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 challenging tomorrow’s leaders, finding and developing HiPos , learning in the Collaboration Age, and who gets your development dollars.
From Cynthia D. McCauley: Tomorrow’s Leaders Need Diverse Challenges Today
“Why do employees typically stay on a silo-bound career path, moving ever upward in the same function or business unit?”
From Darcy Jacobsen: Finding and Developing HiPos
“Okay, okay. You might be in the lucky minority. According to a study by Quantum Workplace, 1% of executives believe that their succession plans are excellent. You might be that rare company that has a fantastic multi-level succession plan, based on substantive, nuanced data, which not only makes your high-potential employees feel invested, but also yields great leadership for your organization. But it’s statistically unlikely.”
From Charles Jennings: Learning in the Collaboration Age
“We may not have noticed it at the time, but the world of learning changed in 1990.”
From Josh Bersin: Who Gets Your Development Dollars?
“Leadership development, the largest category of L&D spending, is on fire again. Our 2014 ‘Leadership Development Factbook’ shows that spending in this critical area grew by 14 percent last year, with small and midsized companies increasing their spending by 23 percent. Why this tremendous growth? Leadership remains the No. 1 talent challenge around the world, and the problem is getting more complex every day. Despite a large industry of training providers, books, consultants and leadership vendors, companies are finding that building global leadership programs, accelerating development for millennial leaders and developing leaders at the first and second level is harder than ever. Only 8 percent of the companies we recently surveyed have a robust leadership program for millennial leaders, yet more than 75 percent of all organizations will be run by millennials by 2025.”
