Date
8-2019
Department
Graduate School of Business
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Chair
Scott Maltzie
Keywords
Leadership Transition, Individual Contributor Mindset, People Leader Mindset, Leadership Development Programs, Career Transition
Disciplines
Business | Leadership Studies
Recommended Citation
Starks, Michael Lance, "Leadership Transitions: A Study of the Failure Rate of Career Progression Due to Individual Contributor versus People Leadership Mindsets in Post-Recessionary Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia" (2019). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 2203.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/2203
Abstract
Despite the efforts of many leadership development programs, more than 80 percent of new leaders transitioning into the first role as a leader fail to make a successful transition (Korn Ferry Leadership Principles, 2018). This paper studied a leader’s failure to shift his or her thinking and behaviors from an individual contributor mindset to a people leader mindset. This research is suggesting that organizations adopt two tools to improve leadership transition effectiveness: Leadership Transition Readiness Assessment, and Start, Stop, Change, and Transition questionnaire.
