Leadership Pipeline: Developing Leaders in the Digital Age, 3rd Edition

Ram Charan · Stephen Drotter · James Noel · Kent Jonasen

Apr 2024 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Lee Goettl

About this audiobook

In the newly revised third edition of The Leadership Pipeline, a team of veteran leadership practitioners delivers a practical and essential framework for identifying future leaders, assessing their competence, planning their development, nurturing their talents, and analyzing the results of your efforts. The work to be done, the required skills, time application, and the necessary work values for each leadership layer are clearly defined for the digital age. The book explains how to integrate your organization's leadership development process with a succession plan that provides your company with a ready supply of capable leaders. You'll discover the tools and techniques you need to knit together your succession and leadership development programs and constantly renew your leadership pipeline. You'll also: explore anecdotes and stories drawn from the authors' extensive experience with top companies that illustrate the principles discussed in the book; find ways to eliminate bias and tunnel vision when identifying leadership candidates; and learn to objectively consider the efficacy of individual leadership candidates. A powerful resource for managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders at firms of all sizes, The Leadership Pipeline is an effective and insightful blueprint to future-proofing your company.

About the author

Ram Charan is an award-winning educator and consultant to senior business leaders and boards around the globe. He is one of the world's bestselling business book authors with over 2 million copies sold. His book with Honeywell CEO Larry Bossidy, Execution, spent 150 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

Stephen Drotter is chairman of the Leadership Pipeline Institute. For over fifty years he has been actively involved in succession planning, executive assessments, and leadership development. His work provides the source material for his books, including The Performance Pipeline.

Jim Noel is a retired consultant and leadership coach who assisted companies in the selection, assessment, and development of key leadership teams. He is a former manager of Executive Education and Leadership Effectiveness at GE.

Kent Jonasen is CEO of the Leadership Pipeline Institute and works with large organizations on strategic succession planning and development for leaders and experts. Previous to this role, Kent was deputy head of Human Resources at Maersk and is the author of the bestselling book The Specialist Pipeline.

Lee Goettl resides in the Midwest with his wife, daughter, and three dogs, enjoying all things book-related. He has recorded over eighty audiobooks, including playing two characters in Seth Rogen's Yearbook. He also works as a voice artist for commercials, e-learning, and medical narration.