Idea 80: Developing today's and tomorrow's leaders
You are not born a leader, you become one.
Proverb of the Balimbe tribe in West Africa
The seventh function of strategic leadership is to select and train leaders at strategic, operational and team leadership levels. Again, as a strategic leader you should take ownership of that challenge – and it will be no surprise to you that here as elsewhere you should lead from the front.
The position is that we do know how to train team leaders, based on the three circles model of the generic role of leader, though largely through ignorance that hard-won know-how is grossly underused. That is the foundation.
Practice and reflection are the ways in which those individuals with an aptitude for leadership ...
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