Contemporary Approaches to Executive Leadership Development -- A Critical Review by Dr Aaron Pun, Manager, OD and Lea

1. Contemporary Approaches to Executive Leadership Development-- A Critical Review by Dr Aaron Pun, Manager, OD and LearningCity of TorontoFree State ProvinceSenior Management Conference August 2006

2. What is Executive Leadership Development?

3. What is not Executive Leadership Development? Development is not simply Transition through Hierarchical Levels It is not just attending another course Development is not merely adding on more skills or technical know-how

4. What is Executive Development? A process of becoming more able to have a helicopter view of complex issues, to think strategically and globally, to anticipate and solve increasingly complicated problems creatively, make more difficult decisions, and to lead more senior people

5. What is a Developed Senior Executive? There are no �DEVELOPED� Senior Executives There are only �DEVELOPING� Senior Executives �DEVELOMENT� is a Career Long Process

7. The Seasoned Senior Executive Able to manage all life Roles + Job Demands effectively in tune and with values AND Developing NOT Developed Learning NOT Learned Becoming NOT Arrived Transiting NOT Fixed

8. Understanding the Broader Context of Executive Development FROM To Immaturity Maturity Dependence Autonomy Passivity Action Limited Responsibility Wider Responsibility Self Centred Organisation Centred Self Rejection Self Acceptance Imitation Originality Need for Certainty Tolerance of Ambiguity

9. 4 Models of Development Directions Roles Competencies Management Process Own Goals

10. Development Towards What? ROLES Become better able to play certain roles 1. Team Lead role 2. Liaison role 3. Informational role 4. Spokesperson role 5. Innovator role 6. Delegator role 7. Disturbance handler role 8. Negotiator role

11. Development Towards What? LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES Able to display certain researched competencies which are associated with effective performance e.g. Customer Service Orientation Fiscal Accountability Innovation Result Orientation Team Work

12. Development Towards What? MANAGEMENT PROCESS Becoming better able to:

13. Development Towards What? Own Goals Individuals identify and pursue their own development goals in the light of the perception of their own needs and their future

14. Uncertainty and Development When future roles, tasks, challenges, and environment are uncertain, then the ability to learn and adapt quickly to the emergent situation is a key requirement

15. Executive Leadership DevelopmentContemporary Approaches Major Focus Learning from on-the-job experience & Action Learning Supported by An Effective Executive Leadership Development System Environment Demands and Rewards Performance, Encourages Learning Responsibility Emphasizes Self Development Key Skills ? Learning How to Learn from Experience ? Managing Own Learning ? Recognition of Emergent Needs

16. Senior Executive Development is Something More Than Training Senior Management Courses Higher Education (MBA/MPA) Planned Postings

17. Executive Development Approaches Early Real Responsibility Stretching Assignments Development Hurdles Getting In, Over & Falling Out Senior Executive Development - A Darwinian Process Ladders & Parachutes Planned Assignments

18. Development - Whose Responsibility?

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21. A Systems View of Executive Development

22. Organizational Requirements for an Effective Executive Leadership Development System Clear purpose, Philosophy and Policy Top Management Action Professional Staff Support Effective Succession Planning Sound, Consistent Approach to Development Balance of Supply and Demand Sound Data System

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