Extraordinary Leadership : Addressing the Gaps in Senior Executive Development

by Bunker, Kerry; Hall, Douglas T.; Kram, Kathy E.

• ISBN13: 9780470479902
• ISBN10: 0470479906
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-05
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Wisdom for Developing Extraordinary Leaders"This book contains a rich collection of wisdom, experience, and insight for addressing the gaps in learning and development that the traditional models for training, talent development, and succession planning fail to address. As you address your own executive development needs or those of others, we hope you'll create your own recipe for pulling everything together. A rich stock of openness, vulnerability, and learning readiness forms the base for developing leadership capacity and can carry all of the ingredients that high-performing managers need to set the table for extraordinary leadership."-From the IntroductionThe Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the world's largest institution devoted exclusively to leadership research and education. Since 1970, 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.

Author Biography

Kerry A. Bunker is founder and president of Mangrove Leadership Solutions, an executive development firm specializing in improving organizational leadership and performance through senior executive learning and coaching. Prior to forming his current organization, he was senior fellow and manager of the Awareness Program for Executive Excellence at CCL.

Douglas T. (Tim) Hall is the Morton H. and Charlotte Friedman Professor of Management at the Boston University School of Management, director of the Executive Development Roundtable, and faculty director of the M.B.A. program. He is a core faculty member of the Human Resources Policy Institute. He is a former H. Smith Richardson Jr. Visiting Fellow at CCL and a former member of CCL's board of governors.

Kathy E. Kram is professor of organizational behavior at the Boston University School of Management and Everett Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar. She is a former member of CCL's board of governors.

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Authors

Introduction

The Gap Within

Views from the C-Suite

The Learning Premise: A Conversation with Peter B. Vaill

Unlocking Leadership Potential: Overcoming Immunities to Change

The Gap Between

Helping Leaders to Become Emotionally Intelligent

Leadership as Relational Practice

The How-to-Be Leader: A Conversation with Frances Hesselbein

The Gap In The System

The Not-So-Secret Sauce of the Leadership Development Recipe

People in Context

Leading Inclusively: Mind-Sets, Skills, and Actions for a Diverse, Complex World

The Gap At The Institutional Level

Developing Leaders with Cultural Intelligence: Exploring the Cultural Dimension of Leadership

The Shifting Paradigm of Executive Leadership Development: Moving the Focus to the Impact of the Collective

On the Other Side of the Divide: How Leaders Must Lead in the Post-Boom Era

Leadership in the Corner Office: The Board's Greatest Responsibility and Challenge

Looking Forward: Creating Conditions for Extraordinary Leadership

References

Index

About the Center for Creative Leadership

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