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 developing leaders from inside, leadership development and the “leadership industry,†leadership development on the job, and the CEO role in leadership development.
From Brian Scudamore: Why Developing Leaders From Within Is The Best Hiring Tactic
“Anyone involved in hiring and recruitment knows that you can spend a ton of time combing through resumes and interviewing, only to get it wrong. Two weeks in, you realize the newbie isn’t as qualified as you thought or he doesn’t gel with company culture. This doesn’t just waste time, it wastes money, too. I’m here to tell you how to find a leader who is guaranteed to be awesome right off the bat: hire from within.”
From James Heskett: How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry†Accountable?
“The irony here is that Pfeffer, a Stanford Graduate School of Business professor, and others of us, including me, are part of the leadership industry he criticizes. Give him credit, then, for seeking the kinds of messages he can impart to colleagues and students he believes will be useful to them, and allow him to live with himself. They include advice to aspiring leaders and those who would help develop them to, among other things:”
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From Ethan Bernstein, Niko Canner, and Charlotte Dobbs: How Self-Managed Companies Help People Learn on the Job
“Self-directed study is transforming the way employees learn — and self-managed organizations are leading the charge. The main way members of these organizations drive their own learning is by experimenting with how they structure roles, relationships, responsibilities, and decision making processes. Nothing is sacred.”
From Jennifer Pellet: Leadership and Talent Management: The CEO’s Role
“Three CEOs shared their challenges finding and retaining skilled employees—and the solutions that are helping to bridge the gap.”
