Succession plan

Answer: You can consider a succession plan as a business continuity strategy to act in a preventive manner to minimize disruptions and impacts regarding the loss of a key person in your organization (e.g., CEO, lead researcher, etc.). A properly developed succession plan can ensure the continuity of authority, decision-making, and communication regarding the function performed by the unavailable person.

Unfortunately we do not have a specific template for a succession plan/strategy, but you can consider this process as part of a career planning, with activities related to the analyzing of jobs and people to ensure that there is a pool of experienced and capable personnel who can step into positions as they become available, either because of planned availability, as people get promoted or retire, or because of unplanned vacancies. Considering this, I suggest you to take a look at the free demo of our:
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This article will provide you further explanation about business continuity strategy:
- Can business continuity strategy save your money? https://advisera.com/27001academy/blog/2010/03/15/can-business-continuity-strategy-save-your-money/

These materials will also help you regarding Succession plan:
- Book Becoming Resilient: The Definitive Guide to ISO 22301 Implementation https://advisera.com/books/becoming-resilient-the-definitive-guide-to-iso-22301-implementation/
- Developing the business continuity strategy according to ISO 22301 [free webinar on demand] https://advisera.com/27001academy/webinar/developing-the-business-continuity-strategy-according-to-iso-22301-free-webinar-on-demand/