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Thought Leadership…. “…demonstrating the confidence to promote or share innovative ideas as actionable distilled insights.” -- Joel Kurtzman, Strategy + Business - See the challenges - Understand the causes/consequences - Courage to act. SHRM Foundation 2007 Thought Leaders Retreat.
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Thought Leadership… “…demonstrating the confidence to promote or share innovative ideas as actionable distilled insights.” -- Joel Kurtzman, Strategy + Business - See the challenges - Understand the causes/consequences - Courage to act SHRM Foundation 2007 Thought Leaders Retreat
Thought Leadership: Table Discussions • What are the top three (3) challenges you • face in managing leadership development and • succession in a changing world? • What are the underlying causes/sources of • these challenges? • What are short- and long-term consequences • for the function and the enterprise? SHRM Foundation 2007 Thought Leaders Retreat
Thought Leadership: Work Sheet 1 2 3 Challenge: Causes: Consqnce: SHRM Foundation 2007 Thought Leaders Retreat
Leadership Development Challenges • Visioning the future/Unclear future environment (3) • Evolution of global organization (2) • Changing job characteristics • Multi-generational workforce (2) • Diversity • Workforce viability (new skills) • Identifying/Profiling Future Leader Competencies (6) • Succession planning/Managing the pipeline (8) • Developing leadership capabilities/opportunities (6): • -leading by example • -risk aversion • -lack of interest/apathy • -managing the mundane • -soft skills • Lack of natural career paths • Competing priorities/interests/politics (3) • Retaining talent +/- (3) SHRM Foundation 2007 Thought Leaders Retreat
Leadership Development Challenges WHAT: Identifying/Profiling Future Leader Competencies WHO: Succession planning/Managing the pipeline HOW: Developing leadership capabilities/opportunities • How are you approaching these challenges? • Have you identified/implemented best practice? • What successes have you achieved? • What challenges/obstacles do you still face? SHRM Foundation 2007 Thought Leaders Retreat