The CCL Guide to Leadership in Action: How Managers and Organizations Can Improve the Practice of Leadership Hardcover - 2004 - 1st Edition

From the rear cover

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the world's premier institution devoted exclusively to leadership research and education. For more than three decades, CCL has worked with hundreds of thousands of executives to create practical models, tools, and publications for the development of effective leaders and organizations.

This important collection of articles is drawn from CCL's long-running periodical Leadership in Action. The guide examines the skills that you need to successfully give and receive feedback, make use of coaching, work with difference, deal with change, achieve work-life balance, and address the larger issue of expanding the leadership capacity of your organization. It offers suggestions and ideas on topics such as Creating a leadership pipeline Developing teams Redefining accountability Leading transition Keeping your executive career on track Selecting successful executives Developing and retaining emerging leaders Understanding the black experience in corporate America

From the jacket flap

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the world's premier institution devoted exclusively to leadership research and education. For more than three decades, CCL has worked with hundreds of thousands of executives to create practical models, tools, and publications for the development of effective leaders and organizations.

This important collection of articles is drawn from CCL's long-running periodical Leadership in Action. The guide examines the skills that you need to successfully give and receive feedback, make use of coaching, work with difference, deal with change, achieve work-life balance, and address the larger issue of expanding the leadership capacity of your organization. It offers suggestions and ideas on topics such as Creating a leadership pipeline Developing teams Redefining accountability Leading transition Keeping your executive career on track Selecting successful executives Developing and retaining emerging leaders Understanding the black experience in corporate America