HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

I want to pay forward the investment made in me by empowering the next generation of talent and building sustainable leadership pipelines for our company and the future. An important lesson I’ve learned along the way is that shaping a successful leadership pipeline requires organizations to be deliberate in their leader selections.

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Chart Your Course

MARCH 17, 2015

According to a recent Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report: GLOBAL organizations today must navigate a “new world of work”—one that requires a dramatic change in strategies for leadership, talent, and human resources. In this new world of work, the barriers between work and life have been all but eliminated.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 14, 2012

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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The Center For Leadership Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

By developing leadership skills at all levels of your organization (from new employees to individual contributors to first-time managers and beyond) you’ll build a strong leadership pipeline. Leadership development and change management are woven closely together. One cannot happen in absence of the other.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

In a Deloitte study of 7,000 organizations this year, 89% of executives rated “ strengthening the leadership pipeline ” an urgent issue. Here’s what we learned about companies that have strong leadership pipelines and strong financial performance: First, they focus intently on culture.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development. Through accountability measures and ongoing learning initiatives, EY fosters an inclusive culture at all levels.

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CO2

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Refining Problem-Solving Skills : Central to effective leadership is the capacity for adept problem-solving. Leadership coaching and skills enhancement equips leaders with strategies and frameworks to enhance this skill.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 9, 2021

For instance, who to hire; how to identify when an employee is likely to leave their job; and in appraisals and promotion considerations; and to create the future leadership pipeline. While performance management is seen in most organizations, there are many strategies that have been tried and tested over the years.

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HR Digest

MARCH 2, 2021

Developing a strong leadership pipeline with succession planning. The answer is complicated. Research by PwC revealed that 43% of family businesses don’t have a succession plan in place, with only 12% making it the 3rd generation.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

Given the evolving nature of today’s work environment, where the demand for skilled talent is fiercely competitive, HR leaders play an instrumental role in translating research insights into tangible organizational strategies. Stephanie Neal’s research underscores the importance of aligning organizational values with leadership actions.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 24, 2015

Having a strong pipeline of ‘ready now’ leaders is at the heart of a high-performing talent management strategy. Difficulties retaining top talent can also be another impeding factor to building a leadership pipeline. And it requires an investment and commitment to bring that to fruition.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

It’s usually a case where they’re moving from a pretty hands-on, directive leadership role and into a role in which they’re coordinating the work of a number of other leaders. As the authors of The Leadership Pipeline point out, the first time is usually when the leader moves from manager to manager of managers.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 8, 2015

“It’s not enough to develop leaders generically and expect them to take on the specific challenges of a company’s strategic direction,” said Noah Rabinowitz, senior partner and global head of Leadership Development at Korn Ferry. Development needs to be inextricably linked to business goals and strategy.” .

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Donna Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Walmart, discusses the world’s largest retailer’s priorities when selecting future leadership pipeline, and why companies who hire a diverse talent do better than others. At Walmart, people are at the core of our business. PHOTO: Walmart .

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Your Voice of Encouragement

MARCH 14, 2017

A leadership culture exists when leaders are routinely and systematically developed, and you have a surplus of leaders ready for the next opportunity or challenge. What would happen if organizations were proactive and strategic and built their own leadership pipeline and filled their bench with capable, ready-now leaders?

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Center for Creative Leadership

AUGUST 26, 2019

Our research has consistently found that leader competencies can be developed using 3 strategies: Challenging assignments that offer opportunities to practice new skills in the workplace. What can you do with the data we’re sharing?

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

Stephen Warrilow presents How To Manage Change - Putting It All Together posted at Change Management - Practical Strategies For Success , saying that in the current economic climate, all organisations are experiencing the impacts of change and many could now benefit from the practical knowledge of how to lead and manage change. 

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The current leadership pipelines do not work. Most organizations try to create a strong leadership bench by managing a pipeline of successors who have the potential to fill a specific position or role, but this approach breaks down in the current environment. Encourage employee aspiration for leadership positions.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy? I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy. The HR Digest: Mastercard is said to have a passionate work culture fit for the industry’s most driven workers.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). 90% of leaders think an engagement strategy is important while only 25% of organizations have one (ACCOR). Where are we? That’s real development. Real Results.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

How Lance Does It How The Mighty Fall How To Get Anyone To Do Anything How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be How To Grow Leaders How To Lead How To Think Like A CEO & Act Like A Leader How To Win Friends And Influence People In Search Of Excellence Influencer: The Power To Change Anything Inside The Tornado Inspirational Leadership (..)

