If you’re like many leaders, you are knee-deep in preparing strategies and tactics to drive success in the new fiscal year. And that prompted me, in the first part or this two-part series, to pose the question: “What if leaders brought the same thoughtfulness, rigor, and discipline that we apply to business planning to the employee-development planning process?”

People are the power source behind executing all plans. They are the driving force behind achieving all results. Their success goes hand in hand with organizational success. So perhaps it’s time to elevate individual development planning to the strategic level and importance it deserves.

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