A Look at How Two Companies are Developing Leaders

Harvard Business Review published our article, co-authored with The Conference Board’s Rebecca Ray and DDI’s Rich Wellins, on how two companies from our study are working to develop their younger leaders.

I’ve been very interested in understanding how business leaders – particularly in the c-suite – can get a fact-based view of millennial leaders. With the boomers retiring, and generation x not being large enough to fill the gap, millennial leaders will be making enormous contributions to the American workforce. In 2016, I worked with The Conference Board and DDI to conduct and publish the study: Divergent Views/Common Ground: The Leadership Perspectives of C-Suite executives and Millennial Leaders. During that research, we heard a lot of questions about what other organizations were doing to effectively develop these leaders and give them access to an array of leadership experiences.

We followed up with several of the study participants to learn about innovative approaches to develop emerging leaders, and ultimately wrote this article.

(Note: I am on the Board of Directors of these two companies.)