1. Leadership
 An art to motivate a group of
people towards achieving a
common goal
 The leader is the inspiration &
direction of the action
 Leadership abilities can be
learned and developed hence
leaders are not born but made
 Thus companies are focusing
towards leadership development
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2. A leader is…
 Self starter
 Visionary
 Motivator
 Communicator
 Mentor
 Change agent
 Risk taker
 Strategic thinker
 committed
 responsible
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3. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself.
When you become a leader, success is all about growing others."
— Jack Welch
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4. Developing Leaders
A recent global survey by Hewitt & RBS
International has placed two Indian companies
in the top 10 list for their initiative and
venture for best leadership development
programmes
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5. Leading India towards a higher goal
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6. BUILDING FUTURE LEADERS-COMPANIES
FOCUS
 Leadership development refers to any activity that
enhances the quality of leadership within an individual
or organization
 Why is this so vital?
Growth in scale
Global exposure
Acute talent crunch
Changing market scenario
High performance demanded
Multiple roles performed
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7. Incubation centres of companies
 Companies focus on leadership development programmes for grooming
employees into leaders
 Wipro, Infosys & HUL give stress to the role of leadership development
in a great way
 Leadership centers were started by companies to train employees-
 Tata management & training centre- Tatas at Pune
Gyanodaya- Aditya Birla Group at Vashi
Infosys Leadership Institute-Infosys at Mysore
Leadership Development Institute-TCS at Thiruvanathapuram
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8. Tools for selecting leaders
 Competency models
 360 degree feedback
 Job Rotation
 Experiential & action learning
 Talent Management
 Succession planning
 Reward/Recognition
 Coaching & mentoring
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9. Leadership Traits
 Develop strengths in strategic
& operational areas
 Change management
 Content leadership
 Adversity Management
 Transition & talent leadership
ILI, Infosys
 Early recognition of leadership
potential in employees
 Structured developmental
activities
 Focus on women leadership &
diversity leadership
 Various rotational assignments
are provided to leaders
 MDC, IBM India
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10. Plans and strategies
 Unilever has a ‘leadership differential tool’ which measures
their performance & potential, it forms the basis of rewards
 IBM has a monthly cadence calls to track progress done by
top team
 Bharti group puts more emphasis on talent development
hence builds a career plan for leaders
 Continuous Learning Programme (CLP) is a program by
TCS making employees mandatory to attend it
 Wipro develops leaders through coaching
 Infosys has a nine part leadership trait model which a tool
measuring employees
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11. Women……. as leaders
 Diversity of thought, ideas & leadership styles are
essential for sustaining competitive advantage hence
supporting & understanding women capabilities and
building them as leader is needed.
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12. Conclusion:
 Leadership development is an important trait to
be understood and developed in organization
further giving human resources an important
dimension
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