Here are some key steps to developing young leaders:
1. Schedule regular one-on-one sessions with them once a week. During these sessions, speak about your own experiences in helping others to grow.
2. Identify skilled leaders in high-level positions in your organization, and hold leadership seminars where they share best practices with a large group of managers. These sessions can include:
Stories that illustrate how they learned to put leadership skills into practice and the techniques they use regularly.
3. Encourage risk-taking as budding leaders grow their skills. Putting a new technique or idea into practice means taking a risk, but by trying new things, they’ll learn what works for them-and then perfect it.
4. Give them plenty of mentorship as they navigate this new terrain, modeling the skills you want them to share with others. Through hands-on learning supported by the advice of a trusted coach, they’ll turn knowledge into skills.
5. Identify additional resources that can help develop your talented leaders by holding training by an outside professional, asking leaders to again take notes and present the key points to their direct reports.
6. Place a library of books on leadership in the break room.
Culled from: https://arfinkleexecutivecoaching.com
