How are the world's most successful organizations developing their leaders? "This book will help anyone who is charged with a leadership development initiative or is learning about leadership development. Full of practical examples and tools from companies that are known for having a reputation for developing leaders."

Michael Piergrossi; vice president, leadership and organization development, W. R. Grace &Co.

Using the case studies in this book will give you the opportunity you to:

* Benchmark against SmithKline Beecham's 21 Leadership Competencies

* Implement cutting-edge tools including Allied Signal's Career Profile, continuous improvement and performance objectives tools

* Customize a training curriculum that works for your organization based on: Imasco's Operating Company Visits and Work Projects, Colgate-Palmolive's Key Accountability program, or Abbott Lab's Managing Across Boundaries

* And much more!

In 1998, Linkage, Inc., and Warren Bennis collaborated in completing a study of more than 350 companies involved with leadership development and found that:

* Nearly all respondents recognized the need to develop stronger leaders, yet less than 44 percent had a formal process for nominating or developing high-potential employees

* Companies that do successfully build their high-potential employees use structured leadership development systems

* The programs that make a difference include some or all of three critical components: formal training, 360-degree feedback, and most importantly, exposure to senior executives including mentoring programs

The result of this study is Linkage Inc.'s Best Practices in Leadership Development Handbook. With its case study approach, this book gives you access to the practical, easy-to-apply tools, instruments, training, and competency models that fifteen world-class organizations use as benchmarks to successfully implement their leadership development programs.

To read the foreword from this book, click here.

To read the first chapter from this book, click here.

Reports on how 15 organizations have successfully established and maintained programs for developing leadership, most of them companies such as Barclay's, Colgate-Palmolive, and Motorola but also a college and a hospital. Describes how to analyze the need for leadership development, build a business case, determine competencies, identify the audience, implement the design, and evaluate the effectiveness of the initiative. There is no bibliography.
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"This book will help anyone who is charged with a leadership development initiative or is learning about leadership development. Full of practical examples and tools from companies that are known for having a reputation for developing leaders." (Michael Piergrossi, vice president, leadership and organization development, W. R. Grace &Co.)

Reports on how 15 organizations have successfully established and maintained programs for developing leadership, most of them companies such as Barclay's, Colgate-Palmolive, and Motorola but also a college and a hospital. Describes how to analyze the need for leadership development, build a business case, determine competencies, identify the audience, implement the design, and evaluate the effectiveness of the initiative. There is no bibliography.

To read the first chapter from this book, click here.

Leadership development is a planned effort that enhances the learner's capacity to lead people. Building on the success of the first edition, Linkage conducted a study of over 300 top organizations and their needs in organizational change and leadership development that identifies approaches to leadership development that have proven to be successful. The work offers practical "how-to" instructions developing leaders and engaging in leadership development. It provides current in-depth models, assessments, tools, and other instruments that can be used for immediate application within a variety of organizations.

Dieser Band enthält 15 Leadership-Development Systeme von internationalen Spitzenunternehmen, wie z.B. BP Amoco, SmithKline Beecham, Motorola, Colgate Palmolive und Allied Signal. Die behandelten Leadership-Development Fallstudien bieten Instumente, Training, Kompetenzmodelle, Forschung und eine komplette Aufschlüsselung des Prozesses zum Aufbau eines Leadership-Development Systems. Die hier dargestellten Leadership-Development Systeme umfassen Bewertungsprogramme mit einer Rundumbewertung, Lernprogramme, Programme zur Teambildung und für strategische Veränderungen. Mit Beiträgen von Spitzenexperten und -architekten auf dem Gebiet des Leadership-Development Konzepts, wie z.B. Jay Conger, David Giber, Marshall Goldsmith und Candy Albertsson.

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Foreword (Professor Warren Bennis).

Introduction (David Giber).

SECTION I: DEFINING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

1. Context, Culture & Complexities: Best Practices vs. Best fit (Rich Rosier).

2. Helping People Achieve Their Goals (Marhsall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith).

3. Assessing the Leader (Stephen Miles).

4. Leadership Development and Organizational Strategy (Robert Fulmer and Jared Bleak).

5. Developing the Innovative Leader (Scot Anthony, Mark Johnson, Joe Sinfield, Liz Altman, and Kevin Bolen).

6. Developing Leaders in a Global Landscape (Mick Yates).

7. Investing in Women: Why it is Critical for Companies in the 21st Century (Maya Hu-Chan, Tracey Wik and Patricia Wheeler).

SECTION II: BEST PRACTICES IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

8. McKesson.

9. Yahoo!

10. Johnson & Johnson.

11. Cisco.

12. Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria Australia.

13. Macy’s.

14. Bank of America.

15. Humana.

16. Dell.

17. Land O’ Lakes.

18. PricewaterhouseCoopers.

SECTION III: SECTION IV: APPENDIX A: GLOBAL SURVEY - HOW ORGANIZATIONS PRACTICE LEADERSHIP.

Recommended Readings.

About Linkage.

About the Editors.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

List of Tables and Figures. \n

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