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SUCCESSION-PLANNING5 MIN READ

What Development Move Fits This Grid Placement?

Choose the right development action for different 9-box profiles.

The review ends with everyone agreeing on a placement, then someone says, “Great. What do we actually do with her now?” The room goes quiet. A grid placement is only useful if it changes the next development move. The mechanism is differentiation. High-high often needs accelerated development and succession attention. Medium-high often needs evidence-building stretch work. High-low often needs retention and expert-path development rather than forced management. Make each decision branch answer a concrete succession risk question. Ask next What evidence changes the next move? The walk ends with a practical succession move rather than a vague label. The strongest…

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