The Leadership Pipeline

In the new Knowledge Economy, leadership at every level is a requisite for company survival. Yet the leadership pipeline has run dry. In this book, three consultants who have shaped the cutting-edge practice of many world-class organizations show companies how they can develop leadership at every organizational level. Drawing from their experience at General Electric, Goodyear, Citibank, Ford, and other top companies, they present a proven model for identifying future leaders, assessing their competence, planning their development, and measuring the results. Moreover, they integrate their leadership development process with a succession planning process that enables companies to constantly renew leaders at all levels.

1. Six Leadership Passages: An Overview
2. From Managing Self to Managing Others
3. From Managing Others to Managing Managers
4. From Managing Managers to Functional Manager
5. From Functional Manager to Business Manager
6. From Business Manager to Group Manager
7. From Group Manager to Enterprise Manager
8. Diagnostics: Identifying Pipeline Problems and Possibilities
9. Performance Improvements: Clarifying Roles and Creating Performance Standards
10. Succession Planning
11. Identifying Potential Pipeline Failures
12. The Functional Career Passage
13. Coaching
14. Benefits Up and Down the Line

This is a must read for any manager. You may argue that you need to have been through a few of the phases they describe before understanding what they are talking about, but I believe this should be mandatory MBA reading.

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