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Why Middle Managers Need to “Fire” Themselves as Supervisors

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According to Charon, Drotter, and Noel, from their classic book The Leadership Pipeline , the most important things middle managers need to do are: 1. It’s one of the oldest and most frequent recipes for failure! Managing managers is way different that managing individual contributors. Select and hire capable first-line managers.

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The 6 Passages of Leadership and Management

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Charan, Drotter, and Noel wrote about six leadership passages in their classic book The Leadership Pipeline. However, they use the terms “leadership” and “management” interchangeably. What if we took a simplified version of the Pipeline model, and mash it with a distinction between leadership and management?

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10 Essential Leadership Models

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Jim introduced the Diamond Model, which describes four elements of leadership: yourself, others, task, and organization. Six Leadership Passages. I actually came up with my own six passages , in which I made a distinction between management and leadership.

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How to Explain Leadership Development to a 5th Grader (A Leadership Development Glossary)

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In fact, OD professionals usually can’t agree on what it really means. (-: Pipeline: Same as “Bench Strength”, i.e., “we have a weak leadership pipeline and need to do some leadership development”. Organizational Development (OD): Sorry, there is no way to explain OD in simple terms.

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Which will get you Promoted to CEO: Nasty or Nice?

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High energy levels to adequately accommodate the increase in time demands that occurs between ascending levels of leadership. · A take-charge approach , characterized by a more directive style of leadership that entails regularly delegating tasks and imposing action.

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No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

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What does the Millennial generation seek in leadership development opportunities and do generational stereotypes get in the way? As part of her article research for the Huffington Post on “filling the leadership pipeline” Jennifer V. presents Coloring Outside the Lines of Your Leadership. Miller of The People Equation.

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

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The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company , Authors: Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel; Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001. The other 2 were released from the program because they did not complete required assignments and had very limited participation. References. Succession: Are You Ready?