
218 The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning
Tool #34 Leadership Development as a System
Application of Systems Dynamics #4: Input-Output
If we know one thing today . . . it is most managers are made, not born . . .
There has to be systematic work on the supply, the development, and the
skills of tomorrow’s (top) management . . . It cannot be left to change . . .
—Peter F. Drucker
Thinking of leadership development
as a system
instead of just providing training programs is a
whole new way to think. And each leader and each organization needs to think this way, since
leaders and managers are the only true sustainable edge over the long term. ...