African companies seeking to drive sustained high performance have the unique opportunity to define the future of work and use the underlying themes as differentiating factors on how they attract, identify, develop and deploy their talent.
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As HR and L&D leaders look for ways to modernize their leadership programs for the digital economy, it is important to recognize six factors that distinguish leadership development today from that of the past.
Understanding the role L&D should play in succession planning is similar to the analysis that any good manufacturing leader goes through when deciding whether to “make or buy” a product or service.
Training and development is a tool in the leader’s arsenal that helps engage, retain and grow talent, and mitigate the risk of no successor (or a poor one).
Understanding the science behind manifesting our greatest potential is key to the development of future leaders.
a conscious and deliberate process is required to ensure that those who ultimately become responsible for L&D are properly prepared to assume the leadership role.
The talent you display in one role positions you for a promotion to another, then can wind up at the core of your struggles once you get there.
Many leaders of training organizations focus so much of their time and energy on making sure their constituents have the training they need, but they often neglect their own training needs.
While there are some foreseen benefits to faking your way to success, corporate training must caution the use of this approach within their organizational walls.
The Home Depot successfully launched a two-year enterprise-wide leadership development program for new managers. Learn how the team executed the program.