Developing Leaders for Real: Proven Approaches That Deliver Impact

Description:

The capabilities leaders are required to demonstrate have changed and will no doubt continue to do so. As there is no change without learning, their development experiences are critical. Too many development programmes are preoccupied with defining what leaders should learn, but 'content' is conditioned by dynamic circumstances and in the volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) organizational world, it is rapidly out of date.

Developing Leaders For Real: Proven approaches that deliver impact presents chapters from international experts analysing approaches to leadership development that have actually delivered results, capturing how executives at all levels really learn to become better organizational leaders.

The chapters:

- Share with developers how to create contexts for learning that enable leaders to develop the capabilities needed to thrive in the fast-paced business environment

- Provide examples of formal processes of development which have worked in practice

- Demonstrate the need for experiential involvement, self-reflection, and a holistic approach

Review Quotes:

Developing Leaders for Real provides insight into numerous valuable leadership development approaches - with diverse cultural, theoretical and geographical foundations. It illustrates how to combine a clear set of values and principles, with practical applications for developing leaders in a global context requiring continuous adaptation and change.