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7 Principles of Leadership Development: Managers as Mentors

Mike Cardus

An earlier post listed the 7 Principles of Leadership Development in no specific order of importance : Necessary Skilled-Knowledge. Using Existing Employees as Mentors. Strategy for Leadership Development. Managers as Mentors. What is a mentor? Education for Leadership. The Chief Executive. The Chance to Lead.

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50 Development Ideas for the 9 Box Performance and Potential Matrix

Great Leadership By Dan

When using the performance and potential matrix (9 box) to assess leaders, some organizations will assess each employee, then discuss development at a follow-up meeting, or worst case, not at all. An emerging best practice is to discuss specific development strategies for each employee as a part of the assessment discussion.

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How to Be a Great Mentor Without All the Fuss | Aspire-CS

Persuasive Powerhouse

I have had my own share of satisfying as well as frustrating mentor-mentee relationships, and its taught me that the person I am mentoring should be taking responsibility for the logistics of our time together as well as their own growth and learning. Stop over and view a different look at the power of mentoring.

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A Non-Profit Board’s AHA Moment

Lead Change Blog

Our bank management training group dwindled down as we became “leaders” and landed new roles. Sadly, we lacked development and had not been mentored enough to be managers. I realize that now is the time for our board to strategically mentor new talent to fill our board and volunteer leadership gaps.

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Jennifer Miller: The Character-Based Leader Co-Author Interview

Lead Change Blog

Miller has been living a life of character-based leadership.She’s crafted a career abundant with leadership stories: manager for three different Fortune 500 companies, project team leader, mentor and board member.

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How to Achieve Better Gender Balance through Succession Planning and Development

Great Leadership By Dan

However, according to 20-First’s 3rd Annual Global Gender Scorecard , 90% of Executive Committee positions are still filled by men, with only 10% by women. There’s a “Diversity” strategy driven from one office, and a succession planning and development strategy driven by another. Train Leaders in the importance of gender balance.

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How Employee Feedback May Have Prevented Deadly Meningitis Outbreak

Great Leadership By Dan

Managers need to be trained on the importance of balancing business needs with safety and to take frontline employees concerns seriously. HR should also be involved with safety committees, training and employee development and company mentoring programs. And 37 people would still be alive.

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