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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 #3: Managing Others and Teams. Passage #4: Leading Others and Teams.

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Why Middle Managers Need to “Fire” Themselves as Supervisors

Great Leadership By Dan

as team's defensive coordinator. For those of you that don’t follow the National Football League (or sports), Crennel is the Head Coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, the worst team in the NFL right now. They not only sabotaged their own careers, but they retarded the development of promising developing Coordinators.

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Video Book Club: The Leadership Pipeline

Next Level Blog

In the video review, I walk through the simple yet resonant model of career path transitions that the authors Charan, Drotter and Noel outline in the book. The book has been around for about ten years and it’s become a go to resource for anyone charged with developing senior leaders.

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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. So, as a new manager, how do you build an authentic and connected leadership presence that has a positive impact on your team and colleagues?

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To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

Harvard Business Review

Over the course of my career, I’ve spent countless hours talking to and hearing from leaders around the world. The most successful leaders are the ones who continue to learn and grow, and the best way to help yourself – or your team — do that is through assignments that involve increasing complexity. Erika Andersen.