Leadership Readiness & Promotability Report
Know who is ready. Develop who isn't. Build what's next.
Most organizations know who their high performers are. The greater challenge is identifying who is ready—and who is most likely to succeed—at the next level.
The XBInsight Leadership Readiness & Promotability Report offers an innovative approach to measuring promotability, providing a science-based view of an individual’s readiness to advance one leadership level above their current role. By bringing together multiple sources of talent data, the report provides a more complete picture of readiness to inform succession, promotion, and leadership development decisions.
Three Dimensions of Next-Level Readiness
ABILITY — Can they handle it?
Measures the cognitive capacity to navigate increased complexity, ambiguity, problem-solving, decision-making, and strategic demands.
SKILL — Can they do it?
Measures the learned and observable leadership competencies needed to perform effectively as responsibilities, scope, and expectations expand.
WILL — Do they want it?
Together, ABILITY, SKILL, and WILL provide a multidimensional view of leadership readiness—helping organizations move beyond performance in the current role to understand potential success in the next one.
The Promotability Score is anchored to the requirements of the target role and enhanced by insights into fit and potential derailers that could interfere with successful advancement.
Together, these insights help organizations understand who is demonstrating next-level readiness, where targeted development is needed, and what experiences or support can help prepare individuals for future advancement.
The XBInsight Leadership Readiness & Promotability Report is an expanded solution for succession and promotion decisions, helping organizations:
- Strengthen succession pipelines
- Bring greater objectivity to talent review discussions
- Target leadership development investments where they can have the greatest impact
- Increase internal mobility
- Reduce the risk and cost of promoting individuals before they are ready
