Leadership Development: a Critical Hr Challenge Now and Future

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Table Of Contents Page
1.Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3
2.Can leadership be taught and learned?.........................................................................3-4
3.What are the most proven approaches to leadership development ?...........................4-9
4. Critical considerations of leadership development system ........................................10-11
5. What are the most the widely recognized leadership competencies? ........................11
6. What are the best most widely used leadership methodologies employed? ..............12-13
7. What are the current and future challenges for leaders? ............................................13-15
8. Why great leaders need to reproduce great leaders? .................................................15-17
9. Why leadership development programs fail? ...............................................................17
10. Conclusion .................................................................................................................18-19
11.References ..................................................................................................................19-20

Introduction
One of the serious challenges facing HR globally in the last few years and will continue to be the main challenge in the future is leadership development (Bonadio, 2009). The other equally crucial related challenges more so presently are succession planning and talent management. HR professionals are given to task not only to attract and recruit sufficient talented workforce and to keep them in the pipeline but also to develop leaders for succession planning. HR professionals are expected to provide the essential frameworks, tools and methods of

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