Accelerating the development of leaders
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Is an important issue the idea of accelerating the development of leaders and require the development of specific leaders. It also raises the question of why it was so difficult to learn the process of implementation if the requirements are so large and accelerate the need so urgent.
I suggest that the rate of development of leadership skills is largely a function of corporate culture in which the leader operates. While there are other factors involved, are including the availability of tools for leadership development, recent research would support that culture is a big factor.
1. The collective habits and established, One of the inhibitors to accelerate learning on the part of leaders, the general attitude and measures of support (or not) within the organization. This is partly the problem of diversity of opinions and dialogue. On the one hand, if it is an attitude in the organization of learning, it is a much closed culture. On the other hand, if this attitude and standard of the value of leadership learning and refers only to the value of the focus can guide action for leaders to address the performance gaps and identify difficult.
2. The written and unwritten rules that influence the behavior. It is less the written rules of the organization that affect the behavior than the unwritten. The question of "how we do things around here" in the very center of the "successful" leader (defined by the organization.)
3. Risk tolerance and innovation. At the beginning of the development of a leadership process in a new role, innovation is not only easier; it is probably desirable by the leader. Unfortunately, in many corporate cultures, tolerance for risk so low that the real lesson to be learned from the ladder not rock the boat. This is not only for the development of leaders, but the development of the organization as well. If there is a culture of humiliation of failed ideas and innovations, it is unlikely that the new leader will soon become the most powerful person he or she has the potential.
