February 2019
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 8m
English
I spend a great deal of my time trying to teach organizations how to identify better leaders. Although you would think that organizations—particularly large multinationals—are quite sophisticated in their leadership selection practices, a quick interaction with their leaders shows that this is certainly not the case. Here’s a recent conversation I had with a senior executive of a top investment bank:
Me: How do you know if someone has potential for leadership?
Bank executive: Well, you just know!
Me: What exactly do you mean?
Bank executive: You know, I just know it when I see it.
If this attitude exists in one of the largest and most successful organizations in the world, what can we expect from ...