Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership)


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    • ISBN13: 9780787985592
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    • Author : Ram Charan
    • Binding : Hardcover
    • Dewey Decimal Number : 658.4092
    • EAN : 9780787985592
    • ISBN : 0787985597
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    • Label : Jossey-Bass
    • List Price : $27.95 (USD)
    • Manufacturer : Jossey-Bass
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    • Number Of Pages : 192
    • Package Dimensions : 0.80 inches (Height) x 8.90 inches (Length) x 0.70 pounds (Weight) x 6.30 inches (Width)
    • Publication Date : 2007-12-21
    • Publisher : Jossey-Bass
    • Studio : Jossey-Bass

    Learn how top companies solve the problem of leadership succession from corporate America's leading consultant. A serious crisis looms in American management today. More and more CEOs are failing; there remains an acute shortage of capable replacements. The true dilemma in leadership is the stagnant state of corporate leadership development. Because companies fail to hone their unit managers' leadership abilities, they are never able to fill their succession pipelines. With unit managers stagnating, companies have difficulty executing at every level, compounding the crisis. In I>Leaders at All Levels, bestselling author Ram Charan shows how top companies approach leadership development as a core competency, recognizing that an adaptable leadership pool is a competitive advantage, and focusing their attention on bringing out the best in the leaders they have. Charan reveals exactly what's wrong with corporate leadership development and tells how to make it right. He explains the concept of a leadership "gene pool" and shows how companies can discover just what "DNA" they need to succeed. He also details how to uncover the hidden leaders in a company, when and where to bring in fresh talent, how to coach, measure, and reward leadership, and much more. For CEOs, directors, and anyone involved in leadership development, Leaders at All Levels is an eye-opening guide on how to get succession right.

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    Rated 4.0 stars Customers rated Leaders at All Levels: Deepening Your Talent Pool to Solve the Succession Crisis (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) 4.0 stars out of 5.0 based on 9 reviews:

    • An intensive approach to leadership development

      by John Gibbs (Melbourne, Australia) - 2010-08-12  Rated 4 stars
      Some CEOs contribute an enormous amount of value to their companies, but most, it would seem, are worth far less than the large sums of money that they are paid. How do you go about choosing a winner rather than a loser? Is every company looking for pretty much the same person to be their CEO? Is it possible to take someone and train them up to become a good corporate leader? Ram Charan addresses these and many other questions in this book. According to the author, leadership development usually happens on an ad hoc basis when a seasoned leader takes a special interest in a junior person and provides that person with the experiences and coaching to help him or her flourish. But why leave leadership development to chance? The book advocates an apprenticeship model of leadership development and recommends that the recognising and development of leadership potential in others become one of the primary duties of every leader within an organisation. If you take the author literally, you will be devoting an enormous amount of your organisation's time and resources to leadership development. If you subscribe to the theory that leadership ability is more an acquired art than an innate talent, and that the right sort of leadership makes an enormous difference in organisational outcomes, then what the book says is very helpful. I think I am a believer, but not such a fanatic as the author.

    • Re-spin of The Leadership Pipeline

      by John P. Christian - 2009-05-31  Rated 2 stars
      If you have read the Leadership Pipeline (co-authored by the same guy) then you have seen most of the thoughts expressed here. It is focused on the top end of the management chain and the failure of many corporations to adequately foster the growth and development of leaders from within the company. Other than that it is a good book with noble and respectable intensions. This is not a good "how to" manual, more of a conceptual description of the kinds of poor leadership issues that impact most large companies. I would have liked to have seen a better description of the root causes of poor leadership thinking with some pointed examples of how this can be fixed and an explanation of why the fixes work. For example I as a manager have conceived and implemented the best plan or solution vs. I put the challange to my team to develop the best plan or solution and then partnered with them to achieve a superior result, etc. If you are looking at ways to cultivate new CEOs within your complany this book will make more sense than if you are looking at moving your company toward a great leadership culture by teaching new leaders the meaning and value of leadership skills.

