The pace of change in today's world has not only affected organizations in terms of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to drive growth and profitability, but it has also fundamentally challenged the way people look at succession planning as a method to ensure the best talent occupies the most-important roles. Factor in the complexity of determining what the future of work looks like and the incredible constraints on how much time is allocated to leadership development, and it is no wonder employers are struggling to figure out a simple way to implement succession planning. As such, it is imperative that talent development functions cut through all the noise and create a succession process that is easy to understand and execute.