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 succession planning, why organizations don’t train leaders, how leadership development is hurting your career, and leadership development choices.
From the Economist: Making a success of succession
“Companies are generally not good at changing their chiefs.”
From Kevin Eikenberry: 9 Reasons Organizations Don’t Train Their Leaders
“There are hundreds of companies large and small that offer services to help leaders grow and get greater results, ours included. This means there is a large market of organizations that look for, secure and use these services to equip their leaders to become more effective. There are many more organizations that create and provide leadership development activities for internal use. Yet for every organization (or department or regional office) that does value and develop their leaders, there are many more who don’t.”
From Karin Hurt: How Leadership Development is Hurting Your Career
“Don’t over-think your leadership. People are watching. You need feedback, and most people ask too little. And as it turns out, some people ask too much.”
From Julie Winkle Giulioni: To Lead or Not to Lead: Most Employees Say “Not”… but Many Go For It Anyway
“Most workers don’t aspire to leadership roles. That’s the key finding of a study conducted earlier this year by CareerBuilder and Harris Poll. Based upon the responses of more the 3500 workers across the United States, only about one-third (34%) aspire to leadership positions.”
