In this important book, successful organizations–including
well-known companies such as Agilent Technologies, Corning, GE
Capital, Hewlett Packard, Honeywell Aerospace, Lockheed Martin,
MIT, Motorola, and Praxair–share their most effective
approaches, tools, and specific methods for leadership development
and organizational change. These exemplary organizations serve as
models for leadership development and organizational change because
they
* Commit to organizational objectives and culture
* Transform behaviors, cultures, and perceptions
* Implement competency or organization effectiveness models
* Exhibit strong top management leadership support and
passion
Table of Content
Acknowledgments.
About This Book.
How to Use This Book.
Introduction (Louis Carter, David Ulrich, Marshall
Goldsmith).
1. Agilent Technologies, Inc.
2. Corning.
3. Delnor Hospital.
4. Emmis Communications.
5. First Consulting Group.
6. GE Capital.
7. Hewlett-Packard.
8. Honeywell Aerospace.
9. Intel.
10. Lockheed Martin.
11. Mattel.
12. Mc Donald’s Corporation.
13. MIT.
14. Motorola.
15. Praxair.
16. St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network.
17. Storage Tek.
18. Windber Medical Center.
19. Conclusion: Practitioner Trends and Findings.
About the Best Practices Institute.
About the Editors.
Index.
About the author
Louis Carter is the founder and CEO of the Best Practices
Institute, which provides services in the design, development,
management of best practice programs, research, and publications in
leadership and organization development. He is the coeditor or
editor of Linkage Inc.’s Best Practices in Leadership
Development Handbook from Pfeiffer and author of The Change
Champion’s Fieldguide.
David Ulrich is a professor at University of Michigan
Business School. He has been ranked by Business Week as the
number one management educator and has been listed in Forbes
as one of the ‘world’s top five’ business coaches. He is the author
of numerous articles and book chapters and of Organizational
Capability from Jossey-Bass, and he is the coauthor of Why
the Bottom Line ISN’T! from Wiley.
Marshall Goldsmith is a founding director of The Alliance
for Strategic Leadership, a consulting organization that includes
over 100 top professionals in the field of leadership development.
He is the author or editor of fourteen books
including Coaching for Leadership and Linkage
Inc.’s Best Practices in Leadership Development Handbook
from Pfeiffer and The Leader of the Future from
Jossey-Bass.