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This measures ability to recognize and solve problems for your customers. It does not refer to “emotional maturity.”

A key classification of your leaders is by years of experience. Divide your list of leaders into 3 buckets:

• Emerging: These leaders have less than 5 years of relevant experience.
• Mid-career: These leaders have between 6 and 14 years of experience.
• Advanced: These leaders have over 15 years of relevant experience.

Now having “relevant” experience is different from “total” years of experience. Thus, another metric to measure maturing is diversity of experience. You could create two or three buckets as follows:

• Beginner: These leaders have experience one or two business functions.
• Intermediate: These leaders have experience with  three to five business functions.
• Advanced: These leaders are ready for general management positions because they have touched almost every function in the organization.

Now you can set up a 3×3 matrix and plot your leaders on the graph. Be prepared to debate and modify your list based on new insight.