High Performance Is Not the Same as High Potential: 7 Questions Before You Promote

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Your highest-performing employee may not be your strongest candidate for promotion. Yet how many organizations can confidently distinguish performance, potential, and readiness?

Research reveals troubling gaps in succession planning and leadership preparedness. Meanwhile, promotion decisions are often influenced by subjective judgments, unspoken behavioral concerns, and expectations that employees may not fully understand.

Are your organization's promotion practices building a stronger leadership pipeline—or unintentionally setting people up to struggle?

Download this Talent Authority white paper to discover seven critical questions every HR leader and executive should consider before making their next promotion decision.

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