Developing Your Business Leaders
A Guide to Investing at All Levels
Format:Paperback
Publisher:American Society for Training & Development
Published:30th Apr '26
Should be back in stock very soon
Build stronger leaders at every level of your organization, and turn leadership development into a true business advantage.
Drawing on nearly three decades of experience across sales operations, technology consulting, and talent development, Tina Schust Robinson offers a reimagined approach to leadership development that connects directly to business performance. She guides leadership investors—from founders and executives to frontline managers and talent development professionals—toward a more integrated and effective way of building leadership capability across the organization.
Most organizations rush to solutions. Robinson challenges that instinct. Instead of starting with programs, she begins with the business case. She examines why leadership development must be treated as a core business strategy, what defines effective leadership in today’s environment, and how to design sustainable initiatives aligned with both organizational goals and employee needs.
At the center of this book is Robinson’s one-to-one, one-to-many, and one-to-all leadership investment framework. This practical model shows how organizations can combine individualized coaching and mentoring, group-based leadership training, and enterprise-wide development strategies to support leaders across the entire talent lifecycle.
Interviews with successful corporate and nonprofit leaders, along with experienced talent development professionals, bring the framework to life through real-world application. Checklists, assessments, and exercises help readers immediately apply the concepts and tailor solutions to their own organizational context.
Whether you are leading a team or shaping leadership strategy across an entire organization, this book will transform how you think about developing leaders—and the measurable return that investment can deliver.
Because leadership development isn’t a program. It’s a business strategy.
Some books on leadership development stand out because they provide actionable steps to follow. Others because they are comprehensive, covering all the important issues. A few are exceedingly well written. This book is unique in being all three.”
—Jack Zenger, CEO, Zenger Folkman
“Tina Schust Robinson’s book, Developing Your Business Leaders, is indeed a leadership love story. Told from the heart, it maps out a leadership and professional development road map that’s easy to master and that builds new organizational muscle via an investment in your company’s most critical asset—its senior executive and frontline operational leadership teams.”
—Paul Falcone, Bestselling Author, Consultant, and Former CHRO, Nickelodeon Animation Studios
“Tina Schust Robinson clearly has a passion for developing leaders—something I strongly share, particularly in our increasingly turbulent and uncertain world. This book lays out important principles and specific strategies that top leaders and HR professionals can follow to help their companies develop a strong cadre of leaders, providing bench strength in this important area. I recommend it as a useful field guide for organizations that are passionate about developing more and better leadership.”
—Susan J. Ashford, Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organization, University of Michigan
“Oftentimes, leaders are thrusted into power without a safe place to land. And because they have a disproportionate influence on everyone, our investment in leaders can lead to true impact. With Developing Your Business Leaders, you’ll learn how important it is to invest in leaders and what they need at their core to thrive.”
—James Nicholas Kinney, Former Global Chief People Officer, S4 Capital
“The lessons and insights Tina shares in this book are powerful and will help anyone interested in growing, developing, and mentoring the next generation of business leaders.”
—Eric Stettler, Partner, Kearney
“Developing Your Business Leaders delivers a rare blend of rigor and practicality, turning leadership development into a clear, ROI-focused investment plan that teams can execute immediately. The book also models the human-centered leadership that our emerging technology era requires, keeping people, ethics, and measurable outcomes at the heart of innovation.”
—Milton Mattox, PhD, CEO, United States Artificial Intelligence Institute
“This fresh approach to simplify the process of developing great leaders will become your indispensable guide for success. What sets this book apart from others is the focus on why leadership development is needed and how to measure the return on this important investment.”
—Jack J. Phillips, PhD, Chairman, ROI Institute; Author or Editor of More Than 100 Books
“As a fellow leadership investor, I savor the fresh insights that Tina brilliantly offers around the why, what, who, and how to actualize leaders and leadership.”
—Dave Ulrich, Rensis Likert Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan; Partner, The RBL Group
“Tina’s uplifting and hands-on advice reminds us that leadership development is essentially self-development, beginning with why rather than the how and what. Backed by real-world experiences, a sense of humor and wit, and full of practical applications, Developing Your Business Leaders is not just for leadership development practitioners because, ultimately, everyone has a moral obligation to be the best leader they can be.”
—Barry Z. Posner, PhD, Michael J. Accolti, S.J., Endowed Professor of Leadership; Chair, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
“Tina has created a true masterpiece and game changer for anyone looking to elevate leadership development in their organization. Packed with practical strategies and real-world examples from an operator’s perspective, it’s a must-read for creating impactful, sustainable leadership investment at all levels.”
—André V. Branch, CEO, r.e.m. Beauty
ISBN: 9781960231765
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236 pages