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 blog posts about succession planning, leadership development and hierarchies and leadership development failings.
From Chief Executive: A Strong Succession Plan Leads to Strong Success
“Having a clear succession plan for top leadership is vital for keeping any large or mid-sized organization running smoothly without interruption.”
From Les Hayman: Why Succession Plans Rarely Work
“here are some of the major barriers that I believe can get in the way of successful succession planning both at C-level and also with succession at lower management levels.”
From People Management Magazine: Leadership development undermined by rigid hierarchies, finds research
“Rigid organisational hierarchies are one of the main barriers to improving management and leadership skills at work, CIPD research has revealed.”
From Brad Hall: Today’s Leadership Development Approach Does Not Work
“Although leadership development is perceived as important, today’s paradigm doesn’t seem to work. The reason is simple. Leadership is a complex skill. But today’s leadership development approaches are inconsistent with tried and true skill development paradigms.”
