At some regular interval, your organization refreshes its strategic plan.  Perhaps you did that in Q4 as you set this year’s budget.  Now that you are well into the new year, have you thought about one of the key factors that will help you meet the plan: your organization’s leadership pipeline?  Do you have that nagging question in the back of your mind that you may not have the leadership needed to achieve the near- or long-term plan?  Do you have a structure and process in place to develop the leaders you’ll need?  Current leadership development processes and programs in your organization may be doing a good job of developing today’s leaders, but what about tomorrow’s? [Read more…]

At some regular interval, your organization refreshes its strategic plan.  Perhaps you did that in Q4 as you set this year’s budget.  Now that you are well into the new year, have you thought about one of the key factors that will help you meet the plan: your organization’s leadership pipeline?  Do you have that nagging question in the back of your mind that you may not have the leadership needed to achieve the near- or long-term plan?  Do you have a structure and process in place to develop the leaders you’ll need?  Current leadership development processes and programs in your organization may be doing a good job of developing today’s leaders, but what about tomorrow’s? [Read more…]