Best Practices in Leadership Development Handbook

Published by Jossey-Bass
Edited by David Giber, Louis Carter, and Marshall Goldsmith

Linkage Inc.'s Best Practices in Leadership Development Handbook is a collaborative work which includes 15 leadership development systems from the world's foremost organizations including: BP Amoco, SmithKline Beecham, Motorola, Bose Corporation, Barclays Global Investors, Colgate Palmolive, Allied Signal, and Abbott Labs.

Leadership development case studies include instruments, training, competency models, research and a full breakdown of the process of building the leadership development system. Leadership development systems presented in the book include assessment-based programs that leverage such tools as 360 assessment, action learning programs, team building, and strategic change programs. The Book includes contributions from top leadership development experts and architects such as Warren Bennis, Jay Conger, David Giber, Marshall Goldsmith, Candy Albertsson and more.

What You'll Find Inside:

• Case Studies: Learn how 15 world-class organizations achieved their strategic leadership development objectives including how Motorola developed 200 senior-level global business leaders.
• Competency Models: Benchmark against SmithKline Beecham's 21 Leadership Competencies, BP Amoco's LEAD program competency profile, AlliedSignal's MultiSource Feedback Behavioral Descriptors, and much more!
• Tools: Learn how to implement cutting-edge tools including AlliedSignal's Career Profile, continuous improvement, and performance objectives tools, and SmithKline Beecham's 360 degree assessment and succession planning tools.
• Training: Choose among 15 "best-in-class" training curriculums including Imasco's Operating Company Visits and Work Projects, Colgate-Palmolive's Key Accountability program, and Abbott Lab's Managing Across Boundaries.
• Research: Apply trends and findings from this book to build a business case for your organization's leadership development system. Learn about the top critical success factors for designing and delivering a leadership development system, the most popular evaluation methods, the budgets required, and more.

Partial List of Best Practice Companies:

• BP Amoco
• SmithKline Beecham
• Motorola
• Bose Corporation
• Barclays Global Investors
• Colgate Palmolive
• Allied Signal
• Abbott Labs