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Job assignments
• Study some aspect of your job or a new technical area you haven’t studied before that you need in
order to be more effective.
• Work closely with a higher-level manager who is very good at something you need to learn.
• Work short rotations in other units, functions, or geographies you’ve not been exposed to before.

• Study and summarize a new trend, product, service, technique, or process, and present and sell it to
others.

• Benchmark innovative practices, processes, products, or services of competitors, vendors, suppliers,
or customers, and present a report making recommendations for change.

“Specialization is for insects.”

Robert Heinlein – American science fiction writer

Learning resources

Cashman, K. (2008). Leadership from the inside out: Becoming a leader for life (2nd ed.). San Francisco,
CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Champy, J., & Nohria, N. (2000). The arc of ambition. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing.
Charan, R., Drotter, S., & Noel, J. (2000). The leadership pipeline: How to build the leadership powered
company. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2006). Learning by doing: A handbook for professional
learning communities at work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.
Friedman, T. L. (2006). The world is flat 3.0: A brief history of the twenty-first century (Updated ed.). New
York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Goldsmith, M., & Reiter, M. (2007). What got you here won’t get you there: How successful people
become even more successful. New York, NY: Hyperion.
Kaplan, B., & Kaiser, R. (2006). The versatile leader: Make the most of your strengths—without overdoing
it. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.
Lombardo, M. M., & Eichinger, R. W. (2011). The leadership machine (10th Anniversary ed.).
Minneapolis, MN: Lominger International: A Korn Ferry Company.
McCall, M. W., Lombardo, M. M., & Morrison, A. M. (1988). The lessons of experience. Lexington, MA:
Lexington Books.
Morrison, A. M., White, R. P., Van Velsor, E., & the Center for Creative Leadership. (1992). Breaking the
glass ceiling: Can women reach the top of America’s largest corporations? Reading, MA: Addison-
Wesley.

Rothwell, W., Jackson, R. D., Knight, S. C., & Lindholm, J. E. (2005). Career planning and succession
management: Developing your organization’s talent – for today and tomorrow. Westport, CT: Praeger.

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