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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. Unfortunately, sometimes they never do learn – or even try to – and it ends up being their downfall.

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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. Interestingly, I started my career here. We went public the following year and sales beat $100,000,000 the next year. It is a must read for any aspiring leader at any level. I like Ram Charans books.

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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. ” In other cases, you might end up saying: “ In digesting what you have shared, I am finding I just can’t get myself comfortable with that direction.