Book 117

Building Character

by Gene Klann

Published 1 January 2007
Building Character is written for leaders who understand their responsibility to develop authentic leaders within their organizations. Without presenting an overarching moral code or a prescriptive code of behavior, this book offers leaders and managers a practical model complete with the tools, information, and processes to develop character in leaders at all levels. The author explains the role character plays in leadership success and effectiveness and outlines how character can be developed through the Five E's-Example, Education, Experience, Evaluation, and Environment.

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Return on Experience

by Jeffrey Yip

Published 1 May 2009

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This book is written for human resource, organization development, and training professionals who need real-world best practices that show who actual workplace learning approaches work and how they can be applied. Co-published with the acclaimed Center for Creative Leadership, this important book offers a compendium of best practices, tools, techniques, processes, and other resource resources to harness the developmental power of work experiences for leadership development. In addition the book includes illustrative case studies of leadership approached that have worked in such forward thinking organizations as Boeing, Microsoft, and Heineken.



Effect better outcomes with a robust coaching program The CCL Handbook of Coaching in Organizations deals with the practical, ethical, and political challenges of coaching within an organization. From coaching superiors to coaching business teams, this book outlines the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) approach to professional coaching to help readers better manage leadership development and talent management program outcomes. With expert guidance on the key functions of human resources, learning and development, and organizational development, readers will gain insight into the issues associated with coaching program implementation and management, and the use of internal versus external coaches. Coverage includes a wide range of coaching-based services used in most large organizations, with practical advice on creating the right programs for maximum impact within the available budget. Professional development is a hot topic and plays a key role in attracting and retaining the best talent. Coaching is a broad area within the field, encompassing a range of services and goals, with varied expectations and requirements.
This book provides actionable guidance for those designing, initiating, and implementing coaching programs, with new approaches and techniques that drive better outcomes. * Provide direct coaching within an organization * Manage coaching systems and programs * Initiate and lead mentoring and peer-coaching programs * Manage external coaches, and deal effectively with coaching suppliers An ideal coaching program must balance need with budget and be tailored to the requirements and resources of both the organization and the participants. It's a complex undertaking, but the right strategy and planning can lead to even better than expected outcomes. For the human resources professional who wants to strengthen an organization's coaching program, CCL Handbook of Coaching in Organizations is a thoughtful reference for a specialized function.

Help Your Managers Tranform Challenge Into Opportunity Research at The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) has shown that successful managers learn many of the skills that contribute to their success from their work assignments. The Job Challenge Profile (JPC) created at CCL by some of the top practitioners in the field is a self assessment questionnaire designed to help you better understand and use your job assignments as opportunities for learning and growth.

Thrive on challenge! Some professionals, feeling overburdened by challenging job tasks, struggle through projects and avoid additional responsibilities that might prove enriching. They often find their careers unsatisfying, and their job performance may suffer as a result. This field--tested profile shows employees how to seek challenge and to develop valuable skills from their professional lives. Professionals will use their feedback from the JCP to assist them in: aeo Handling unfamiliar tasks aeo Driving workplace transformation aeo Seeking additional responsibilities aeo Dealing with external pressure aeo Managing group diversity ...and much more! The Facilitatora s Guide, which includes a sample copy of the Participanta s Workbook, details the essential workshop procedures----including setup, administration, and follow--up----and provides you with reproducible overhead and handout masters. You dona t need to be a training professional to use this tool in your organization: this guide gives you all the basics. Your participants will quickly be able to score and interpret the inventory using the practical Participanta s Workbook.
With the aid of this action guide, they will determine what and how much they are learning, what parts of their jobs hold key challenges, and what strategies they might adopt to derive maximal learning from these experiences. Every participant will need a copy. Use the world--renowned expertise of CCL to create a learning environment where challenge is welcome!Helps participants: aeo Gauge the challenges in their jobs aeo Turn challenges into prime learning experience TIMING: 2 to 4 hours AUDIENCE: Managers, leaders, and executives at all levels