Succession Planning

Success with succession 

planning: charting your

talent future.

Tools to

Strategize

Determine your 

agency’s human 

capital master plan.

Organization

Design

Position

Classification

Succession

Planning

Identify Future Leaders and Support Knowledge Transfer 

Organizations thrive when continuity is intentional and institutional knowledge is passed to the next 

generation of leaders and specialists. Yet, many organizations struggle with building bench strength for 

critical leadership and technical positions. Because demand for experienced, specialized employees is high 

and the talent pool is often limited, internal resources are the surest bet to meet this demand. Succession 

management services from HR Solutions can make a tremendous positive impact. 

Achieving mission continuity requires more than simply backfilling vacant positions. HR Solutions’ 

succession management services facilitate identifying, assessing, and developing talent to support 

continuity throughout your organization. Our services focus on long-term strategies to identify growth 

potential; align developing skill sets with mission needs; and provide employees with timely, relevant 

opportunities to develop managerial skills and gain technical proficiency.

Future-Focused Assessments and Development

HR Solutions combines strategic alignment, workforce analysis, competency modeling, and gap analysis 

with leadership assessments to create a diverse pipeline focused on your specific needs. Benefits include:

• Aligned workforce requirements: Match requirements with strategic and operational plans. Identify 

strategies to transition your current workforce to the one you’ll need in the future. Build capabilities to 

respond to emerging trends, shifting priorities, and technological change. 

• Organizational assessments and tools: Identify bench strength for short- and long-term leadership, 

management, and critical technical needs. 

• Research-based assessments: Accurately capture both the organization’s needs and employee 

qualifications. Designed by industrial-organizational psychologists and HR consultants, and informed 

by Federal agency managers, our assessments forecast emerging needs. 

• Resources and expertise: Rely on our extensive experience in Federal succession planning to solve 

your specific challenges. 

• Strategic skills assessments: Provide definitive insights into internal candidate strengths while 

enabling more informed selection and promotion decisions.
Succession Management Tailored to Your Talent Profile

Succession management is a continuous process of evaluating your workforce and needs to: 

• Make the best use of the talent you have. 

• Forecast future competencies and skill sets. 

• Develop a pipeline of qualified employees capable of filling leadership positions. 

• Nurture technical proficiency and specialized knowledge. 

• Preserve institutional knowledge. 

• Develop agility to respond to evolving demands.

• Make evidence-based workforce decisions.

Only OPM’s HR Solutions offers a “fed-centric” approach to your succession management, 

featuring a tailored suite of assessment instruments, strategy, and succession management 

expertise—all provided by a single government source and compliant with Federal policies and 

best practices.

Why Choose OPM 

HR Solutions? 

We are the single largest 

provider of human capital 

management and training 

solutions across the 

human capital life cycle, 

and the only Federal 

organization entirely 

focused on making people 

and organizations better. 

Because of our mission 

focus, “by government, 

for government,” we offer 

a unique combination 

of human capital 

management and 

training and procurement 

expertise. Coupled with 

ease of acquisition, subject 

matter expertise, Federal 

compliance, and speed of 

access, we are the right 

choice for your succession 

planning needs and more.

Succession Planning

Secure mission 

continuity with 

succession planning 

from OPM. 

Get started by visiting

opm.gov/HRS, or contact us 

at HRStrategy@opm.gov for a 

consultative discussion about 

your needs.

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