CCL Webinars
Catch a Rising Star: Rescuing the Young and Clueless
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Duration: 1 hour
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Catch a Rising Star: Rescuing the Young and Clueless
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An increasing number of bright young managers with unusually high levels of talent, intellect and ambition are rising to very senior levels of responsibility on an accelerated career path. Unfortunately, these young executives often arrive with gaps in the critical developmental experiences needed to hone them into authentic, mature and emotionally competent leaders.
This session will draw on lessons learned in CCL's Awareness Program for Executive Excellence (APEX), an intensive 18-month assessment, feedback and coaching experience for C-Level Executives and those ascending to these positions. We will address:
- Patterns of career advancement and progression that have contributed to the rise of "young and clueless" high potential managers into senior leadership positions
- The CEO's view of the dilemma and the role he/she often plays in creating the problem
- Why these young and clueless rising stars are worth rescuing
- The rising star's view of the situation
- A perspective on life-stage patterns of leader development
- Problems and challenges in helping these young leaders develop emotional competence and maturity
- What it takes to intervene and rescue a young and clueless leader who is already sitting in a senior level position
- Five strategies for preventing the problem in the first place
Audience: Senior HR executives and coaches responsible for the development of top level executives and those high-potentials on a path to fill such positions. This session would also be beneficial for aspiring senior leaders.
Maximizing the Value of the Webinar
- Invite others to participate. Structure a group "lunch and learn" session and invite other colleagues to attend.
- Debrief the lessons learned. Set aside time at the end of the Webinar to discuss takeaways, and how they apply to your group or organization
- Tap into your training budget. Ask your HR group or manager to underwrite the Webinar as part of your organization's ongoing staff development effort.
About the Presenter
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Kerry A. Bunker, PhD, is Senior Fellow and Manager of the Awareness Program for Executive Excellence (APEX)®. As Manager of APEX, Kerry oversees and delivers an intensive individual assessment, feedback, and coaching experience designed exclusively to help the most senior-level executives enhance their effectiveness as leaders. Included on the APEX client list are CEOs, presidents, and vice-presidents from Fortune 500 companies and a variety of other organizations in the United States, Europe and Canada. Kerry is also the Manager of Leading People Through Transition, a custom intervention aimed at helping leaders respond to the challenges of transition, ambiguity, change, mergers, and downsizing. In that capacity, Kerry serves as project manager and team leader for transition-based leadership development initiatives involving more than 2800 senior executives in organizations such as the Canadian Federal Public Service and the United States Postal Service. Prior to joining the Center in 1987, Kerry spent 11 years in a variety of Executive Development roles at AT&T Corporate Headquarters. His experience at AT&T included research on the nature of leadership and management during periods of ambiguity, change, and organizational transition, and on the unique challenges and stresses confronting women in leadership roles. Kerry also served as Co-Director of AT&T's Advanced Management Potential Assessment Program, the most senior-level assessment center in operation in the U.S. at that time. He has published books, articles and chapters in numerous areas of management and psychology. Some of his more recent publications include a book entitled Leading with Authenticity in Times of Transition, a Harvard Business Review article entitled "The Young and the Clueless" and a chapter in The CCL Handbook of Coaching entitled "Coaching Leaders Through Change and Transition." He appears frequently as a keynote speaker and workshop leader for major corporations, public sector agencies, and professional associations. Kerry is an industrial/organizational psychologist with a B.A. from the University of Montana, a M.A. from Western Michigan University, and a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida. |
