THE LEADERSHIP PIPELINE
How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company

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Today's businesses compete as much on the strength of their intellectual capital as on that of their financial capital. This intellectual capital resides in employees at all levels of the firm, but it takes strong leadership to fully develop and enable it. Many companies still rely on outmoded development methods and concepts to prepare their current and future leaders or they hire expensive stars who are frequently recruited away.

In this book, three experts show companies how to build their own leaders by understanding the critical passages a leader must navigate, by providing the appropriate development for navigating those passages, and by building the right system for ensuring a full pipeline of leaders now and in the future.

Together Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, and James Noel have substantial firsthand experience in leadership succession and development around the world. They have coached some of the world's top corporate leaders and have developed effective leadership succession and development programs for leading companies of all sizes.

Drawing on this background, they provide readers with a proven method for building a leadership pipeline by defining six critical leadership passages, assessing competence and performance at each passage, and planning leadership development in a way that addresses the unique challenge of each passage.

The Leadership Pipeline's practical advice has proven to be applicable to companies of all sizes, to be particularly helpful to women and minorities, and to be effective in cross-cultural settings. It gives managers and human resource professionals the framework, tools, and language they need to help leaders at every level reach their full potential. It also gives individuals a framework for managing their own development and planning their own careers.

Reviews

"A great book. The Leadership Pipeline is an invaluable resource for developing leaders at all levels in today's competitive business environment."
—J.W. Marriott, Jr., chairman of the board and CEO, Marriott International

"These concepts have been tremendously influential in shaping my leadership approach and in building cohesive leadership teams at many levels."
—Robert L. Nardelli, president and CEO, GE Power Systems

"People everywhere are talking about the war for talent. This book provides a framework for assessing and developing your own internal pipeline of leadership talent."
—Norman C. Walker, head of human resources, Novartis International AG

Published by Jossey-Bass
November 2000
hardcover / 224 pages
ISBN: 0787951722