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 preparing millennials for leadership success, good succession practices, top executives and high potential programs, and the skills leaders need at every level.
From Devon Scheef and Diane Thielfoldt: Preparing millennials for leadership success
“It hardly seems possible, but the time has come when high-potential millennials are assuming leadership roles. If you take the long view, it makes sense to prepare your best, young professionals now for the big promotional step that their predecessors typically had to wait 10, 15 years or longer to expect.”
From Natalie Michael: Six Succession Practices That Will Make Your Company (and Life) Better
“Succession management is like networking. We all know we need to do a better job of it, yet we don’t because we get busy. But then something happens and we realize we should have been doing something different all along.”
From Steve Towers: The Missing Link: Top Executives and High Potential Programs
“While there are many important success factors in creating a high potential development program, perhaps none is more critical than ensuring the program has a clear and well-articulated alignment to your business strategy. At the end of the day, these leaders will be expected to deliver against that strategy, so this is where program design discussions need to start. Important industry trends, key strategic business objectives, and critical leader capabilities that are required to achieve these objectives are just a few of the issues to explore.”
From Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman: The Skills Leaders Need at Every Level
“Are some skills less important for leaders at certain levels of the organization? Or is there a set of skills fundamental to every level?”
