Your Greater-Than-Yourself Project – Help develop the next generation of leaders

After decades of time and millions of dollars spent on leadership development and mentoring programs, why are we still facing a leadership crisis at many levels of the business world?

By now, most business leaders have learned that our job is to expand and develop our own capacity, while simultaneously preparing the next generation of leaders to take the reins. Develop talent, we’ve been taught. Be helpful. Be a coach. Mentor someone. But it doesn’t happen all that often — at least, not in any significant way.

I believe it’s time for us to set a new gold standard for what it means to be a leader of substance and influence.

by Steve Farber

Full Story: http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/cs/2009/04/the_secret_of_great_mentors.html?cm_re=homepage-041409-_-secondary-2-_-headline