Motivation on the Run

You just can’t escape the importance of leadership, whether in private circles or in the business sector. With the aging of the “boomers” it does bring up some interesting questions about company survivorship.

Will the new group of leaders be as passionate as the founders? Will they have the vision and drive to conquer the business world? Time will tell, of course, but the company that prepares for the inevitable will have a better chance to succeed.

Computerworld | It’s time to invest in leadership

Well, I’m starting to hear the same sort of buzz, although this time, it’s not about the software, it’s about the people.

“Have you noticed that most of our managers and executives are about the same age? They’re all baby boomers, and they’re going to start to retire in the next few years. We’re not sure that we have the managerial bench strength to fill these roles. Somebody’s going to have to do something about that someday before it’s too late.”

Soon, we are going to have to start preparing the next generation of technical leaders to accept responsibility, to carry forward. But so far, not too much is happening. I sense that this is the year when many organizations are going to start getting serious about planning for this inevitability.