The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development (J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership))

By H EUGENE GARDNER

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the world's largest institution devoted exclusively to leadership research and education. For more than three decades, CCL has studied and trained hundreds of thousands of executives and worked with them to create practical models, tools, and publications for the development of effective leaders and leadership. This second edition of The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development brings together the wealth of practical knowledge that CCL has gained from this experience. It explores the essence of leadership development, reveals how individuals can effectively enhance their leadership skills, and demonstrates what organizations can do to help build leaders and leadership capacity. The book also includes a companion CD-ROM that contains a library of classic CCL publications for practicing leaders.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787965294
• ISBN13: 9780787965297
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An Outstanding reference

This is perhaps the best book ever published in the field of Leadership development. We have all heard that Leadership is Learning by doing. This CCL explains what makes an assignment developmental. It puts the findings of the CCL in one book and make it available to the public. The book explains clearly the benefits and impacts of Feedback Intensive Programs, Coaching and Developmental Assignments. If you are in the...

An excellent starting point

This is an excellent overview on leadership development and is a great starting point for further reading. Anyone who's taken a course at CCL will recognize the techniques referred to in the first half of the book especially the description of Feedback Intensive Programs.Keep in mind that this is an overview and no topic is dealt with in great detail. This should provide a good foundation for exploring topics in more detail...

Truly a "must have" for any HRD professional.

Perhaps the most distinguishable characteristic of the "Handbook" is its integration of complex, conceptual material with applied practical examples and illustrations. It is truly a "must have" for any human resource development professional. (permission granted by the Asheville Citizen-Times)

A top-notch book for the OD practitioner.

The authors of this impressive work examine six strategies for leadership development, along with illustrations of how each is used in practice. The strategies are: 360 feedback; feedback intensive programs; skill-based training; job assignments; developmental relationships; and hardships. They show how to use a systems approach, enhance ability to learn, and to evaluate leadership development initiatives. Other chapters...