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Bench Strength
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Bench Strength

by Robert W. Barner
April 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
256 pages
7h
English
AMACOM
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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.
—S
UN
T
ZU
,
T
HE
A
RT OF
W
AR
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
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ISBN: 9780814429402