Auteur: Sloan R. Weitzel

This series of guidebooks draws on the practical knowledge that theCenter for Creative Leadership (CCL) has generated, sinceits inception in 1970, through its research and educationalactivity conducted in partnership with hundreds of thousands ofmanagers and executives. Much of this knowledge is shared-in a waythat is distinct from the typical university department, professional association, or consultancy. CCL is not simply acollection of individual experts, although the individualcredentials of its staff are impressive; rather it is a community, with its members holding certain principles in common and workingtogether to understand and generate practical responses to today »sleadership and organizational challenges. The purpose of the series is to provide managers with specificadvice on how to complete a developmental task or solve aleadership challenge. In doing that, the series carries out CCL »smission to advance the understanding, practice, and development ofleadership for the benefit of society worldwide. Bill Sternbergh helped design CCL « s flagshipLeadership Development Program (LDP). In his thirty years with theCenter, he has worked internationally with scores of organizationsand thousands of executives. He was appointed a CCL Senior Fellowin Leadership Education in 1992, holds an AB in psychology fromGuilford College, and has completed graduate work in psychology atthe University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Universityof West Florida. Sloan R. Weitzel is product manager for e-products andservices at CCL. Before assuming responsibility for developing CCLleadership development tools for use on the Internet, he was asenior program associate at CCL. In that role he worked with morethan two thousand executives as a certified feedback coach. Heholds an MBA from Duke University.