The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership-Powered Company »

Ram Charan is a leadership coach and a past faculty member of Harvard Business School and the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. He is author of Boards at Work and coauthor of Every Business is a Growth Business. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Steve Drotter is chief executive of Drotter Human Resources, Inc. He lives in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

Jim Noel is an executive consultant and formerly vice president of Executive Development at Citibank and lives in New York City.

Presents a proven model showing companies how to identify future leaders, assess their competence, plan their development, and otherwise nurture leadership within the organization. Shows how to integrate the leadership planning process at every level, investing in the future of the company through its employees.

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Three business consultants explain how companies can develop leaders from their current pool of employees by developing a system that sorts out corporate roles, identifies potential, and plans development. They identify and explain six specific leadership levels that comprise their pipeline. They do not provide a bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
About the Authors.
Introduction.
Six Leadership Passages: An Overview.
From Managing Self to Managing Others.
From Managing Others to Managing Managers.
From Managing Mangers to Functional Manager.
From Functional Manager to Business Manager.
From Business Manager to Group Manager.
From Group Manager to Enterprise Manager.
Diagnostics: Identifying Pipeline Problems and Possibilities.
Performance Improvement: Clarifying Roles and Creating Performance Standards.
Succession Planning.
Identifying Potential Pipeline Failures.
The Functional Career Passage.
Coaching.
Benefits Up and Down the Line.
Index.