Professional Documents
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PRESENTED BY:
Kevin Davis MAB; MSc; MFA
© Edinburgh Business School
OPEN SESSION
Identify the reasons WHY leadership development
continues to be of great concern to most organizations;
Likewise, Caudron (1996) wrote: ‘In an era of continual job hopping and constant change…… successful
companies don’t view [succession planning] as a matter of Executive Replacement – it’s one of
Leadership Development.’
Organisations must shift from a narrow goal of developing Individual Leaders to that of developing the
Leadership Function and the Team of Leaders who will lead the organisation through significant change.
This shift MUST IMPACT on everything from Recruitment to Succession Planning, Job Placement,
Compensation and Executive Development.
Collective leadership