HR Challenge B: Leadership Development Program Plan Overview: 4 pages (1,100 wor

HR
Challenge B: Leadership Development Program Plan
Overview:
4 pages (1,100 words)
At least 4 SCHOLARLY sources from peer-reviewed journal. (Any listed sources
can be used.)
APA6. (Any of the listed sources can be used.)
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Write a 4 page plan with outline of a
first-level manager leadership program based on the leading others stage from
The Leadership Pipeline.
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Organizations must determine how to
prepare or “grow” future leaders for all levels. The first level of
leadership is of great importance because it is the employee-facing aspect of
management. The employee-facing aspect of management is about employee
engagement. The first level of organizational leaders is the first line of
supervisors throughout the organization. This creates a worthy goal for
companies to grow quality first-line supervisors. In the flatter, modern
organization there are more first line leaders, but there are fewer paths for
them to become strategic leaders.
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One of the most important aspects presented
in the leadership pipeline approach by Charan, Drotter, and Noel (2011) is the
time necessary for development and transition to the next level of leadership
competency. They make the point that a leader cannot transition from one stage
to the next without demonstrating a good command of the leadership competencies
for the level they want to grow out of. It is a tenant of the pipeline approach
that leaders don’t move to the next stage when they only have shaky performance
of the competencies at the previous level.
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References
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Charan, R., Drotter, S., and Noel, J.
(2011). The leadership pipeline: How to build the leadership powered company,
Second Edition. Jossey-Bass. Skillsoft Books BusinessPro Collection.
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HR Challenge
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You are an HR professional who needs to be
a strategic thinker. You must consider the enterprise-wide effects from the
decisions you make. Your plan for the leadership development program must
ensure that leaders learn and practice the skills to lead others and prepare
for the next stage of the leadership pipeline.
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CapraTek is not yet in a position where
the company can effectively manage a broad leadership development program
through all the stages of the leadership pipeline.
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At this time there are many leadership
roles in the organization, but there is no uniformity of qualifications for
selection. Also, there are no current polices that provide guidance or pathways
that would help aspiring employees and current supervisors or managers know how
to prepare for and compete for advancement.
o
The learning and development staff will
create the first level of a leadership development program (leading others)
that will focus on the second stage in the leadership pipeline (Charan,
Drotter, and Noel, 2011). The reasoning behind the emphasis on the first stage
is there is a need to prepare prospective first-line supervisors because they
have the greatest impact on the largest number of employees in all areas of the
organization. It is expected that two cohorts of supervisory candidates will
participate in the program during each year, with approximately 20 participants
from a broad range of occupational fields.
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In the future, the program can be
expanded, but for now the scope of the program should serve as a pilot for a
more comprehensive program that will include all levels of the leadership
pipeline: leading others, leading leaders, functional leaders, business
leaders, group leaders, and enterprise leaders (Charan, Drotter, and Noel,
2011). As the program is developed, learners should recognize that the creation
of these types of programs often coincides with obstacles. Some of these
barriers include what part of the organization should have responsibility and
what part of the organization will be responsible for costs and participation
approval. Lastly, it is essential in
most organizations that new programs of this scope be challenged during the
review process, long before implementation. As such, seeking the active support
of one or more senior executives as program champions is something that should
be considered in this assessment.
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Instructions
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Write a 4 page plan with outline of a
first-level manager leadership program based on the leading others stage from
the leadership pipeline:
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Read chapters 2 and 3 from The Leadership
Pipeline.
§ Charan,
R., Drotter, S., and Noel, J. (2011). The leadership pipeline: How to build the
leadership powered company, Second Edition. Jossey-Bass. Skillsoft Books
BusinessPro Collection.
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(500 words) Write an introduction to the
leadership development program including:
§ Explain
the theory for developing frontline leaders from scholarly sources, including
The Leadership Pipeline.
§ Provide
an example of how you would go about program development and implementation,
given the information provided above and in the text.
§ Select
2–3 activities from above for your abbreviated leader development program
activities and support their contribution to the program with references.
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(200 words) Analyze selected parts of the
leadership development program so that concepts are integrated into how they
would support the program deployment or the employee development.
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(150 words) Explain the rationale for your
selection of program activities.
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(150 words) Analyze how the plan could be
expanded to include other stages of the leadership development program within
the company, according to the text and other references.
(100
words) Write a conclusion that summarizes the rationale for the leadership development
program, the highlights of the program you designed, and how the program could
be adapted in the future.

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