Title: Leadership Development: The Six Best Practices – JOSH BERSIN
Headings: Leadership Development: The Six Best Practices
Leadership Development: The Six Best Practices
Content: Mastery – Senior-level manager program that builds the leadership competency area of value creation; for example, driving change and innovation. 3. Align with business strategy: Leadership development is far more than management training. As leaders move up in the organization, their skills must shift from people and project management to strategic business and operations management. Organizations such as Agilent, Aetna and Cisco focus heavily on company-specific business strategies in their leadership programs. Such programs cannot be totally comprised of off-the-shelf content. Furthermore, leadership development programs must be included in business conversations and planning. At New York Mellon, senior executives ensure a strong alignment to the culture, values, and strategies of the company.