Four biases slowing your knowledge transfer efforts

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Four biases slowing your knowledge transfer efforts

By: Albert Ciuksza Jr. | Originally Posted on August 17, 2018

The percentage of companies confident in their succession strategy is in the single digits, yet a vast majority of companies aren’t investing – or aren’t investing the right way – in their leadership transition efforts. We have uncovered four biases that make leaders less likely to develop their next leaders in spite of the demographic certainty of the need.

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