The Hero Trap in Succession Planning

We have spent years building leadership pipelines for a version of work that no longer exists.

Disruption has changed the nature of work itself. Leaders are making calls before the data settles, holding teams together through artificial intelligence-induced anxiety, market shifts and restructures, all while carrying the exhaustion underneath it all. Yet, succession planning has not kept pace.

In too many organizations, we tend to notice the same people. The one who sounds heroic in the review. The one who speaks first in the group discussion. The one whose name keeps coming up because they have been close to the right projects and sponsors and always seem to be in the right rooms.

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