Tailored: Overly generic leadership development initiatives lose sight of the universal importance of individual differences in developmental readiness. People differ in the extent that they are ready for developmental “stretch” assignments that are at the core of many of the most effective leadership development initiatives. When it comes to succession management, Jack Welch was probably the best known CEO-champion of tailored succession management. His Chief Learning Officer at the time (Steve Kerr) claimed that Welch “knows intimately” the career paths of more than a thousand employees in GE and would spend fully one quarter of his time on the GE succession planning process known as Session C.[10] This level of CEO involvement in succession planning is extraordinary and probably unlikely in most other organizations. At minimum, however, every managerial employee should have an individual development plan and be held accountable for making progress on it every year.