Monthly Archives: February 2010

20 Feb, 2010

Stratified Systems Theory: Part VII Second Application

By Leslie Pratch Succession Planning Application The CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company was preparing for the retirement of an executive vice president (“EVP”). He assembled a group of executives in the company who were potential successors to the EVP. All had been successful up to that point; they had made money for the company [...]

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14 Feb, 2010

Stratified Systems Theory VI: One Application

By Leslie Pratch How Can This Theory Be Applied? Let’s go back and see if this information can help make sense of the problems described at the beginning. Mike’s case is an easy one. He was comfortable in a Stratum IV position because he had reached a cognitive level four. But he had not reached [...]

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06 Feb, 2010

Stratified Systems Theory: Part V

By Leslie Pratch Maturation of Cognitive Capability So far, we’ve described a static system. Individuals have a certain level of cognitive power. A job requires a person to have a certain level. Everybody is either at the right level, too high, or too low. But in fact, the system is not static. For one thing, [...]

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