Filling the Leadership Pipeline

Building the Executive Ranks: Current Practices in Developing Future Business Leaders

Patricia M. Weik

RHR International Company

If there is an emerging constant on the business horizon, it is that companies can expect to face a world of increasing complexity, uncertainty, and competitive pressure. As businesses prepare themselves strategically for this future, some companies—from market leaders like Gillette and Best Buy to small professional firms and local chambers of commerce—have put a sharp focus on increasing their supply of leaders capable of meeting these challenges. These forward-thinking organizations are learning through real-time applications about what works and, just as important, what doesn’t in the race to build leadership capacity. ...