There is a crisis in leadership. Leadership has become a critical source of competitive advantage in today’s economy—it is leaders who shape their organizations, build teams, drive results, and inspire employees to deliver value—but there is a wide gap in many companies between leadership practices and results.
In survey after survey, senior executives identify leadership as a top business issue, but have little confidence in their organizations’ actual leadership ability. This leadership gap is preventing organizations from effectively building the leadership capacity they need to succeed in changing business environments, today and in the future.

What is especially alarming about the leadership gap is that, despite widespread investments in management and leadership education, companies still are not able to close this gap. Building leadership capacity is not about two-week executive development courses or hiring a charismatic CEO. It is about embedding the value of leadership within the culture and developing leaders at all levels in the organization for a sustainable competitive advantage.

The Leadership Gap provides practical strategies for senior managers and HR leaders to bridge the leadership gap in their organizations, and to unleash their internal leadership potential to drive business results.

- Explains why leadership capacity is mission critical for an organization’s success.
- Highlights the four aspects of the leadership gap: talent, capability, development, and values.
- Provides a detailed roadmap that executives and HR leaders can use to bridge the leadership capacity gap in their organizations, including best practices for developing leadership at all levels within the organization.
- Introduces the Holistic Leadership Framework, a successful process for developing leaders in six key areas that drive business results and sustainable business success.
- Shows how to embed the value of leadership in an organization to support the development of holistic leaders, secure a supply of leadership talent now and in the future, and build processes for sustaining leadership capacity and advantage.
- Provides practical tools and strategies for succession management, retaining key talent, conducting a leadership capacity audit, and assessing the effectiveness of your leadership development programs.

Preface;
Acknowledgements;
PART ONE: THE BUSINESS IMPERATIVE;
Chapter One. Mission Critical;
Chapter Two. Bridging The Leadership Gap;
PART TWO: THE LEADER’S RESPONSE;
Chapter Three. Holistic Leadership: An Overview;
Chapter Four. Customer Leadership;
Chapter Five: Business Strategy;
Chapter Six. Culture and Values;
Chapter Seven. Organizational Leadership;
Chapter Eight. Team Leadership;
Chapter Nine. Personal Leadership;
PART THREE: THE ORGANIZATION’S RESPONSE;
Chapter Ten. Leadership Capacity Implementation: An Overview;
Chapter Eleven. Embedding Leadership In The Organization;
Chapter Twelve. Focus on Critical Positions and Key Talent;
Chapter Thirteen. Integrated Leadership Development;
Chapter Fourteen. Accountability For Leadership Capacity;
Chapter Fifteen. The Leadership Economy;
Index;
About the Authors;
About Knightsbridge