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Accelerated Leadership Development: How to Turn Your Top Talent into Leaders
FINALIST : Business Book Awards 2018 - HR and Management Category
In an increasingly volatile and complex world, it is crucial that organizations optimize leadership development so that employees in leadership positions have the right skills to operate successfully. Accelerated Leadership Development shows how HR and Learning and Development (L&D) professionals can accelerate the career progression of their top talent from entry level to senior executive roles. It covers the entire acceleration how to identify which individuals are right for accelerated leadership development, what roles are best suited for stretch assignments and how to avoid burnout.
Packed with insights from HR experts and business leaders around the world , Accelerated Leadership Development shows how this type of development works in practice, what makes it successful and highlights the potential pitfalls to look out for. Debunking the myth that one size of leadership development fits all, this book includes specific guidance on how to tailor leadership development to women and millennials. Full of practical advice, tips and techniques, this is an essential book for anyone looking to develop their very best employees.
In an increasingly volatile and complex world, it is crucial that organizations optimize leadership development so that employees in leadership positions have the right skills to operate successfully. Accelerated Leadership Development shows how HR and Learning and Development (L&D) professionals can accelerate the career progression of their top talent from entry level to senior executive roles. It covers the entire acceleration how to identify which individuals are right for accelerated leadership development, what roles are best suited for stretch assignments and how to avoid burnout.
Packed with insights from HR experts and business leaders around the world , Accelerated Leadership Development shows how this type of development works in practice, what makes it successful and highlights the potential pitfalls to look out for. Debunking the myth that one size of leadership development fits all, this book includes specific guidance on how to tailor leadership development to women and millennials. Full of practical advice, tips and techniques, this is an essential book for anyone looking to develop their very best employees.
248 pages, Paperback
Published July 31, 2018
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February 13, 2019
This book was written for HR Professionals, and also high potential employees on how to accelerate leadership development. Personally, I think there is more value here for Leaders (HR or otherwise) in large organisations which have the resources available to put together an accelerated leadership program.
It covers how to get started, dealing with the usual objections (why was that person chosen?, what happens at the end of the program?, won't that person just take all this development and leave?, they haven't had 20 years experience so they can't be a senior leader... etc.), and also ideas for what to put in your accelerated program such as looking at offering breadth of experience, stretch projects and focusing on experience rather than roles and career paths.
Through interviews with HR and business leaders, plus, millennial high-potentials, Wichert gives many examples of where/how accelerated programs work and what high potentials are looking for. There is also a section just focusing on women and millennial in the workforce.
I would recommend this book to anyone working in a large organisation who is struggling to get engagement from the senior team (or HR) regarding developing high potential employees and needs some evidence and research to refer to.
With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher (Kogan Page) for providing me with an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
It covers how to get started, dealing with the usual objections (why was that person chosen?, what happens at the end of the program?, won't that person just take all this development and leave?, they haven't had 20 years experience so they can't be a senior leader... etc.), and also ideas for what to put in your accelerated program such as looking at offering breadth of experience, stretch projects and focusing on experience rather than roles and career paths.
Through interviews with HR and business leaders, plus, millennial high-potentials, Wichert gives many examples of where/how accelerated programs work and what high potentials are looking for. There is also a section just focusing on women and millennial in the workforce.
I would recommend this book to anyone working in a large organisation who is struggling to get engagement from the senior team (or HR) regarding developing high potential employees and needs some evidence and research to refer to.
With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher (Kogan Page) for providing me with an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.
July 31, 2018
This was an interesting read. Very informative and helpful.If you're interested in self development then this book is among the recommended books to read.
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