Real Time Leadership Development

by Yost, Paul R.; Plunkett, Mary Mannion

• ISBN13: 9781405186674
• ISBN10: 1405186674
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-18
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Real Time Leadership Development provides research and practices-based guidance and tools for leaders to use to fully leverage experience-based development for their own growth and to build the next generation of leaders in their organization. Teaches you how to identify the key experiences, competencies, and relationships that are critical in the development of current and future leaders. Answers the question "Leadership for the sake of what?" by helping you identify your leadership principles and think about your legacy. Provides guidance on organization-wide metrics such as employee surveys, succession management metrics, and performance development plan audits. Includes "Taking Action" sections that provide tools for developing future talent in individuals, teams, and organizations. Discusses relevant books, articles, and research studies that deepen your understanding of the subject matter.

Author Biography

Paul R. Yost, Ph.D. teaches in the Industrial-Organizational Psychology graduate program at Seattle Pacific University and serves as president of Yost & Associates, Inc., specializing in talent management, leadership development, and continuous learning. He previously served as Senior Research Specialist at Microsoft and Manager of Leadership Research at The Boeing Company where his work focused on leadership development, executive assessment, program evaluation, and developing organizational systems that help all employees capture the lessons of experience that are passing them by every day.

Mary Mannion Plunkett, Ph.D. has more than 18 years experience in the field of leadership and organization development including roles with The Boeing Company, Ernst & Young LLP and McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company. She most recently served as the Head of Talent Management for Lehman Brothers Europe and the Middle East and as Vice President Executive Development, for BP, plc with responsibilities in these roles for talent strategy, learning and leadership development, and the implementation of integrated leadership development systems to enhance the capability of senior leadership.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Series Editor's Preface	p. xi
Preface: Your Job is the Classroom!	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Building Your Leadership Pipeline	p. 1
Linking Business Strategy and Experiences	p. 3
Linking Business Strategy and Competencies	p. 13
Linking Business Strategy and Relationships	p. 23
Talent Management Metrics to Watch	p. 33
Capturing the Lessons	p. 45
Stepping into the Unknown	p. 47
Stretch Assignments	p. 55
Navigating the Experiences	p. 63
Real Time Reflection	p. 71
When Leaders Derail	p. 77
Drawing on Other People	p. 87
Development Conversations	p. 89
Role Models	p. 101
Mentoring	p. 109
Building Your Network	p. 117
Building Experiences into Talent Management	p. 127
Individual Development Plans	p. 129
Performance Management	p. 139
High Potential Programs	p. 147
Succession Management	p. 155
Leadership Training Programs	p. 165
Moving from Success to Significance	p. 177
Transitions	p. 181
Leadership Principles	p. 189
Legacies	p. 195
Conclusion: The Bottom Line	p. 203
Notes	p. 209
References	p. 217
Index	p. 227
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