How can we use Workday to orchestrate Succession Planning for the top 3 levels of the organization?

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EVP of HR in Finance (non-banking)a year ago

We do executive succession planning as a part of Executive 9-box calibration (in Workday). Successor nominations and readiness can be managed through the Assess Potential process in Workday.

VP HR - EMEA in Manufacturing2 years ago

I would love to get an answer on this too.

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