John Kotter: Preparing Leaders for Small, Medium, and Important Positions, Slides of Leadership and Team Management

Download John Kotter: Preparing Leaders for Small, Medium, and Important Positions and more Slides Leadership and Team Management in PDF only on Docsity! John Kotter, “What Leaders Really Do”  Creating a Culture of Leadership – “on-the-job experiences of most people actually seem to undermine the development of the attributes needed for leadership.” p. 93 I. “preparing people for small- and medium-sized leadership jobs” pp. 93 & 96 II. “developing people for important leadership positions” p. 96 III. “create a corporate culture where people value strong leadership” p. 96 Docsity.com I. Small and medium leadership jobs  Recruiting people with leadership potential  Managing their career paths  Provide significant challenges  Early in career  Learn by experience  Learn a range of skills and perspectives  Learn how change is dealt with  Broadening  Occurs before being put in a leadership position  Methods  Lateral career moves  Early promotions to broader assignments  Special task-force assignments  Lengthy general management course Docsity.com II. “Important” leadership positions (cont.)  Motivation of senior executives  Leader identification and development must be rewarded  Not formal compensation  But a factor in promotions  “When told that future promotions will depend on their ability to nurture leaders, even people who say that leadership cannot be developed somehow find ways to do it.” p. 96 Docsity.com III. Leadership culture  Effective leadership training “helps create a corporate culture where  people value strong leadership and  strive to create it.”  Needed  More leaders  “more people to develop the cultures that will create that leadership.” p. 96  “Institutionalizing a leadership-centered culture is the ultimate act of leadership.” Docsity.com