Leadership pipelines allow organizations to:
(1) identify high potential employees that are
perceived to have leadership ability and (2)
develop them into leaders through structured
training and experiential learning. Structured
training programs are designed to improve a
potential leader’s skills and utilize initiatives that can be distributed into four general
categories: (1) individual skill development, (2) socialization of organizational vision and
values (3) strategic leadership initiatives to foster large-scale change, and (4) action
learning initiatives targeted at addressing organizational challenges. Organizations
may use one or more of these types of initiatives (which will be described in more detail below) to develop leadership based on what best suites their current needs and
conditions.