The Ultimate Guide to Developing Leaders

Develop your next leaders by investing in your people.

To generate organizational growth and overcome business challenges, focus on developing strong leaders. An organization’s growth is directly linked to the growth of its leaders. Invest in leadership development. Marketing, reorganization or cost-cutting will prove ineffective if your company lacks competent leadership.

Organizations with excellent leadership are 13 times more likely to surpass their rivals in critical metrics such as marketability and profit growth. Developed leaders create organizational momentum and foster continual growth. You shape them, and they, in turn, influence, challenge and inspire their teams.

To effectively develop leaders, consistently seek and act upon opportunities to add value to others. While working at LaFace Records, empowerment speaker and leadership coach Sheri Riley mentored her assistant, Tashion Macon. Riley guided Macon’s growth into a successful marketing agency principal while earning a PhD in psychology.

Reflect on the individuals who contributed to your growth, noting the lessons you learned from them. Express your...