
THE LEADERSHIP PIPELINE
HOW TO BUILD THE LEADERSHIP POWERED COMPANY
by Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel · first published 2000
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…on your technical “level ups” across the board. These alone will generally not get you promoted without step 2. https://circleci.com/blog/why-we-re-designed-our-engineering... 2. Buy the book “The Leadership Pipeline”, again be honest with yourself, and work on your management toolbelt progression. Level up within your company inside two years (an internal transfer can make this step easier). https://smile.amazon.com/Leadership-Pipeline-Build-Powered-C...…
on “Launch HN: Taro (YC S22): Private career growth community for software engineers” ↗…time you spend on it. as for common pitfalls on being a first time manager they include failure to delegate, being too "hands on", and not setting expectations right. a lot of this is covered in "The Leadership Pipeline" by Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter and James Noel. while a book about big orgs building succession pipelines, for a manager it's really valuable because it teaches you what's expected of you by your superiors,…
on “Ask HN: What was the hardest part about being a first time manager?” ↗Highly recommend the book “The Leadership Pipeline” written by Ram Charan. The book focuses on developing a pipeline through which leaders within an organization move and describes accountabilities at each level, along with red flags that indicate that…
on “Ask HN: What do middle-level managers do?” ↗…managers for a year, discussing how their understanding of their role changes. Absolutely great - for a long time I kept a home copy and a work copy. Follow-up "Being the Boss" is also good. And "The Leadership Pipeline," by Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter, James Noel: what you need to learn/change to succeed at each different level of management.
on “Ask HN: Favorite books on how to be a good manager?” ↗At first blush, this feels a little like the many blog blurbs for “The Leadership Pipeline” by Charan and Drotter. To be fair, this is richer than most, an independent take on something intrinsic. For comparison, a couple other generic watered down summaries of the book: https://www.mudamasters.com/en/change-management-leadership/...…
on “The Evolution of Management (2019)” ↗