James Diggines

One of the things that I think some companies trip up on is they don't prioritize the key roles. If you've got a CEO, they tend to have between eight, nine to 12 direct reports. You can't necessarily allocate same time on succession for all of those key reports. So pick the key roles. If it's the CFO seat, which is now increasingly seen as a CEO succession seat, pick that.

If it's a business role, some of the key business roles or sales roles, depending on the organization, you may want to prioritize them.

If it's a business role, some of the key business roles or sales roles, depending on the organization, you may want to prioritize them.

If it's a business role, some of the key business roles or sales roles, depending on the organization, you may want to prioritize them.