Bred To Lead

Ep. 015: Next Up Leadership: Building a Pipeline of Leaders

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Show Notes

CAPABLE BEATS WILLING WHEN YOU PICK YOUR NEXT LEADER

Dr. Jake Tayler Jacobs introduces Next Up Leadership: building leaders from within before the seat is empty, not after. Drawing on Jethro's advice to Moses, he gives three tests for who deserves your investment: are they capable, are they accountable, and are they in it to be the best or just for the check?

IN THIS EPISODE • The five principles of Next Up Leadership, from early identification to alignment with organizational goals • Battlefield promotions versus prepared successors, and the four risks of promoting out of necessity • Why everyone starts at foundational, then strategic, then executive, no matter how long they have led • Why accountability means never repeating the same offense to the same person twice

YOUR CHALLENGE Ask yourself who is next up behind you, and how well you are developing them to succeed you in the seat you hold today.

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