HR has typically filled the leadership pipeline with potential successors for specific positions or roles, but that approach can't keep up with today's uncertainty and rapidly changing skill needs. Leadership roles are going to keep changing significantly as organizations continue to transform adding a layer of complexity to establishing a leadership development program and a key set of leadership skills.
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HR can develop future leaders with complementary leadership
Leveraging existing leader partners from other areas of the business to fill critical leader capability gaps can be an effective alternative to building or buying talent. This option is defined as complementary leadership. Complementary leadership doesn't require leaders to be a perfect fit; if they fit more of the role requirements, leader partners can supply the rest. By deploying and supporting diverse teams with complementary skillsets, HR leaders can ensure they have an expansive pool of candidates they can tap into to step into a leadership role.
Does Your Leadership Team Have the Skills They Need to Drive Future Success?
Vitorio Bretas, Director, Advisory
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Gartner’s leadership development research helps HR leaders identify, develop and manage current and future leaders with data-driven insights and best practices.
Improve Leadership Bench Strength
Shortcomings with the current and future leadership bench undermine the ability for organizations to grow, transform and innovate. HR needs a new “portfolio” approach to building leadership bench strength as digitalization complicates roles and succession plans.
Prepare for the Future With Complementary Leadership
HR teams struggle to anticipate and plan for future talent needs. Gartner's "complementary leadership" model partners leaders together to share responsibilities based on complementary skill sets. Discover how adopting this approach can help expand the pool of emerging leaders, , lead to more effective leadership and improve the teams' performance by 60%.
Building Inclusive Leadership to Enable Future Success
Only 31% of leaders promote an inclusive team environment in their organization. Discover three ways HR leadership can support a sustainable culture of inclusiveness and as a result impact leadership development and employee engagement.
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