Because organizations do not experience the future as a repetition of the past, a board that anticipates future challenges will do a better job of selecting the critical competencies and skills that a new CEO will require.

Planning for Succession works with boards and management teams to identify the core competencies CEOs and other senior leaders need to lead their organization forward. We identify these underlying characteristics that result in effective or superior performance in a job through:

• Competency models
• Competency studies
• Competency scales