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The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company

ram charan stephen drotter jim noel

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Together, these authors have more first-hand experience in leadership development and succession planning than you're likely to find anywhere else. And here, they show companies how to create a pipeline of talent that will continuously fill their leadership needs-needs they may not even yet realize. The Leadership Pipeline delivers a proven framework for priming future leaders by planning for their development, coaching them, and measuring the results of those efforts. Moreover, the book presents a combination leadership-development/succession-planning program that ensures a steady line-up of leaders for every critical position within the company. It's an approach that bolsters the retention of intellectual capital as it eliminates the need to go outside for expensive "stars," who will probably jump ship before they reach their full potential anyway.

248 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1,2000

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248 pages, Hardcover
Published
November 1, 2000 by Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
ISBN
9780787951726
ASIN
0787951722
Language
English

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TargaryenX
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April 1,2025
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Appears to be very clearly articulating how to differentiate and dwell in the complex corporate structure. This is my first leadership related book. So, I really don't have anything to compare against. I don't think, I could ingest everything in this book at one read. Sections of this book needs to be re-read when the reader reaches different passages of leadership. Becauses the text about other passages could be easily understandable but not relatable. This is worth for the read. Lacking continuum in few places and repetitiveness is reason to deprive of one star :)
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Isuspep
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April 1,2025
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The base idea of this book has merit - specify a framework for management careers in more specific terms around levels, expectations, and a path of progression from small team lead to CEO. Unfortunately it's written in the most boring way possible, paired with sweeping generalizations, a lack of specific examples, vague terminology, little or no reference to actual study data/evidence, shameless references to one of the authors consulting company materials, and a puzzling fascination with ecommerce (which feels completely out of place). It was a horrible slog to get through and I ended up skimming many of the chapters through the back half of the book.

I also couldn't disagree more with the assertion that performance standards can be cleared spelled out and measured against. There's plenty of work out there to demonstrate the fallacy in that idea.
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Pumpkinification
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April 1,2025
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It was tough getting through, but being a new leader, it has some extremely valuable lessons.

Especially on the step going from being employee to leader.

And interesting to get the insights on how a company’s health can be measured on its succession pipeline.

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441red
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April 1,2025
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The book gives a clear distinction of leadership levels in a bigger organization from individual contributor to CEO and how they differ in terms of work values, time application, and skills.
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ToOoads
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April 1,2025
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Ideia interesse de deixar de procurar 'estrelas' da gestão fora de casa e começar a formá-las através do pipeline de liderança. Interessante também a separação de habilidades, gestão do tempo e valores necessários para cada nível do pipeline.
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April 1,2025
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One of my most favorite books on management. A bit dry at times, but I've read it after a very strong recommendation. It systematizes in a similar way many organizations' engineering ladders are designed for showing level appropriate work, and helping role changes be successful value transitions.

Very good for people starting as a manager of others, to manager of managers, on up. If you only read the levels from one above you down to the IC level, you will quickly gain insights and a framework to think about your day to day. Read the whole book for greater insight. Also pairs well with lots of conversation of others reading it in a book club. I'd likely re-read it if people are interested in discussing.

The levels (with 6 transitions between each level) top to bottom are:
- Enterprise Manager
- Group Manager
- Business Manager
- Functional Manager
- Manager of Managers
- First Line Manager
- Individual Contributors
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Cudlyyy
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April 1,2025
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WOW! What more can I say. A great book that provides a path for any and all leaders and those that would like to become a leader. I will admit that at times I really struggled because it could be an indictment for many of the managers I work for and have worked with in the past. Oh how I wish that every leader/manager would read this book and find out their place on the leadership pipeline. Make the corrections if necessary and move forward. Then, let's start grooming those within the company. We have the talent here, we just need to help expose it!

Borrowed the book from work and now I will be going out and buying it for myself. Can't wait to read it again and mark it up like no other.
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