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Team - Succession Plan.

A succession table that says, row by row, who covers a critical role if it empties: the role, the incumbent, the first successor, that successor's readiness, and the key-person risk, all aligned in the same columns. Roles with no named successor stay on the slide rather than being hidden. Readiness and risk are text chips, not colors, so the grades survive in every theme.

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Overview

Best for: Disclosing key-person risk in board reporting, answering the key-person question in fundraising due diligence, the annual HR review of the leadership pipeline, and evidencing management continuity in M&A diligence materials

Use: Use it when the slide has to answer "who covers this if that person leaves". Three to five critical roles sit as rows, each carrying the incumbent, the first successor, that successor's readiness, and a key-person risk grade. Typical homes are board governance reporting, the key-person section of fundraising due diligence, an annual HR leadership-pipeline review, and management-continuity evidence in M&A diligence. The point of the slide is that roles without a named successor stay visible as "No candidate" instead of being quietly dropped.

Avoid: Use team-intro, team-grid, or company-leadership to introduce who is on the team today. Use team-org-chart for reporting lines and hierarchy, company-org-chart for departmental governance structure, team-expertise-matrix for people-by-domain coverage, team-staffing-allocation for project effort allocation, team-hiring-roles to list open positions, and problem-risk-matrix to grade risks as events by likelihood and impact. Beyond five roles the row height runs out, so group them or split across two slides.

CategoryTeam
DensityMedium
Text Budget260 chars
EmphasisBalanced
PositionMiddle
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Theme

Based on the currently selected theme Cobalt Grid. Switching the theme in the sidebar updates this section too.

SchemeLight
Best forAcademic reports, trend reports, design research, agency capabilities
Avoid forCasual, colorful presentations
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Slots (30)

eyebrow
Label
Top label (SUCCESSION PLAN)30 chars
titleRequired
Aa
Succession plan headline34 chars
col_role_label
Label
Header of column 1 (Critical role)12 chars
col_holder_label
Label
Header of column 2 (Incumbent)12 chars
col_candidate_label
Label
Header of column 3 (First successor)14 chars
col_readiness_label
Label
Header of column 4 (Readiness)8 chars
col_risk_label
Label
Header of column 5 (Key-person risk)10 chars
role1_nameRequired
Label
Name of critical role 1 (CEO)16 chars
role1_holderRequired
Label
Incumbent in role 114 chars
role1_candidate
Label
First successor for role 1; when there is none, leave it as "No candidate" rather than deleting the row20 chars
role1_readinessRequired
Label
Readiness chip for role 1 (Ready now / 1-2 years / an em dash when there is no candidate); the grade is text, never color10 chars
role1_riskRequired
Label
Key-person risk chip for role 1 (High / Medium / Low)6 chars
role2_nameRequired
Label
Name of critical role 2 (Head of Engineering)16 chars
role2_holderRequired
Label
Incumbent in role 214 chars
role2_candidate
Label
First successor for role 2; when there is none, leave it as "No candidate" rather than deleting the row20 chars
role2_readinessRequired
Label
Readiness chip for role 2 (Ready now / 1-2 years / an em dash when there is no candidate); the grade is text, never color10 chars
role2_riskRequired
Label
Key-person risk chip for role 2 (High / Medium / Low)6 chars
role3_nameRequired
Label
Name of critical role 3 (Head of Sales)16 chars
role3_holderRequired
Label
Incumbent in role 314 chars
role3_candidate
Label
First successor for role 3; when there is none, leave it as "No candidate" rather than deleting the row20 chars
role3_readinessRequired
Label
Readiness chip for role 3 (Ready now / 1-2 years / an em dash when there is no candidate); the grade is text, never color10 chars
role3_riskRequired
Label
Key-person risk chip for role 3 (High / Medium / Low)6 chars
role4_nameRequired
Label
Name of critical role 4 (Head of Finance)16 chars
role4_holderRequired
Label
Incumbent in role 414 chars
role4_candidate
Label
First successor for role 4; when there is none, leave it as "No candidate" rather than deleting the row20 chars
role4_readinessRequired
Label
Readiness chip for role 4 (Ready now / 1-2 years / an em dash when there is no candidate); the grade is text, never color10 chars
role4_riskRequired
Label
Key-person risk chip for role 4 (High / Medium / Low)6 chars
review_note
One-line footnote on the review cadence and how unfilled slots are being covered80 chars
company
Label
Company name (footer)20 chars
page
Label
Page number5 chars
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Style Knobs (2)

Grade chip text colorcolor
colorink / ink-muted / accent-soft
Position name sizefontSize
Aa
font-size18–34px (step 1)
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