
CHAPTER 6
T
ALENT
D
EVELOPMENT
D
ECISIONS
And so one skilled at employing the military
Takes them by the hand as if leading a single
person.
They cannot hold back.
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This chap ter introduces two key d ecisi ons related to leadership
talent develop ment. The Capston e/Fou ndati on Decision , whic h is
summarized in Figure 6-1, considers those or ganiz ation al condi-
tionsunderwhichitismoreeffectivetoeitherconcentrateordis-
perse your talent developm ent effor ts . The Stream/Pool Decision,
shown in F igure 6-2, provides two ver y differ ent approaches to the
challenge of identif ying and developin g can didat es for leade rship
succession