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You’d think this would be the first thing to do, but if you’ve been following this blog, look how prepared you are to answer the question:

What is the profile of the “perfect” leader for your organization?

If such a person showed up, would you be able to recognize him or her? If yes, how would you know? How will you describe this person?

You could answer this question one of two ways:

• Using science and empirical methods proven to be best practices by other organizations.
• Using art, a nice way of saying that you will use your gut, experience, and tribal knowledge.

Whichever method you choose, be sure to do at least 20 to 40 % of the other method. Just to balance it out and to validate your conclusions.

Now go back to the list of names and do a gap analysis between each of your leaders, and the ideal profile. This gap will give you the training needs. Then, determine whether the gap needs to be bridged using training, or some other method.