A port authority lists 40 jobs as "key roles," spreading succession spend thin. What should HR do?
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Short Explanation
If everything is key, nothing is—like labeling every street an emergency route. Filter for licenses, unique vendors, and emergency authority. Put the development dollars on the jobs that actually stop the port.
Full Explanation
Succession spend follows a business-need analysis of which roles are truly critical. Licenses, unique vendor relationships, and emergency authorities are continuity filters; a 40-role list dilutes development. Expanding the list for inclusion-of-managers, or ranking only by pay grade, misses the operational test. A tight critical-role definition aims coaching and pipelines at vacancies that would actually interrupt service.