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In some companies, at least 50 percent of the people in leadership positions are operating far below their assigned layer.

A common organizational mindset is to view jobs as “work to be done” and not as developmental assignments.

To use the Leadership Pipeline approach effectively, you need to challenge traditional notions of leadership. You can’t grow leaders unless you have an accurate development target, and this means acknowledging that the roles and responsibilities of leaders have shifted.

Internal training, mentoring, and other developmental programs aren’t keeping the pipeline full, making it necessary to look outside. The problem, of course, is that there are only so many full-performing leaders to go around.