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Constantly assess your leadership ‘‘bench strength,’’ because
accidents and unplanned events can deprive you of potential
leaders.
Coaching and mentoring are keys to the development of
tomorrow’s leaders.

Developmental assignments are the best way to prepare a leader
for more responsibility.

Learning by doing (action learning) carries more impact than
verbal transfer of information.
Orderly successions help ensure that an organization will
survive and stay true to its mission; contentious or unplanned
successions can endanger the organization and its mission.

The best leaders ‘‘let go’’ gradually, so that the next generation
of leaders can be developed and eventually take over.
The best leaders subordinate their own egos to the ongoing
success of the organization. They wish and actively plan for
their successors to surpass them.