Leaders as Teachers Action Guide Practical Approaches for Unlocking Success in Your Organization

by Betof, Ed; Owens, Lisa M.D.; Todd, Sue

• ISBN13: 9781562869199
• ISBN10: 1562869191
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-06-16
• Publisher: Association for Talent Development

Summary

Harness the power of the leaders in your organization to grow your learning culture.

Expanding on the leadership development approach introduced in the 2009 bestselling title, Leaders as Teachers, this new action guide shares the experiences of companies where "leaders as teachers" is the driving principle for leadership development. Leaders as Teachers Action Guide: Proven Approaches for Unlocking Success in Your Organization presents easy to use instructions, as well as supporting research-based data, for developing top-performing leaders

This book will provide you with:

case studies and success stories to inspire your program
tools to help determine the best approach for your organization
templates to design learning programs that work for your leader-teachers.

Author Biography

Ed Betof Ed.D. is a senior fellow in human capital, at The Conference Board (TCB). He is also the program director for TCB's Executive Council on Talent and Organization Development and the coach/facilitator for TCB's Global Executive Council. He was a co-developer of the pioneering TCB/NASA leadership experience based on NASA's Apollo program. Ed is president of Betof Associates, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in executive coaching, leadership, and career development. Ed is an adjunct executive and team coach for the Center for Creative Leadership. He has been a faculty member with the Institute for Management Studies since 2008. Ed was a founding senior fellow and an academic director of Penn's chief learning officer doctoral program. After nearly a 40 year corporate and educational leadership career, Ed retired in December 2007 from BD (Becton, Dickinson, and Company) a global medical technology and human diagnostics company where he was the worldwide vice president of talent management and chief learning officer. Ed was an ASTD Board member from 2004 to 2007. During this period, he also chaired the executive committee of The Conference Board's Council on Learning, Development and Organizational Performance. He has served on Pennsylvania State University's Outreach Advisory Board since 2008. Ed is the author of Leaders as Teachers: Unlock the Teaching Potential of Your Company's Best and Brightest (2009) and co-author of Just Promoted: A 12 Month Roadmap for Success in Your New Leadership Role(1992, 2010). Ed has authored or co-authored several dozen articles, manuals, and guides. Ed received his doctorate from Temple University in 1976.

Lisa Owens is a learning expert who applies learning sciences to create training programs that move businesses forward. She designs training for the in-person and virtual classrooms and the web.

Lisa founded Training Design Strategies LLC in 2012 to help companies achieve their goals through the power of training. Beyond her current client work, she is an instructor for Ohio University's instructional design graduate program and on GC-ASTD's Executive Advisory Board. She is co-author of the college textbook Your Career: How to Make It Happen, the books Leaders as Teachers Action Guide and Lo start-up di una Corporate University, and a series of articles for CorpU on creating corporate universities. Lisa holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and a master's degree in education.

Sue Todd is chief strategy officer at CorpU. She works with faculty at leading business schools, including Wharton, IESE, the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and others, to adapt executive education programs to the practical needs of leaders.

Sue has advised Global 2000 organizations on innovative learning and leadership development strategies since 1994. With more than 20 years experience, she has consulted with firms like Coca-Cola, Aetna, Exxon, The Boeing Company, HP, Pfizer, M&M Mars, and others to address the dynamic conditions of the 21st Century.

Her current work focuses on complexity science, and how it reveals cracks in current organizational structures and practices under increasing marketplace dynamism. She is identifying approaches that can prepare leaders to embrace emergence and guide organization adaptability.

Prior to joining CorpU, Sue was VP of product management for KnowledgePlanet, where she directed the evolution of the first web-based learning management system, the first business-to-business eLearning marketplace and technology-based performance management solutions. She helped both media and industry analysts shape the LMS and e-learning industries.

Sue has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, Greentree Gazette, Workforce Week, and other HR and learning industry publications. She has published articles in Leadership Excellence, CLO, Training and T&D Magazines. Sue has spoken at New York University, Bellvue University, ASTD ICE, Tuskegee University, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. And for two years, in 2006 and 2007, she ran Training Director's Forum on behalf of Training Magazine.