From Jackson Lynch…

If your CHRO cannot walk into a boardroom and say:

• Here are the three people we are developing for CEO

• Here is exactly where they are in their journey

• Here is what they still need to do before they are ready

• And here is who we have ruled out

Then the succession plan is not a plan. It is a wish list.

Boards want names. Not “emerging leaders.” Not “high potentials.” Actual names. With accountability attached to each one.

Brilliant.