The Leadership Pipeline

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The Leadership Pipeline

• Concept and Model based on
• Ram Charan, Shephen Drotter and James Noel

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Leadership Pipeline

• Represents major mindset shifts in your
  leadership role
• Identifies the performance results and leadership
  competencies at each passage
• Defines the transition in the way leadership time
  is spent and the type of work valued
• May require letting go of what has made you
  successful in the past

Leading the Enterprise (CEO)
Leading Businesses/Enterprise Functions
5
Leading Multi Function
4
Leading Functions
3
Leading Managers
2
Leading Others
1
Personal Leadership
3
The Leadership Pipeline (Example Only)
Passage 6 Planning Horizon 5-7 years Focus
Enterprise direction, individual/organization
capability, and new value creation Challenge
Delivering enterprise level profitable growth
year after year building leadership talent.
Passage 5 Planning Horizon 3-5 yrs Focus
Business portfolio strategy Challenge Balance
the whole portfolio, making investment and
divestment decisions and maximizing the value of
leverage and focus.
Passage 4 Planning Horizon 3-5 years Focus
Business strategy and delivering profit with
capital efficiency. Challenge Leading and
optimizing the business building an executive
team.
Passage 3 Planning Horizon 3 years Focus
Business units success and cross-functional
decisions Challenge Leading multiple products,
programs and services across a function and cross
functionally.
Passage 2 Planning Horizon 18 mos Focus
Department strategy and execution. Challenge
Managing managers, integrating their results, and
the executing product/program strategies.
Passage 1 Planning Horizon 12 mos Focus
Success of team and direct reports Challenge
Getting work done through others, while still
making individual contribution.
Personal Leadership
3
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Few Key Message

• Fast moves kill
• Value Shift
• Career passaging