The State of Internal Mobility, Succession & Career Development

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What you’ll learn

How can companies make internal moves easier?

See how manager support and clear opportunities help employees move into new roles.

How can companies prepare people for key roles?

Explore how succession planning helps organisations identify and develop future leaders.

How can career development reach more employees?

Find out where career development programmes fall short and how to make opportunities more accessible.

46% of organisations lack a career development programme

In the survey, 54% of HR professionals say their organisation has a career development programme or process; 46% say it does not. Explore how organisations can give more employees room to grow.

27% of organisations have no succession process

In the survey, 73% say their organisation manages succession formally, informally or through a mix of both. The other 27% have no succession process.

51% offer strong career development to all employees

Just over half of respondents say their organisation provides strong career development programmes or processes to all employees. The report explores how to make opportunities easier to find and use.

Where organisations stand on internal mobility and career development

0 %

Say managers do not encourage internal movement.

0 %

Have a career development process or programme.

0 %

Manage succession formally, informally or through both.

0 %

Provide strong career development to all employees.

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The 2020 edition includes comparisons between more and less effective organisations, differences by company size, and 10 practical takeaways. The survey collected 294 complete and partial responses from HR professionals between July and September 2020.