Leadership training An essential for the company of tomorrow J.R.R. Picard

Now is the time to recruit the managers who will lead the oil companies in 20 or 30 years, when conditions might be quite different from what we see today. How to select, train and develop the young people who could have the ability to become the leaders of the future? Every job in the organization calls for a mixture of technical, business and relational skills, even if the equilibrium between the different skills will vary with the organizational level. Skills development in all three areas should thus be attended to. Keywords: Human

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Before tackling the question of how to train future leaders, I would like to briefly discuss the recruiting process. Companies should now be looking for the individuals who will be guiding them 10, 15, 20 or 30 years hence. Now is the time to be selecting these leaders on the basis of the many challenges ahead. These new challenges obviously involve factors such as technical skills; the crisis in many sectors of the economy; the information technology explosion; technological problems, such as global warming, considered by some to be worldwide; and, last, the swiftly advancing new sciences, such as bioengineering, that will impose new constraints on the companies and managers of the future yet afford them marvellous opportunities. Henceforth recruiting must seek skills in these new areas. Managers will also have to face new business challenges, such as a monetary system that could remain chaotic for many years to come; the emergence of new trading blocs; and global competition. But I would like to discuss another challenge of special importance: the new human-resources chal-

J.R.R. Picard is Vice President, Resources Humaines, Shell Canada LimitCe, Boite postale 100, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2H5, Canada.

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lenge. Changes in the makeup of manpower are already under way and will continue. For example, the petroleum industry, like all others, will have to make room for women, even if it has to effect a radical change in attitude. Employee expectations have changed substantially, and employers must align such expectations with the directions in which they want to take their companies. Public opinion is changing. Governments, institutions and leaders have a diminished credibility. People seem more cynical. Again, these are factors that recruiting and training must take into account. In short, we will be asking the managers of tomorrow to have technical, business and relational skills. I think the importance of these three types of skills will vary from job to job. As Figure 1 shows, at the top of the hierarchy, business and relational skills are extremely important; but technical abilities are less so, probably because at that level managers have lost some of their technical skills. In humanresources management, skills must be considered position by position to ensure the best possible match betweeen job and employee.

MANAGERS

AND LEADERS

We talk about the crises occurring in all areas, but I believe the true crisis is one of leadership. To cope with the disruptions we have seen over the last few years, the industry will need leaders who are more than managers. Such persons must know how to plan, review and control; delegate authority, responsibility and accountability; maintain structures, define tasks and circulate information. Leaders must master all such skills. But they have to contribute more, and so they must possess many additional skills. Leaders know how to create a winning vision. They are not afraid to use creative destruction to make way for new systems or attitudes. They are not content with easy solutions. And, more than any-

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thing else, they must be capable of inspiring the commitment that is the key to success. So who are the leaders who possess all these talents? They are persons unafraid of turning their backs on the past; persons who know how to manage paradoxes, develop new scenarios and create new sources of energy. These leaders will be aware of the aspirations and strengths of their subordinates and will create a working environment that encourages them to do their best and give the maximum. They will use their subordinates’ potential to the full; they will spot challenges and put people capable of meeting them in the appropriate jobs. They will define a management style that does not set themselves up as traditional bosses, and they will have the talents of a coach who can motivate a team. They will trust others, so they will agree to give their subordinates broader control. Last, they will constantly question

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the status quo and be ever ready to make a fresh start. The emergence of leaders of this calibre, leaders who will be indispensable to the company of tomorrow, depends on certain conditions. First, the organization’s strategies and ways of evaluating success must be clear, and the organization’s strategy, structure and culture (or even cultures, because valid sub-cultures may develop and should be recognized as such) must be connected by organic links. It is important that the necessary skills be defined from technical, business and relational standpoints. All in all, the organization that wants to train leaders will have to emphasize career paths based on skills development. It will be aware that almost all development occurs on the job, and it will take care to assign individuals to positions that stimulate such development. Finally, it will promote a state of mind that favours a never-ending learning process.

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