THE 2008 PFEIFFER ANNUAL：LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT(W/CD)

This comprehensive resource includes an international panel of contributors who are leading academics and practitioners in the field. Their combined wisdom has created the most authoritative and up-to-date source for new ideas, tools, models, and contemporary practices in leadership development. This unique series is a world-class resource for all practitioners, teachers, and students of leadership development. Topics include:

• Trends in Leadership Development
• Learning Methods (How Leaders Learn)
• Special Challenges and Innovations
• Leadership Development for the Board of Directors
• Ensuring Learning Transfer and Application
• Creating Post Program Learning Communities
• Creating the Business Case for Leadership Development
• Embedding Learning at Work
• Accelerating the Leadership Development of Hi-Potentials
• Developing Global Leaders

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The Editors

James L. Noel is an independent consultant and leadership coach. He is the former manager of Executive Education and Leadership Effectiveness at GE's famed Leadership Institute in Crotonville, New York, and later Citibank's vice president of executive development. He is the coauthor of three books on leadership, including The Leadership Pipeline with Ram Charan and Steve Drotter and Leadership Passages with David Dotlich and Norman Walker.

David L. Dotlich, Ph..D., is a senior partner with Oliver Wyman, a founder of The Executive Learning Center, and formerly was president of Mercer Delta Consulting. He consults to executive committees, CEOs, and senior leaders in the areas of leadership, business and talent strategy, and executive coaching with companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Nike, Nordstrom, UBS, Bank of America, Sara Lee, Target, and Norvartis. Dr, Dotlich was formerly corporate vice president of human resources for Honeywell International, Inc., and is the coauthor of six best-selling books, including Why CEOs Fail, Unnatural Leadership, Leadership Passages, and Head, Heart, and Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction: What’s Next in Leadership Development? (Jim Noel and David Dotlich).

SECTION 1: HISTORY OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

1 Where We’ve Been: Leadership Development in the 20th Century (Jim Noel and David Dotlich).

SECTION 2: DEFINING THE FIELD.

2 Why Are There Not Enough Leaders in Companies Today? (Stephen H. Rhinesmith).

3 Who Really “Owns” Leadership Development? (Robert A. Stringer).

4 Developing Leaders of Substance (Ram Charan).

5 Why Is Leadership So Important and Formal Leadership Development Not? (Tim Sullivan).

SECTION 3: DEVELOPING GLOBAL LEADERS.

6 The Evolution of Leadership Development at Novartis (Frank Waltmann).

7 Achieving Success in the Globalization of Leadership Development (Eric Olson).

8 Developing Global Leaders Through Action Learning (Alice Portz).

SECTION 4: APPROACHES TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

9 Developing Customer-Centric Leaders (Thomas R. Knighton).

10 Building Marketing Excellence (Jean-Claude Larreche, Mario Castaneda, and Zohra Jan Mamod).

11 Time Warner Creative Leadership Summit (Vera Vitels).

12 Be the One: The LEADToshiba Experience (Anthony V. Codianni and Terry Kristiansen).

13 The Quest for 20:20 Vision: Developing HR Leaders at Luxottica (Ken Meyers).

14 What Women Executives Need from Leadership Development Programs (Marijo Bos).

15 Creating Real Employee Engagement (Alaric Mostyn).

16 Leading Across Boundaries: Adventures in the “White Spaces” at General Mills (Kevin D. Wilde).

17 Bank of America: Winning the Growth Challenge (Brian Fishel).

SECTION 5: METHODOLOGIES.

18 Coaching Leadership Transitions (Jim Sutton).

19 Executive Assessment for Succession Planning and Development: A Sequenced Process and a Few Helpful Hints (Adam Ortiz).

20 Do Leadership Competencies Defi ne Effective Leadership? (Jill Conner).

21 Transition Support: Best Practices from the Field (Stacey E. Philpot).

22 Action Learning: Creating Leaders Through Work (Jim Noel and David Dotlich).

SECTION 6: CREATIVE APPROACHES TO DEVELOPING LEADERS—PUSHING THE BOUNDARY.

23 Leader as Storyteller (Chatham Clarke Sullivan).

24 The Leader as Poet: A Consideration of What Poetry May Have to Offer Organizational Leadership (Juan Mobili).

25 Choices in Work and in Life (Neil M. Johnston).

26 The Leading Brain: An Exercise in Self-Coaching (Agnes Mura).

27 Leading in the Matrix of Today: Integrating Body/Mind/Spirit (Ginny Whitelaw).

28 Somatics and Leadership (Susan Nichols).

29 Learning from World-Class Athletes in Managing Performance: Achieving Personal Leadership Excellence Through P6PROP (Christian Marcolli).

30 The Shaping of Successful Careers (Norman Walker).

SECTION 7: A LOOK TO THE FUTURE.

31 The Future of Leadership Development (Jim Noel and David Dotlich).

Contributors.

About the Editors.

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