Aligning Organization Design and Leadership Talent

by Kates Kesler | Oct 26, 2012 | Blog, Knowledge Base, Leadership Development, Publications, Talent and Leadership

Talent management and organization design are powerful allies. Most companies still treat them as two separate sets of activities. More companies should make this critical connection when looking for results in the areas of: Driving Major Change: Legacy leaders are a...

Using a Re-Organization to Test and Grow High-Potential Leaders
(Kesler and Kates, Leadership Development, 2009)

by Kates Kesler | Aug 29, 2012 | Knowledge Base, Leadership Development, Publications, Talent and Leadership

By Greg Kesler and Amy Kates in 2009 Pfeiffer Annual: Leadership Development Edited by David Dotlich Leadership development is predominantly a matter of giving the right people the right experiences at the right time. Doing this well is difficult, which is why...

Why the Leadership Bench Never Gets Deeper
(Kesler, Human Resource Planning, 2000)

by Kates Kesler | Aug 28, 2012 | Knowledge Base, Leadership Development, Publications, Talent and Leadership

After decades of succession planning practices most companies remain frustrated with the depth of their leadership bench. Ten Insights About Executive Talent Management Ten Insights About Executive Talent Management Greg Kesler Human Resource Planning The record is...

The Challenges of General Manager Transitions
(Kates and Downey, Filling the Leadership Pipeline, 2005)

by Kates Kesler | Aug 27, 2012 | Knowledge Base, Leadership Development, Publications, Talent and Leadership

Filling the Leadership Pipeline – Chapter 3 Amy Kates and Diane Downey Editor: Robert B. Kaiseer Center for Creative Leadership, 2005 There may be nothing more important to an organization’s succession efforts than building a strong cadre of general managers....

Roadmaps for Developing General Managers
(Kesler and Kirincic, Human Resource Planning, 2004)

by Kates Kesler | Aug 26, 2012 | Knowledge Base, Leadership Development, Publications, Talent and Leadership

Greg Kesler and Paul Kirincic Human Resource Planning, 2004   General management talent depth is an obstacle to growth in many large, multi-divisional corporations across diverse industries. Succession-planning practices usually stop short of producing real...

Setting the Leadership Agenda for Executive Talent Development
(Kesler, Global CEO Magazine, 2004)

by Kates Kesler | Aug 25, 2012 | Knowledge Base, Leadership Development, Publications, Talent and Leadership

Gregory Kesler Global CEO Magazine, March 2004 For many companies, leadership bench strength and succession management – the availability of strong and deep pools of executive talent, able to assume a number of varied leadership roles at various levels — is a...