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2012

How Lance Does It How The Mighty Fall How To Get Anyone To Do Anything How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be How To Grow Leaders How To Lead How To Think Like A CEO & Act Like A Leader How To Win Friends And Influence People In Search Of Excellence Influencer: The Power To Change Anything Inside The Tornado Inspirational Leadership (..)

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company , Authors: Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel; Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001. She provides clients of all sizes strategic direction and implementation of programs and strategies around projects, process, people and technology. References.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

How Lance Does It How The Mighty Fall How To Get Anyone To Do Anything How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be How To Grow Leaders How To Lead How To Think Like A CEO & Act Like A Leader How To Win Friends And Influence People In Search Of Excellence Influencer: The Power To Change Anything Inside The Tornado Inspirational Leadership (..)

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 9, 2010

Stephen Warrilow presents How To Manage Change – Putting It All Together posted at Change Management – Practical Strategies For Success , saying that in the current economic climate, all organisations are experiencing the impacts of change and many could now benefit from the practical knowledge of how to lead and manage change.

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Leadership McCarthy Blog Motivation 170

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

The survey respondents said the problem is threefold: First, confidence in current leadership to drive change is low; second, there are gaps throughout the leadership pipeline; and finally, engagement in strategic change among leaders outside of the C-suite is lacking.

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Development Leadership Pipeline Content Survey 8

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

How Lance Does It How The Mighty Fall How To Get Anyone To Do Anything How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be How To Grow Leaders How To Lead How To Think Like A CEO & Act Like A Leader How To Win Friends And Influence People In Search Of Excellence Influencer: The Power To Change Anything Inside The Tornado Inspirational Leadership (..)

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 61

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

But because men and women are different in a host of potentially powerfully complementary ways, this well-intentioned strategy has only served to eliminate women from the leadership pipelines in many companies, except for the few who adopt masculine leadership styles. The Brazilians never fell into this trap.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2018

Developing a diverse leadership pipeline can benefit companies in all sectors. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. But companies also have a key part to play in fostering diversity in their leadership pipeline.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2014

I reached that conclusion in 2007, after working with Nitin Nohria, the current dean of Harvard Business School, and colleagues at the executive search firm Egon Zehnder to gauge the effects of three factors – globalization , demographics, and leadership pipelines – on competition for senior talent in large organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Much of Charan’s recent work has tilted towards organization and people (books on strategy execution, leadership pipeline, talent and advice on intensity, change, leadership traits, performance management, governance). Human resources Strategy Talent management' that enable organizations to win over time.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a 2014 survey from Deloitte , 86% of business leaders know that their organizations’ future depends on the effectiveness of their leadership pipelines — but a survey of 2,200 global HR leaders found that only 13% are confident in their succession plans, with 54% reporting damage to their businesses due to talent shortages.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Yahoo has struggled to convince investors that it has a clear strategy or a long-term CEO to implement that strategy since Carol Bartz's sudden departure last fall. In the annual "Session C" reviews , the CEO meets with leaders from across GE's business units to understand the future leadership pipeline. In the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2017

To help maintain and sustain a more stable and grounded presence, be sure that you are setting the right priorities for yourself , and that you have strategies for managing the workload of being a leader , as you take on this larger role and responsibility as a new manager. New Managers Don’t Have to Have All the Answers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2015

We quantified these costs in Strategy&’s annual Study of CEOs, Governance, and Success , which estimated that companies that fire their CEOs forgo an average $1.8 We found that failed successions are typically a result of boards not paying close enough attention to the senior leadership pipeline.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Only 13% claimed they use personas to inform their talent strategy. Research from Bersin by Deloitte shows that organizations with mature analytics strategies and processes are twice as likely to improve their recruiting efforts and leadership pipeline. Standing out from the crowd.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2016

For example, to build capacities for managing stress, watch a series of TED Talks that inspire and educate on successful strategies for stress reduction. At workforce solutions firm Kelly Services, two operational leaders saw a need to increase the leadership pipeline and employee engagement through strengthening network connections.

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