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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. Passage #5: Managing Organizations. Passage #6: Leading Organizations.

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Why Middle Managers Need to “Fire” Themselves as Supervisors

Great Leadership By Dan

They not only sabotaged their own careers, but they retarded the development of promising developing Coordinators. If you’re a middle or senior manager, how many of you are still managing your old employees and not leading your organization by managing your supervisors or managers? Select and hire capable first-line managers.

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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. One thing I like about the book is it encourages organizations to look within for leaders. Leadership Pipeline talks of leadership mostly within larger organizations. 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. Becoming a new manager is an important leadership passage in your career. New Managers Need a Philosophy About How They’ll Lead.