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The 6 Passages of Leadership and Management

Great Leadership By Dan

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

Great Leadership By Dan

Financial management. Change management. The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. •Communication. Long term vision/goal setting and the ability to communicate that to the organization.

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To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

Harvard Business Review

I led the global management appraisal practice of our own executive search firm, Egon Zehnder. Japan’s educational institutions and cultural work ethic give its managers a jump-start in their careers, but most companies don’t continue the development process as far as it could go. What we found was an incredible paradox.