    • A must-have guide for leadership development

      by Rebecca Clement (Philadelphia, PA) - 2009-01-30  Rated 4 stars
      One of the most significant challenges facing companies is poor succession planning at all levels of the organization. There are multiple facets to this problem, beyond the obvious absence of breadth and depth of internal talent. Many organizations don't recognize the need for leadership development and those that do - typically do it poorly. However, business advisor and author Ram Charan believes businesses can take proactive steps to fill their future leadership voids. In his book Leaders at All Levels, Charan recommends a revised model to help companies identify and develop potential leaders. The author dubs this approach the Apprenticeship Model, which hearkens back to the colonial method of professional development of learning by doing. Charan shows how to accelerate the process, while seamlessly integrating potential leaders into frontline, day-to-day decision making. However, the positive revelations the author lays out are tempered with realistic recommendations of organizational and attitudinal shifts that must occur as well as the admonition that this model is time intensive. But Soundview recommends this book because of the resounding endorsement from more than a dozen companies cited in Leaders at All Levels where Charan's leadership development practices are producing results.

    • A detailed plan to select and groom future CEOs

      by Rolf Dobelli (Switzerland) - 2008-09-12  Rated 4 stars
      Everyone in the corporate world knows how important a CEO is. A CEO can make a weak company strong and a good company great. Conversely, a bad CEO can do harm that may take years to correct or even destroy a company. Although corporate board members know all this, few boards adequately develop future leaders or prepare for CEO succession. They ignore this vital task until dire need confronts them. Then, one day, the CEO quits, becomes ill, dies or must be removed. Board members are bereft and bewildered, wondering how to find a suitable replacement. Respected consultant Ram Charan offers an alternative scenario: the "Apprenticeship Model." General Electric, Colgate-Palmolive and other well-known firms have found that this proactive development plan works for them. getAbstract recommends this stellar book on leadership training and CEO succession planning as a must read for anyone who is - or should be - involved in grooming, training or selecting future CEOs. http://www.getabstract.com/summary/8839/leaders-at-all-levels.html

    • "challenge the status quo" - From the editor of leadingtoday.org

      by Greg L. Thomas (Litchfield, Ohio United States) - 2008-06-29  Rated 4 stars
      Author Ram Charan has become one of the most prolific and highly respected consultants in the world today. He is a pragmatic educator and this book is no exception. Ram is not afraid to challenge the status quo and he does so boldly in Leaders At All Levels. The typical lifespan of CEO's is shorter today than ever before. Obviously, when a CEO departs an organization, his or her role must be filled. Many feel we are in the midst of a crisis. As Charan remarks, "At all levels, companies are short on the quantity and quality of leaders they need." But where do these leaders come from and how well were they prepared to assume the role of a CEO? The traditional business model attempts to develop future leaders as a responsibility of Human Resources by providing classroom training, spending large amounts of money on training, developing a universal set of competencies and putting everyone on a standardized career track as openings become available. In place of this outdated ineffective model, Charan offers the Apprenticeship Model. This is a new approach to the entire leadership development process. The eight chapters that comprise Leaders At All Levels discuss the introduction and application of the Apprenticeship Model. It is a philosophy where all top level executives, supervisors and virtually everyone takes responsibility for developing leaders within the organization. With this model Human Resources becomes the trustee of a process that is now a companywide priority. This also means that the present leaders and supervisors take ownership of developing the next CEO succession candidates. The result is that succession development becomes part of the everyday fabric of the organization and nurtures feedback, practice, course corrections and even more feedback. Leaders At All Levels is a beneficial book that breaks down Charan's Apprenticeship Model into an effective teaching tool to create change in how leadership development is performed. Like any tool the challenge is in implementing new ideas that go against a prevailing culture. This book also provides some helpful charts and stimulating questions to promote deeper thinking. The epilogue is especially interesting. Charan talks directly to any reader who believes they have leadership potential. After encouraging the reader to adopt the Apprenticeship Model even if their organization doesn't, he stresses the importance of taking charge of your own development and learning. In addition, the author provides coaching advice on how to guide your own career progression including possible pitfalls. It is for these reasons that Leaders At All Levels is a valuable book that hopefully will give birth to a new and better way for organizations to develop leaders.

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