Planning for leadership development

This excellent article by Dr Lynn E. Swaner on the ACSI (US) blog “Do You Have a Leadership Development Plan” is very thought-provoking.  I was especially challenged by her comment that investing in the development of a school’s leaders “can have a cascading benefit for all school faculty and staff. As leaders grow in their capacity to lead, they can do a better job of developing all other school constituents. When we help a leader to grow, we help that leader support the growth of everyone at the school.”  If this is true, then neglect of leadership development is also a neglect of the development of others in the school.

What about you and your school? How could you implement some of Dr Swaner’s suggestions? What challenges do you face in this area that might hinder you from implementing a leadership development plan?