Step Four

The gap analysis reports and high-performer models should also be used to strategically manage the selection and deployment of employees. It can also be used to create succession plans. Managers can use the data to identify high-potential employees (those that add future value because of their learning agility), their team’s short and long-term skill requirements versus the skills their team presently has (benchstrength), best ‘fit’ successors for each employee, and hidden talents across the organization that could be more fully leveraged.