The BEACON Method™ · Board Readiness

Is your successor board-ready — or just the safest hand you have?

Six questions. Two minutes. An honest read on whether the person most likely to succeed you would be selected for the seat — not just promoted into it.

Rate each statement about your most probable internal successor, seen as an outside board or headhunter would see them.

The BEACON Method™ · The Four-Gap Loop
Visibility gap Known, but signal diffuse Ambiguity gap Capable, but future value unclear Transferability gap Value does not travel Identity gap Anchored to current role Lower board value ↻ overlooked, the loop repeats The BEACON Method™

Capable leaders slip out of view when these four gaps reinforce one another. Because the loss is barely visible, the cycle keeps repeating. See below how your potential successor reads within that dynamic.

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