Abstract
Accelerating Leadership Development is a proven method to help high-potential employees 1) assume key roles and 2) build competencies, intellectual, and knowledge capital. The book provides practical and rigorous tools and practices to enable organizations to identify and cultivate high-potential employees, as well as follow-up procedures to ensure activities and results are recorded. It also contains leadership best practices to ensure that leaders function at a high level. A pipeline of capable leaders, high-potential engagement, retention, and the development and maintenance of intellectual capital are the benchmarks for success.
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The greatest challenge in any organization is to identify, develop and retain great leaders. The stakes are high due to the upcoming demographic tsunami, which will include the aging boomers as well as the diverse drivers and demands of the next generation. Leaders, aspirants, and HR professionals need clear, practical, and usable guidance on how to fill the leadership talent pipeline today and in the future.
Accelerating Leadership Development is a proven method to help high-potential employees 1) assume key roles and 2) build competencies, intellectual, and knowledge capital. The book provides practical and rigorous tools and practices that enable organizations identify and develop high-potential employees, as well as follow-up procedures to ensure activities and results are captured. It also contains leadership best practices to ensure that leaders function at a high level. A pipeline of capable leaders, high-potential engagement, retention, and the development and maintenance of intellectual capital are the benchmarks for success.
The book also provides a unique collection of strategies and initiatives that will help leaders build their capacity and confidence in the ability to perform. The book is results-oriented and addresses communication and delegation strategies, feedback models, shifting responsibility and accountability to direct report; coaching and development methods; performance management; and On-boarding as an essential business practice.
Ask any retail expert and they will tell you that location is the most important characteristic of a successful retail company. Location! Location!” The location is essential for brick-and-mortar retailers. Location is to retail what interaction between people is to communication. Communication is the key success factor in any type of working relationship.
What makes a great leader Looking back at history, there are many great leaders. Winston Churchill was one of them. He held together a nation that was outnumbered and battered in the dark days of World War II when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany. Among his many radio addresses, “We will never surrender” stands out. Or Ronald Reagan, who was elected the U.S. president in 1979 after the country seemed to have lost its way due to the Watergate scandal, Vietnam, and the 1979 energy crisis. Margaret Thatcher, who was credited with turning around a founding country and was a source of inspiration for Reagan.
What shared these leaders? They were all communicators. In fact, Reagan was a skilled communicator. Reagan was a former Hollywood actor who preferred simple solutions to complex messages. Although he was not the most intellectual leader the United States has ever seen, he got the message across. Everyone knew what he wanted and how to do it. This was even more important
