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How Should Leaders Address Challenge Of Low Performers?

Tanveer Naseer

At first, this analogy may appear to be an overreach—after all, how can one or even a handful of poorly performing workers affect the success of an entire organization? These workers leave for a variety of reasons, including limited career growth and pay. 44% say low performers increase the work burden on high performers.

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CEOs work to keep key employees

Coaching Tip

Chief executives should act now to prevent defections of key employees next year, says veteran management adviser Ram Charan. Ram Charan, an expert and author on developing corporate talent , shown earlier this month during an interview with The Wall Street Journal. CEOs of major U.S. Four became best sellers.

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The 6 Passages of Leadership and Management

Great Leadership By Dan

Unless you are an heir to a throne, people usually don’t begin their careers leading a large organization. Charan, Drotter, and Noel wrote about six leadership passages in their classic book The Leadership Pipeline. There’s a progression of passages, or at least there should be.

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The Leadership Pipeline

CEO Blog

The Leadership Pipeline - How to Build the Leadership Powered Company by Ram Charan , Steve Drotter and Jim Noel was awesome. I like Ram Charans books. Interestingly, I started my career here. This is great for stimulating thought but may cause an intermingling of thought on my book reviews. He is a clear thinker.

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Video Book Club: The Leadership Pipeline

Next Level Blog

In the video review, I walk through the simple yet resonant model of career path transitions that the authors Charan, Drotter and Noel outline in the book. The Next Level Find out what insiders know about executive success in Scott Eblin’s new and expanded book, The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success.

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How Boards Can Set a New CEO Up for Success

Harvard Business Review

Few people have more experience with CEO successions than Ram Charan. For more than three decades, Charan has been involved in CEO searches in the United States, China, Japan, India, Brazil, and Europe, as a director, an adviser, or a member of the selection committee. Can you elaborate?

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How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals

Harvard Business Review

One of the most exciting and — sometimes anxiety-producing transitions in a career — comes when you move from being an individual contributor to becoming a manager. More than that, they must view this other-directed work as mission-critical to their success.” New Managers Don’t Have to Have All the Answers.