Leadership development may be the most important thing any company does. That’s why, every week, I review blogs and other publications that cover leadership development to find the very best leadership development posts. This week, you’ll find pointers to posts about strategic leadership development, strategic HR, why on-the-job training isn’t working, and setting up a manager swap program for leadership development.
From Aaron Olson and B.K. Simerson: Strategizing Toward Better Leaders
“Organizations can improve business results and increase organizational resilience by developing more strategic leaders, but they have to address leadership and strategy in an integrated way.”
From Reinhard Messenböck, Markus Klevenz, Anja Marzuillo, and Mike Galicija: Strategic HR Management
“As the pace of business accelerates and competition intensifies, companies in virtually all industries are confronting greater uncertainty and complexity. In the face of such challenges, HR has the potential to be a significant strategic asset by ensuring that companies have the human capital they need to compete and the ability to react fast to changing environments.”
From Andy Birol: Why on-the-job training isn’t working
“How can a company train employees in skills they don’t know? They can’t. And supervising staff who don’t know requires patience and temperament rarely found in private and family businesses. Why? Because usually the management team is comprised of people who are ‘lifeguards’ and learned to swim by not drowning. They are not ‘pool directors’ trained in managing multiple functions. Here are three solutions”
From Dan McCarthy: How to Start a Manager Swap Program
“One of the best ways to develop a broad and deep set of leadership competencies is to move around in a variety of challenging and diverse jobs.”
