Managers attend leadership development programs for any number of reasons. Sometimes an organization will nominate a specific manager for a program, or send all high-potential managers through a series of development programs. Some managers seek out development programs on their own as part of their personal career objectives. If you’re scheduled to participate in a leadership development program, or if you’re considering such a program, you can substantially increase the benefits to yourself and to your organization by preparing for the development experience. This guidebook will show you how to prepare yourself and how you can help prepare your colleagues and your work environment to make the most of a formal development program.
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7 Why Prepare for a Leadership Development Program?8 Preparing Your Expectations15 Preparing Your Motivation20 Preparing Your Workplace27 Turning Lessons into Leadership28 Suggested Readings28 Background29 Key Point Summary
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This series of guidebooks draws on the practical knowledge that the Center 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.Jennifer Martineau is a research scientist at CCL andworks with staff, clients, and external evaluators to create newevaluation methods for CCL programs. She also managesclient-specific evaluation studies that enable CCL and its clientsto learn about the impact of CCL interventions on participants andtheir organizations. She holds a Ph.D. in industrial andorganizational psychology from Pennsylvania State University.Ellie Johnson is custom program manager at CCL’s Greensboro campus. In this role she manages all customizeddevelopment processes and programs that originate at that site. Shealso serves on the faculty of several of CCL’s openenrollment programs, including The Women ‘s Leadership Program, Leadership and Teamwork, and Foundations of Leadership.She holds an M.A. in organizational communication from Wake Forest University.