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Leadership Succession

Great leaders hire great people and build great teams!

4 June 2008

Great leaders surround themselves with great people. Lone ranger leadership is doomed to fail, there is no one great person that is going to transform an organisation it takes a strong team and a great leader. If you look at the life of anyone who has achieved success, such as Jack Welch, Bill gates and [...]

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Six leadership transition lessons from the new CEO of Citigroup

3 June 2008

A leader is likely to be challenged by a number of leadership transitions as they develop and grow their careers. These transitions may be from team member to team leader, from manager to divisional leader or from director to CEO. Other difficult leadership transitions can occur as leaders move between companies or even between industries. [...]

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Research reveals six key drivers for inspiring and retaining top talent

19 May 2008

“Take my 20 best people, and virtually overnight, Microsoft becomes a mediocre company.” – Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates

Great leaders are always of the lookout for talent and recognise the contribution and importance of other people in their success. Talent Management has a great article titled “Taking the Talent Pulse: What Drives High Potentials?” discussing [...]

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Six Best Practices of Leadership Development Initiatives

17 February 2008

Chief Learning Officer magazine has an article "Leadership Development in 2008" that discussing research which found the following six best practices common to highly successful leadership development initiatives.

Strong executive engagement: The most important practice of all is to obtain the engagement of top leaders and managers. Their commitment means that the program will be highly [...]

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Spotting a New Leader

3 February 2008

Spotting a New Leader by Fred Smith provides insight into some of the traits to look for when identifying future leaders, which he describes the following 10 signs of leadership potential.

Leadership in the past. "The best predictor of the future is the past."
The capacity to create or catch vision. "When I talk to people [...]

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Are you being effectively mentored?

6 January 2008

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As leaders we need to be constantly learning and growing, one of the best way’s to grow is by having a few good mentors to guide you on your journey. A mentor is defined in the Wiktionary as "A wise and trusted counselor or teacher". whilst this is a [...]

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Internal Vs. External Leadership Succession?

10 December 2007

Leadership development and leadership succession are of the most important concerns of effective leaders. One of the key decision which needs to made is what is an appropriate approach to leadership succession? Should leaders consider primarily internal or external candidates? The article "Internal Versus External Succession May Be Best Long-Term Talent Bet" provides some insight, [...]

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Developing 3-Dimensional Leaders

10 December 2007

It’s important to take a holistic view of leadership. This is exactly what Jim Bolt has done in his article on the importance of "Developing The 3-Dimensional Leader". He makes the opening point that "Too many leaders today are one-dimensional, narrowly focused on business results…." and we have all seen the devastating results of narrowly [...]

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The Leadership Vacumm

29 October 2007

IBM just released a study they’re calling the Global Human Capital Study 2008 and it provides some interesting reading and highlights the raising importance of leadership in organisations. The study is the result of interviews conducted with 400 human resources executives from 40 countries. It suggests that companies are putting their growth strategies at risk [...]

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