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The Performance Pipeline

CEO Blog

I read " The Performance Pipeline - Getting the Right Performance at Every Level of Leadership " by Stephen Drotter. I had read and reviewed his previous book - " The Leadership Pipeline - How to build a Leadership Powered Company " As you can deduce from the titles, Drotter feels that almost everyone in a company should be a leader.

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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 get in trouble because they continue to do what they loved to do and what made them so successful – working with players. 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?

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10 Essential Leadership Models

Great Leadership By Dan

Jim introduced the Diamond Model, which describes four elements of leadership: yourself, others, task, and organization. Charon, Drotter, and Noel did a nice job explaining six key developmental passages a leader can advance through in thier book The Leadership Pipeline , along with the skills required to be successful for each passage.

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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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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

Given the number of baby boomers expected to retire between now and 2030 (the last group of baby boomers reach of the age of 65 in 2030, and, of course, some may choose to work past age 65) organizations need to prepare others to take over leadership roles. Long term vision/goal setting and the ability to communicate that to the organization.

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How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals

Harvard Business Review

More than that, they must view this other-directed work as mission-critical to their success.” No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility, be recognized for achievement, and contribute to the success of a team.” New Managers Need a Philosophy About How They’ll Lead.