10Leadership Pipeline: Which Sand Box Are You Promoting From?

DOI: 10.4324/9781003372707-10

TALENT PIPELINE

A talent pipeline is essentially a pool of talent (i.e., people) the organization perceives as a good fit for current and future roles. The goal of creating a talent pipeline is to ensure the organization is equipped with the ideal knowledge to succeed long term. Since people are the purveyors of organizational knowledge, they are arguably the most important resource to any organization. This concept is often associated with knowledge transfer or knowledge sharing.

Often leaders associate a leadership pipeline exclusively with depth in roles. In some instances, leaders perceive their leadership pipeline to be at full capacity when a ...

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