LEAD 701 Yukl chapter15

CHAPTER 15Developing leadership Skills

15-1Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall. Leadership in

Organizations

Learning Objectives

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

Understand the importance of leadership training and development in organizations.

Understand the benefits and limitations of different methods for leadership development.

Understand the organizational conditions that facilitate leadership training and development.

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Learning Objectives (Cont.)

Understand how leaders can encourage and facilitate leadership development of subordinates.

Understand what leaders can do to develop their own skills.

Understand why leader development should be integrated with human resource management and strategic planning.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1


Understand the importance of leadership training and

development in organizations

Importance of Leadership Development

Increasing rates of external environment change

Higher levels of skill New competencies Relevant for all managers Focus on skills for current positions




Understand the benefits and limitations of different methods

for leadership development

Leadership Training Methods

Lecture and discussion Role playing Behavioral role modeling Case analyses Simulations


Training Methods

Methods should:

Consider trainee’s current level of skill, motivation, and capacity

Provide opportunity for active practice Include feedback Provide clear expectations of success Experience of progress and success


Learning From Experience

Amount of challenge

Variety of tasks

Relevant feedback




Understand the organizational conditions that facilitate leadership training and

development

Facilitating Conditions for Leadership Development

Boss support

Learning climate

Developmental criteria for placement decisions




Understand how leaders can encourage and facilitate

leadership development of subordinates

Developmental Activities

Multisource feedback Assessment centers Developmental assignments Mentoring Executive coaching Simulations


Systems Perspective

Relationships among approaches Integrating developmental activities Leadership versus leader development Leadership development and strategy




Understand what leaders can do to develop their own skills

Guidelines for Leader Self-Development

Practitioner books

Instruction video or compact disks

Interactive computer programs




Understand why leader development should be integrated with human resource management

and strategic planning

Integrating Developmental Activities

Best practices for developmental activities align with Human Resources functions

Best practices for developmental activities align with Strategy function


Best Practices for Leadership Development

Systematic needs analysis

Development and succession planning alignment

Top management support

Cultural values of development


Best Practices for Leadership Development (Cont.)

Mutually consistent developmental activities

Recognition and reward of improvement

Systematic assessment of program effectiveness


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