The Specialist Pipeline

KENT JONASEN, is cofounder and global CEO of Leadership Pipeline Institute. Before cofounding LPI together with Stephen Drotter, Kent spent twelve years in Human Resources in A. P. Moller - Maersk as regional HR director and later as deputy head of group h human resources from 2003 to 2008. In this role he was responsible for talent management, leadership development, executive development, and strategic talent acquisition.

At A. P. Moller - Maersk, Kent led the implementation of company-wide integrated leadership development initiative based on the Leadership Pipeline concept to impact more than ten thousand leaders in more than one hundred countries. The project secured reliable executive succession plans and a 90 percent hit ratio on talent in the executive talent pool.

Over the past ten years, Kent has been part of implementing the Leadership Pipeline and the Specialist Pipeline concept in more than fifty large international organizations.

Foreword
Preface
SECTION 1 The Big Idea
Introduction
The Career Stories of Three Specialists
SECTION 2 The Specialist Pipeline Concept
The Specialist Pipeline Concept¿An Overview
From Professional to Knowledge Expert
From Knowledge Expert to Knowledge Leader
From Knowledge Leader to Knowledge Principal
SECTION 3 Successful Implementation of the Specialist Pipeline
Defining Your Specialist Pipeline
Implementation Strategy
Enabling Role Transition
Combining the Specialist Pipeline and the Leadership Pipeline
About the Author