Leadership the Public Works Way

The Leadership Passages chart illustrates the series of passages that leaders take to move from one role/level to the next as they move up the leadership ladder¹.

Each Passage² is marked by changes in skills, time application and work values.

The leadership passages³ are:

From managing self to managing others
From managing others to managing managers
From managing managers to managing a Function
From managing a function to managing a Business
From managing a business to managing a group of businesses
From managing a group to Chief Operating Officer
From Chief Operating Officer to overseeing the enterprise

¹ Section titles as indicated herein, with the exception of Section II. Chief Operating Officer, are adopted from The Leadership Pipeline – How to Build the Leadership Powered Company, Second Edition, by Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter and Jim Noel, Publisher: Jossey-Bass (January 11, 2011); and The Performance Pipeline: Getting the Right Performance at Every Level of Leadership, by Stephen Drotter, Publisher: Jossey-Bass (September 21, 2011)
² The Performance Pipeline – Getting the Right Performance at Every Level of Leadership by Stephen Drotter – 2011 pg. 13 and The Leadership Pipeline – How to Build the Leadership Powered Company by Ram Charan, Steve Drotter, and Jim Noel – 2011 pg. 8
³ The Leadership Pipeline – How to Build the Leadership Powered Company by Ram Charan, Steve Drotter, Jim Noel – 2011 pg. 8