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candidates for certain positions, they may end up being pigeon-
holed, an d may fail to be con sider ed for other , alternative develop-
ment options.
A related problem is that the sheer effort required to conduct
this iden tific ation proce ss can resul t in the enti re effor t degenerat-
ing into a bureaucrat ic paper drill, with executiv es sim ply going
through the mot ions of ‘‘completing the form s.’’ I f CTOs get overly
ambitious, and attempt to force their o rgani zatio ns to record and
track can didat es for all leadership positions, little e nergy is left
over to suppor t meaningful devel opmen t activitie s. Ins tead, the ...