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title: 3 Areas Of Focus To Improve Developmental Leadership
description: Developmental leaders actively encourage others to reach their highest level of effectiveness and they seek learning opportunities for themselves and others.
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## 3 Areas Of Focus To Improve Developmental Leadership

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###### Author

[Heath O'Leary](https://blog.cantoo.us/author/heath-oleary)

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Developmental leaders actively encourage others to reach their highest level of effectiveness as individuals and teams and they seek out developmental opportunities for themselves and others. Make sure you identify employees with these characteristics and add them to your succession planning program for further development. 

Creating an environment that stimulates developmental leadership will greatly impact the overall engagement and employee retention in your organization. 

There are three general areas to focus your efforts: Self, Others and Team. Below is a list of ways to improve yourself and your management team in these areas. 

[![Dev_leadership.png](https://blog.cantoo.us/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Artwork/Dev_leadership.png?width=817&height=817&name=Dev_leadership.png)](https://www.weebly.com/editor/uploads/3/9/9/9/39999095/custom_themes/975039318484208957/files/untitled/Dev_Leadership.pdf)

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