Here’s a practical guide for developing leaders, adapted from June Delano with Monitor Executive Development. While the guide does not include everything a leader needs to learn, it does offer ideas for developing people before and during new leadership assignments. And of course, every company is different, so you’d need to adapt the list to fit your company’s organizational structure.
Pre-Supervisory: Before selection as a supervisor, people should have development and some experience in:
- Team and project leadership
- Basic budgeting and accounting
- Communicating to individuals and small groups
- Training, peer coaching
Supervisory: As first-level supervisors, people should have development in basic supervisory skills:
- Coaching and giving feedback
- Managing performance
- Leading groups
- Developing people
Pre-Management: Before selection as a manager, people should have development and some experience in:
- Leading multi-functional or cross-organizational teams
- Handling diverse and multiple tasks
- Influence and relationship-building (personal style and impact)
- Understanding the business system
Management: As managers, people should have development in:
- Basic finance, marketing and commercialization\
- Doing business globally and cross-culturally
- Communicating to large groups
- Recruiting and retaining talent
- Leading change and culture
- Developing and implementing strategy
Source: Great Leadership
