How Does An Organization Be Benefitted From A Solid Leadership Pipeline?

The Leadership Pipeline is a model in which companies move employees upwards, nurturing leadership at each stage. With a long 30 years and inputs from many companies that have tried different versions of the model, the Leadership Pipeline model was developed. The model provides companies with strategies required to grow their future leaders in-house to ensure succession and continuity in the organization.

The model is based on six steps and, when followed, offers a world of benefits to the company. The first step starts at the bottom with the junior-most employees and teaches them how to manage themselves first and then manage others. With each step, the managing responsibilities of employees grow until they have reached a point where they are ready to work for the whole organization. Each company's Leadership Pipeline can be streamlined to suit the needs of that company. The required strategies should be kept in mind when designing a mentoring program for the organization.

How do companies benefit from a solid Leadership Pipeline?

Restructuring the hiring process: With the Leadership Pipeline model in place, companies restructure their hiring process to recruit the best talent right from the start. With every new employee being hired to become a manager someday, companies look for different qualities in each candidate.

The process improves the pool of new talent that enters the organization. With junior-most employees more aligned with the company's values, it becomes easier to mentor them for leadership roles as they gain more experience, increasing operational efficiency.

Improving employees' skillsets: The Leadership Pipeline model requires employees to be trained and mentored at every stage of the way. The model pushes for upgrades in employee skillsets, resulting in the employees' growth and the organization. As employees are better equipped with the skills and knowledge to address challenges, they become more confident, take on more responsibility, and produce better results.

Employees are also motivated by the fact that they are being groomed to take on leadership roles in the future. This knowledge further fuels their desire to learn and increase their productivity. Higher performing employees benefit the organization as a whole.

Retaining company values: Because leaders are being grown in-house as part of the Leadership Pipeline model, it is possible to align them with company values. When these employees are finally at a stage where they are taking on the roles of senior managers, the company value system is already ingrained in them and becomes second nature.

The model provides a considerable advantage over hiring new talent at the higher-up level because it is harder to train a senior employee to follow the company value system. Senior employees come with their own set of values that can sometimes conflict with the organization's method of operating.

Better chance to identify potential: Another significant benefit that the Leadership Pipeline model brings is identifying potential leaders early on. Not all employees who join the company will be cut out to be managers someday. By observing employees right from day one, the company has a better chance of selecting those with more significant potential to lead, mentoring them for managerial roles. We can also mentor other employees by playing to their strengths and helping them develop in areas they fall short.

The Leadership Pipeline Model works from the inside of an organization, providing it with perfectly trained leaders to carry on its work. With the model, the transition from new employee to manager is smooth and enriching.

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