Luminary Talent Insights

Talent Mapping: The Foundation of Leadership Success 

At Luminary, talent mapping underpins every executive search and leadership engagement. More than a list of names, it is a strategic framework built through deep industry research and rigorous methodologies that ensures we identify leaders whose profiles align precisely with the role requirements defined in partnership with our clients.

Why Talent Insights Matters 

Talent mapping and pipelining provide a research-driven blueprint at the outset of every project. By analysing market dynamics, industry intelligence, and competitor landscapes, we validate each candidate profile through multiple sources. This enables precise targeting, robust pipeline development, and ensures our clients access the right talent faster. In doing so, we free internal HR and talent teams to focus on higher-order strategic priorities while we build the leadership bench.

Luminary Talent Insights 

Every engagement is shaped by client-defined criteria, whether the focus is a critical standalone role, an emerging leader cohort, or a highly specialised skillset. Guided by Luminary’s Head of Talent Insights, Ellie Ryan, projects are scoped in collaboration with stakeholders and initial results are typically delivered within 10 business days, subject to: 

• Role complexity – Highly specialised or niche skillsets require deeper mapping.

•  Qualifications – Projects are calibrated to essential credentials and standards set by our client.

•  Geographic scope – Local, national, or global talent pools depending on strategic needs.

• Experience requirements – Comprehensive role profiles ensure only the most relevant leaders are surfaced.

 Through Luminary talent insights, we deliver more than names. We provide insights, actionable intelligence, streamlined hiring, and access to the leaders who will shape your organisation’s future. The result: immediate impact today, and robust succession planning for tomorrow.

Luminary Succession Insights

Prepare Your Organisation for the Future with Succession Insights

Great organisations know that success today is only part of the equation. Being ready for tomorrow is just as critical.  

Luminary’s Succession Insights strengthens succession plans by identifying and benchmarking external leadership talent against your existing teams, ensuring you’re never caught unprepared when critical role vacancies arise.  

Beyond identification, we build familiarity between external candidates and your organisation, creating a ready-now pool of leaders who can step in seamlessly when needed. This includes interim and short-term appointments.

How We Work with You

We partner together to gain a deep understanding of your organisation, its culture, the roles you want to target, and the leadership traits that have historically defined success.  

Together, we map out the criteria that matter most: organisational values, future growth trajectory, and strategic priorities. This ensures succession planning is not just about filling seats, but about shaping the leadership future of your organisation. 

Our team then applies rigorous research and outreach to identify external leaders with the potential to thrive in your environment. You’ll have the opportunity to engage directly with these candidates, assessing their alignment with your future needs and building long-term relationships before the need becomes urgent.

 Identifying Successors That Truly Fit 

Building a strong succession pipeline goes beyond internal promotion. By scanning the external market and benchmarking against what you know is required for success, you gain access to a deeper, more diverse pool of potential leaders, thereby future-proofing your executive bench.

Screening Criteria 

To ensure only the most aligned leaders are surfaced, we screen external candidates against criteria including:

• Alignment with the core characteristics you define as “must-haves” for the role

• Relevant industry expertise and leadership experience

• Presence of key hard and soft skills essential for success

• Geographic suitability and/or flexibility to relocate

• Leadership style and cultural alignment with your organisation

• Contribution to diversity and inclusion goals

• Career aspirations, availability, and expectations 

Through Succession Insights, Luminary ensures you’re prepared not only for leadership continuity but for long-term organisational resilience.