Developing leadership Skills 15-1Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:  Understand the importance of leadership training and development in organizations.  Understand the benefits and limitations of different methods for leadership development.  Understand the organizational conditions that facilitate leadership training and development. Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-2

 Understand how leaders can encourage and facilitate leadership development of subordinates.  Understand what leaders can do to develop their own skills.  Understand why leader development should be integrated with human resource management and strategic planning. Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-3

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-4 Understand the importance of leadership training and development in organizations

 Increasing rates of external environment change  Higher levels of skill  New competencies  Relevant for all managers  Focus on skills for current positions Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-5

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-6 Understand the benefits and limitations of different methods for leadership development

 Lecture and discussion  Role playing  Behavioral role modeling  Case analyses  Simulations Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-7

Methods should:  Consider trainee’s current level of skill, motivation, and capacity  Provide opportunity for active practice  Include feedback  Provide clear expectations of success  Experience of progress and success Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-8

 Amount of challenge  Variety of tasks  Relevant feedback Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-9

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-10 Understand the organizational conditions that facilitate leadership training and development

 Boss support  Learning climate  Developmental criteria for placement decisions Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-11

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-12 Understand how leaders can encourage and facilitate leadership development of subordinates

 Multisource feedback  Assessment centers  Developmental assignments  Mentoring  Executive coaching  Simulations Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-13

 Relationships among approaches  Integrating developmental activities  Leadership versus leader development  Leadership development and strategy Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-14

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-15 Understand what leaders can do to develop their own skills

 Practitioner books  Instruction video or compact disks  Interactive computer programs Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-16

Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-17 Understand why leader development should be integrated with human resource management and strategic planning

 Best practices for developmental activities align with Human Resources functions  Best practices for developmental activities align with Strategy function Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-18

 Systematic needs analysis  Development and succession planning alignment  Top management support  Cultural values of development Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-19

 Mutually consistent developmental activities  Recognition and reward of improvement  Systematic assessment of program effectiveness Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Leadership in Organizations15-20