Accelerating leadership development : practical solutions for building your organization's potential /

Proven strategies and innovative solutions for developing and retaining successful leaders Many organizations today are facing a crisis of leadership. As the Baby Boomer generation exits the workforce, companies are struggling to find qualified leaders to fill critical roles. Accelerating Leadership...

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Main Author: Bérard, Jocelyn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Mississauga, Ont. : John Wiley & Sons Canada, ©2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Accelerating Leadership Development: Practical Solutions for Building Your Organization's Potential; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Business Performance Framework; Part 1: Leadership and Succession; Chapter 1: The Leadership Success Profile; THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS; Competencies (What I Can Do); Knowledge (What I Know); Experience (What I Have Done); Personality Traits/Motivation (Who I Am); THE BUCKET LIST; COMPETENCIES, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE; Competencies; Experience; Knowledge; THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONALITY; LAST THOUGHTS ON WHAT IT TAKES; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY.
  • Going beyond Core Personality TraitsCompetencies; Knowledge and Experience; Chapter 2: Identifying Leadership Potential; PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS FOR FUTURE LEADERS; 1. Cognitive Complexity and Capacity; 2. Drive and Achievement Orientation; 3. Learning Orientation; 4. Personal and Business Ethics; 5. Motivation to Lead; 6. Social and Emotional Complexity and Capacity; A MEETING OF MINDS; DO WE TELL THEM OR NOT?; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY; Leadership Potential; Cognitive Complexity and Capacity; Drive and Achievement Orientation; Learning Orientation; Personal and Business Ethics; Motivation to Lead.
  • Social and Emotional Complexity and CapacityChapter 3: Diagnosing Development Needs; 1. THE MULTI-RATER SURVEY; 2. KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE INVENTORY; 3. THE HOGAN PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS; THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-AWARENESS; WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHERS KNOW; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY; Personality and Leadership; Self-Knowledge and Managerial Development; Chapter 4: Prescribing Development Solutions; THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOWING UP; DELIBERATE PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT; LEARN WHILE YOU WORK, WORK WHILE YOU LEARN; STAYING ON TRACK; INFORMAL LEARNING; Communities of Practice; Action Learning.
  • Informal LearningWHAT THE EXPERTS SAY; Prescribing Development Solutions; Individual Leader Development; Chapter 5: Ensuring and Reviewing Development; CREATE LEARNING TENSION; IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW; 1. Establish Accountability for the Execution of Development Plans; 2. Develop and Implement Follow-Up Processes; 3. Define and Implement the Communication Plan; 4. Develop a Leadership Dashboard and Succession Activities Using Lead and Lag Measures; 5. Plan and Execute Reviews of High Potentials' Development and Incorporate Lessons Learned; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY.
  • Identification and Development of High PotentialsPart 2: Leadership in Action; Chapter 6: Leaders as Coaches; COACHING AND ACCOUNTABILITY; EXECUTIVE, MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS COACHING; COACHING IN ACTION; THE COACHING PROCESS; 1. Initiate; 2. Clarify; 3. Explore; 4. Act; ESTABLISH NEXT STEPS; ESTABLISH ACCOUNTABILITIES; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY; Leader Development; On Coaching; Key Practice 1: Effective managerial coaches will clarify the results/performance outcomes that are truly needed or desired from junior managers.