Career Pathing & Succession Planning tools map structured career progressions, identify high-potential employees, and build leadership succession pipelines — reducing regrettable attrition from lack of visible growth opportunities and ensuring continuity in critical roles. Core capabilities include career framework and competency ladder definition, skills-gap analysis, individual development plan (IDP) creation, succession pipeline management with readiness scoring, 9-box talent review facilitation, scenario planning for organizational changes, and integration with performance and learning systems. The category spans succession-focused platforms (Fuel50, Gloat, Eightfold AI) and career development modules within broader talent suites (SAP SuccessFactors, Cornerstone).