The "what got you here won't get you there" kind of thing.
For sure. I have worked with succession planning in some companies and this is a problem. They shouldn't promote people because they are great at the job they currently do, if they don't have the potential to excel at the next position. This is why so many managers are crap.
So true. I'm sure you heard the saying before... "people get promoted to their level of incompetence" and spend most of their careers there. Thus the crap managers.