In Succession Planning, Focusing on Fast Track Managers Is a Good

question 28

Multiple Choice

In succession planning, focusing on fast track managers is a good approach because:

• A) fast trackers are known to have skills associated with future performance
• B) fast trackers have passed all of the written and behavioral tests
• C) fast trackers are committed to staying with the company who invests in them
• D) fast trackers come from the outside so they have fresh ideas
• E) none of the above

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