Jeff Whippo Considers the Importance of a Simple and Transparent Leadership Pipeline within an Organization Being an expert in the subject of leadership, Jeff Whippo explains the importance of cultivating the leadership development policies in an organization. He shares that by combining succession planning and leadership development in to a “development pipeline”, the companies are able to create a process for the longterm management of the talent roster across the organization. As per Jeff, by ensuring alignment of the Development Pipeline and any
Leadership program, failures in demonstrating
established
competencies
can be
identified
quickly
and
adjustments in the Development Pipeline can be made for individuals and for the company as a whole. Whippo states that a leadership pipeline strengthens the leadership function of a company by cultivating emerging talent while enhancing organisational capability. A leadership pipeline should
combine
succession
planning
with
leadership
development well before a replacement is needed. The combination of succession planning and leadership is of course just one aspect of a successful leadership pipeline. The best leaders always seemed to get the right balance appropriate