SUCCESSIONapp®'s intuitive platform to build your board succession plans at your own pace. Receive comprehensive onboarding and training from the SUCCESSIONapp® team, and then confidently complete your plans independently.

Succession planning becomes simple and manageable with the freedom to move at your own pace!

Remote Expert-Guided Succession Planning

Get Remote Facilitation from a Succession Planning Expert

Work with a SUCCESSIONapp® expert remotely to guide your board through every step of the succession planning process. From strategy and competency selection to creating a recruitment list and understanding leadership gaps, SUCCESSIONapp® experts can help you complete your plan virtually in as little as 2.5 hours.

Perfect for boards that prefer hands-on guidance but need the flexibility of remote facilitation.

In Person Expert-Guided Succession Planning

Get In-Person Facilitation from a Succession Planning Expert

Collaborate with a SUCCESSIONapp® expert in a live session to fully develop your board plan. From strategy and competency selection to creating a recruitment list and understanding leadership gaps, SUCCESSIONapp® experts can help you complete your plan virtually in as little as 2.5 hours.

Perfect for boards seeking a high-touch experience, especially those with complex governance structures or limited experience with succession planning.

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The Balanced Board Planner™

Make Sure Your Board is Ready!

Discover the things your organization should be doing in order to maintain a balanced board and prepare for turnover!

If you are ready to be ahead of the game in planning for your future success or if you have more questions about whether this is the right tool for you, click on the button below to request a free, no-obligation strategy session with one of our consultants. Find out if SUCCESSIONapp® is right for your organization.