Leaders also are Hi-po managers most of the time and only when the extra organizational need arises do they gather their volunteers and do the right thing. Other Hi-po managers should be trained in advance management and not subjected to leadership programs that they know they will never be used and frequently find irrelevant to their jobs. In spite of this technology, organizations spend billions (12 billion in 2007) subjecting all their Hi-po folks to leadership training when they should be given advanced management training. Now more than in the recent past, we are experiencing a strong need for leadership. A 2010 study of 500 C-suite executives by SHRM found that their two key problems were "Leadership Succession and Leadership Retention". We desperately need to identify and train those who can lead others and not waste valuable leadership training resources on those who cannot rally volunteers. We hope this helps. We can measure leadership and identify Hi-po leaders. They are both born and raised by a proper village and possess fundamental leadership ability by their early 20s. We need to find them early and grow them quickly. I-O psychologists are needed in this mission. Reference: Graen G. B. (2010). The LMX protocol: How indentify, train, and enable managerial leadership for teams designed to boldly go beyond business as usual. The many sides of leadership: A handbook. M. G. Rumsey (Ed), London, UK: Oxford University Press George Graen
Leaders also are Hi-po managers most of the time and only when the extra organizational need arises do they gather their volunteers and do the right thing. Other Hi-po managers should be trained in advance management and not subjected to leadership programs that they know they will never be used and frequently find irrelevant to their jobs. In spite of this technology, organizations spend billions (12 billion in 2007) subjecting all their Hi-po folks to leadership training when they should be given advanced management training.
Now more than in the recent past, we are experiencing a strong need for leadership. A 2010 study of 500 C-suite executives by SHRM found that their two key problems were "Leadership Succession and Leadership Retention". We desperately need to identify and train those who can lead others and not waste valuable leadership training resources on those who cannot rally volunteers.
We hope this helps. We can measure leadership and identify Hi-po leaders. They are both born and raised by a proper village and possess fundamental leadership ability by their early 20s. We need to find them early and grow them quickly. I-O psychologists are needed in this mission.
Reference:
Graen G. B. (2010). The LMX protocol: How indentify, train, and enable managerial leadership for teams designed to boldly go beyond business as usual. The many sides of leadership: A handbook. M. G. Rumsey (Ed), London, UK: Oxford University Press
George Graen