“Dan Tobin is spot on both in his assessment of the need to develop next-generation leaders and in his approach to keep the so-called “leadership pipeline” full of capable candidates. Ken Shelton, editor/publisher Leadership Excellence
Dan Tobin’s Feeding Your Leadership Pipeline, is another gift to the industry from a man who is not following the trends, but setting them. This book is targeted in scope and application, and focuses on methods that will produce measurable results rather than activity and good intentions. His four components, grounded on doing a few things, and doing them well, will make it difficult for you to fail in your endeavor to attract and leverage your leaders of the future.
Jim Kirkpatrick, PhD Kirkpatrick Partners Author of Training on Trial
This book is filled with practical, effective, and affordable ideas for how to develop your next generation of leaders. For those companies struggling with how to fill their leadership pipeline, and not being fortunate enough to be blessed with an existing system, this book will give you many ideas for how to get started on developing your next generation of leaders before a shortage of talent becomes a business calamity.
Randall S. Peterson Professor of Organisational Behavior Deputy Dean (Faculty) London Business School
No one doubts that both leadership and investment in leadership matter. Tobin offers pragmatic, tested, and insightful approaches and tools to effectively creating a Leadership Development Program. The concepts are particularly tailored to small and medium sized enterprises where improved talent can quickly make a difference. His four components of LDP (education, experience, guidance, and reinforcement) are well thought through and the book offers very specific worksheets for making these happen. Any leader, HR professional, or trainer would be well served to follow his advice.
Dave Ulrich Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan Partner, The RBL Group (www.rbl.net)
Dan Tobin designed and developed a leadership development program at a company where I was Human Resources Director. The LDP, using the model for leadership development presented in this book, was an overwhelming success, helping the company to prepare its next generation of leaders, and many of the participants continued on into larger leadership roles both within and outside the company.
Tobin's model for a leadership development program can help the small to mid-sized company build its next generation of leaders without having to invest in a large leadership development staff. His book is full of practical advice that can help CEOs and their HR staffs meet the challenges of filling senior positions that will soon open up as the "baby boomer" generation begins to retire.
Stewart D. Friedman, Bestselling Author "Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life".
Feeding Your Leadership Pipeline is a very timely and highly practical book. Dan’s pulls together his extensive leadership development experience into a concise, engaging, and extremely helpful how-to format. His examples, charts, sidebars, checklists, and writing style makes this gem a rare book that’s both entertaining and a highly useful reference manual.”
Jim Clemmer, practical leadership author and consultant
Business people like myself face the same question: who's going to run this company when I'm gone? Finding and nurturing the right people today will turn them into the best leaders tomorrow. This book is for any business owner who wants to ensure that the next generation will take good care of his or her company.
Gene Marks, Author of In God We Trust, Everyone Else Pays Cash
“Over the past 10 years, middle-market businesses have become the object of affection for hordes of suppliers, provoking much dissonance among those in need of services. Where to turn for authoritative counsel? If structuring and building your entire leadership team is what’s on your mind, go no further than Dan Tobin’s Feeding Your Leadership Pipeline. Not only will it keep you out of trouble, it will help you supercharge your company for the power and growth phase that awaits you.”
Allan Cox, author of Your Inner CEO.
Feeding Your Leadership Pipeline is the most comprehensive, practical, and inviting book on the fundamentals of leadership development that I have had the pleasure of reading. Dan Tobin has done a masterful job of compiling all the tools, plans, processes, and programs that every small and medium-sized business needs to develop its future talent. And, it’s extremely easy to read and easy to use. It’s an extraordinary achievement, and you don’t need to look any further than Feeding Your Leadership Pipeline for all the expert advice and counsel you need to build the leadership muscle in your organization.
Jim Kouzes, bestselling coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and Dean’s Executive Professor of Leadership, Santa Clara University
