Muneer A. Rasheed
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"Fostering Leadership"

Cultivating "Leadership" from within!

There is an old saying that goes ”Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth”.

The problem is then; what does an organization do when there are no cooks in the kitchen?

Organizations need leaders and need to foster future talent among its rank and file employees.

Not as part of some entitlement, but through qualification.

No one would want a doctor performing a heart operation o them whose sole raison d’etre was that of being entitled, longevity in the organization or having stuck there through the good and bad times.

You would want the best to bring you back to health and to even greater health so that will no t have to endure a subsequent operation.

Organizations must utilize that same type of scrutiny in its search for internal and external talent.

However, in order to foster internal talent, the mechanisms to bring this about have to be in place.

The organization’s top echelon has to mentor or find mentors that will challenge those mentored to bring about their very best.

While throwing someone in the pool and say swim will work for a few; many people need guided directions and examples to follow.

In pretty much the same way a navigator needs to check the compass to maintain the course; those who are mentored need to discuss their progress with their mentors in order to gage if they are headed in the right direction.

The future leader’s early and frequent success can be rewarded with more responsibility and decreased supervision.

What are the advantages of developing qualified individuals from within the organization?

• Saves cost: You have already invested in your internal personnel

• Top talent is encouraged to stay: They see themselves in the organizations future.

• External talent may not fit the bill: Inserting new faces could result in resent by those who feel they were passed over.

If an organization has a myopic view when it comes to who has the potential to become a leader in the organization, they may find themselves rudderless, if there is a future disruption in the structure of the organization.

Having strong candidates in the development pipeline will assure that qualified people are in position to navigate the ship(organization) through potential storms to strategic goals. To skyrocket your personal leadership and persuation skills Click Here!

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