Build the Leadership Pipeline Your Future Impact Demands

Objective leadership assessment and targeted development for organizations preparing their next generation of leaders.

Vivaria Leadership Partners work with HR leaders, business owners, and boards to de-risk their leadership pipelines by making succession more actionable, measurable, and connected to business strategy.

Move From Succession Planning to Succession Readiness

A succession plan is only as strong as the leaders being prepared to execute it.

Our work helps organizations move through four stages:

IDENTIFY

Identify the leaders with the potential to take on greater responsibility.

ASSESS

Use objective assessment data to understand leadership strengths, development needs, and readiness.

DEVELOP

Translate assessment insights into targeted individual development plans and leadership experiences.

PREPARE

Create evidence of readiness through coaching, development, and increasingly complex leadership opportunities.

Our Offerings

72% of HR leaders say they struggle to close successor capability gaps.

— Gartner, “Succession Planning that Builds the Leaders You Actually Need”

Leadership Readiness Assessment

Turn assessment insights into individualized development plans designed around the capabilities required for future roles.

Best for: Organizations that have identified potential successors and need to actively prepare them.

Successor Development

Turn assessment insights into individualized development plans designed around the capabilities required for future roles.

Best for: Organizations that have identified potential successors and need to actively prepare them.

Executive Coaching

Provide targeted coaching to high-potential leaders and successors as they develop the capabilities required for broader enterprise leadership.

Best for: VP- and Director-level leaders preparing for their next leadership move.

Succession Management Advisory

Strengthen your overall succession process with objective assessment, talent insight, leadership development, and strategic advisory support.

Best for: CEOs, HR leaders, and business owners building or strengthening succession processes.

Leadership Readiness Assessment

Best for organizations that already have a succession process but need objective data on specific candidates.

Leadership Readiness Assessment

  • Leadership assessment
  • 90-minute debrief with executive
  • Assessment interpretation
  • Leadership strengths and development opportunities
  • C-suite/next-role readiness perspective
  • Individual development priorities
  • Written executive summary for sponsor
  • 60-minute sponsor consultation

Successor Development Accelerator

Best for leaders who have been identified as potential successors but need active development to fulfill that potential

Successor Development Accelerator

  • Leadership assessment
  • Individual assessment debrief
  • Sponsor alignment session
  • 6 months of 1:1 executive coaching
  • Individual Leadership Development Plan
  • 360° or stakeholder input, if appropriate
  • Progress review
  • Sponsor check-in
  • End-of-engagement readiness assessment

C-Suite Readiness Accelerator

9–12 months prepare a specific leader for a specific future role.

C-Suite Readiness Accelerator

  • Comprehensive leadership assessment
  • 360° feedback
  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Executive assessment/debrief
  • C-suite readiness analysis
  • 9–12 months executive coaching
  • Individual development plan
  • Leadership experience/stretch-assignment planning
  • Quarterly sponsor conversations
  • Progress measurement
  • Final readiness review