72. Lead Up to Formalize Leader Development

Your efforts to develop others as leaders will be greatly enhanced if you can get organizational support for the effort. The best leaders influence their organization to make ongoing leadership development a formal performance standard for the organization.

Nikki Tinsley of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Inspector General took the lead to make this happen. As part of the larger transformation of her organization, she instituted continuous learning as a key performance standard. The GE and McKinsey "CEO machines" have institutionalized ongoing formal leadership training as fundamental roots to their cultures.

Consider who in upper management you need to influence to make your ...

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