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Organizational Leadership: Bench Strength

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What role do leaders in your organization need to play in order to maximize the effectiveness of developing "bench strength?"

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This solution explains the roles that leaders in a organization must play in order to maximize the effectiveness of developing bench strength.

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Bench strength within an organizational setting refers to the "competence and number of employees ready to fill vacant leadership and other positions: building an organization's bench strength through management training" (Bench Strength, 2011). Bench strength thus plays an important role within any organization and to maximize its effectiveness, first calls for an understanding of the process used in building the bench strength. The organization needs to first identify and recognize its existing talent. Regular assessment so as to identify the gaps ensure that the organization is aware of the talent they currently need, as well as that they may need in the future. The organization also needs to target and prioritize its talent sources, such that it can know exactly where to ...

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