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Assessment & Succession

Future-Proofing Your Leaders

Enhance your leadership advantage with sophisticated assessment and succession planning, designed to fuel sustainable success.

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Planning for Success

Build your leadership pipeline with evidence-based assessment and succession solutions

Elevate your leadership strategy with targeted assessment tools, designed to identify and develop exceptional talent. We help you pinpoint future leaders, mitigate succession risks and build resilient leadership pipelines aligned with your strategic goals.

Our inclusive assessment approach provides a powerful lens into your leadership capabilities. We focus on potential, performance and alignment with organisational goals. We deliver actionable data and expert guidance for confident succession planning, ensuring you attract, retain and advance the right leadership talent for sustainable success. Learn to manage risk, minimise bias, support under-represented talent and make clear, impactful leadership decisions that drive long-term growth.

Our Services

Developing great leaders

We deliver comprehensive solutions designed to secure your leadership pipeline. Our approach is tailored to your unique talent needs, and driven by evidence-based methodologies that help you identify future leaders, bridge succession gaps and safeguard leadership continuity.

Solving Key Challenges

Protect your leadership continuity

Leadership is a complicated and often misunderstood topic. Prepare for the future with a data-driven leadership assessment and succession planning approach.

 

Managing leadership gaps

Using Hanover’s assessment tools, you can identify future leaders early and nurture this key talent, ensuring they’re ready to step up when key roles open up. Taking a proactive approach maintains business continuity and reduces risk during leadership transitions.

Identifying high-potential talent

Pinpointing high-potential leaders is crucial for succession planning. Our profiling assessments and in-depth evaluations provide deep insights into individual strengths and development areas, making investing in the right people easier.

Reducing external hiring costs

Developing internal talent through succession planning means leadership roles are filled by individuals who already understand your organisation, saving both time and resources. You will simultaneously enhance engagement and reduce turnover with this strategy.

Aligning leadership with strategy

Leaders aligned with your organisation’s strategic goals drive better execution and results. We help you assess and develop leaders whose passion and skills match your long-term vision. This prepares them to lead the business into the future with confidence and clarity.

Adapting to change

Change has become the new constant, so leaders must be adaptable. Our assessment process identifies those who can lead through uncertainty, steer their teams effectively during disruption and keep your business resilient and agile.

Building a developmental culture

By incorporating Hanover’s assessment and succession services, you create a workplace that values ongoing development and a culture of growth. In turn, expect higher engagement, increased employee retention and better overall performance.

Ensuring leadership diversity

Diverse leadership teams drive innovation and better decision-making. Our assessments reduce bias and identify diverse leaders who bring new perspectives. Greater diversity of thought and a stronger sense of inclusivity are the core components of a competitive, innovative business.

Our Approach

Leadership Development Solutions

Our assessment methodology combines behavioural analysis, psychometrics and in-depth interviews. We guide you through the entire succession process, from initial assessment to ongoing leadership development.

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Understand context

We analyse your organisational culture, strategy and leadership requirements. We can identify the optimum leader profile by aligning our assessment process with your long-term vision.

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Comprehensive assessment

Using psychometrics and behavioural analysis, you gain deep insights into leadership capability and potential. Our evidence-based tools ensure you have the correct data to inform talent decisions.

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Tailored development

Based on assessment results, we craft personalised development plans that enhance leadership capability, ensuring future leaders overcome personal obstacles and align with your goals.

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Continuous support

We offer ongoing leadership development and monitoring of impact to support leadership growth and sustained success. Our coaching services, as well as regular feedback and reviews, keep leaders on track and ready for key roles.

Ready to Get Started?

Let’s build your leadership pipeline

Start identifying and nurturing future leaders today. Get in touch with us to discuss how our Assessment & Succession solutions can support your organisation.

Backed by Data

The numbers behind our success

These numbers reflect our dedication to empowering businesses with transformative leaders, supported by a commitment to excellence, impact, and results. Discover how Hanover elevates organisations.

92%

NPS Score

400+

Leaders assessed over the last year

40+

Years consulting experience and expertise

Trusted by Leading Organisations

Sahana Konjengbam
Group Learning and Development Manager | Al Masaood Group

“The partnership between Hanover and Al Masaood Group has been built on a foundation of mutual trust, strategic alignment, and a shared commitment to excellence. Their expertise in understanding the intricacies of our diverse industries, combined with their tailored approach to Leadership Assessments, has consistently ensured that we identify the right leaders to drive our vision forward. At Al Masaood, we value the depth of insight Hanover brings, their deep understanding of our business needs and culture, combined with a global network, ensures we identify leaders who drive our success.

Hanover’s commitment to excellence and results makes them a valued partner, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration as we grow and innovate.”

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Delivering results that make a difference

Our case studies showcase the strategic partnerships, transformative hires, and measurable outcomes that have strengthened our clients’ competitive position. See the results that set Hanover apart.

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How to Increase Performance Through Assessment

Deep Insights for Smart Talent Decisions

Did you know you can now use data-driven insights to improve team performance? With a clear, evidence-based view of your talent’s motivations, experiences and behaviours, you can make more informed decisions in hiring, development and performance. Take a closer look at how Hanover does this in our brochure.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Learn how Hanover’s Assessment & Succession services help identify and develop future leaders, strengthen your talent pipeline and drive long-term success. Explore our FAQs.

What tools do you use for leadership assessments?

We use a range of tools including psychometric testing, behavioural interviews, bespoke role plays and multi-rater feedback, giving you a comprehensive understanding of leadership capability and potential and how it aligns with your strategy.

 

How does assessment support succession planning?

Assessment helps identify high-potential talent early on and how to close any development areas. Individuals are then ready to step into leadership roles when needed, reducing the risk of leadership gaps and ensuring business continuity.

Can Hanover help with internal talent development?

Yes, we provide tailored development plans based on assessment insights. These plans focus on growing leadership capabilities from within, which is more cost-effective and promotes a strong internal culture.

How do you ensure unbiased leadership assessments?

We use scientifically backed tools and techniques that minimise bias, focussing on evidence-based criteria to evaluate leadership potential and readiness for future roles.

How often should succession plans be reviewed?

Succession plans should be reviewed regularly, ideally annually or when significant organisational changes occur. This is important for maintaining leadership continuity and readiness for future challenges.

Can assessments help in identifying diverse leadership talent?

Yes, our assessments are designed to minimise bias and highlight diverse talent. This helps you build a leadership team that reflects a variety of perspectives and experiences, a critical tool for innovation.

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Find out how Hanover can help

Whether you’re looking for your next great hire, want to strengthen your team or navigate industry challenges, our consultants are here to help. Reach out today and let’s have a conversation on how we can support your goals.

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