Leadership Development

Publications

Executive Action Reports

June 2009	Mission Accomplished? What Every Leader Should Know about Survivor Syndrome This Executive Action report explores the concept of "survivor syndrome," how it materializes, and what to do about it. File size: 192KB
September 2008	Promoted to Fail? How Executive Coaching Can Improve Performance in Newly Promoted Executives Promotion to a new position with increased, often corporatewide responsibilities can be a tremendous challenge. The following narrative explains how executives in one organization used coaching to prevent a manager from "derailing" in a new position. File size: 108KB
July 2008	On The Record with Ivan Seidenberg The CEO of Verizon Communications, Inc., New York, New York, explains the importance of developing global managerial talent and implementing cost control methods. File size: 235KB
July 2008	Women's Leadership: Revitalizing Women’s Initiatives Key indicators of gender in the workplace suggest that women's advancement in corporate America has plateaued or even slipped over the past few years. Still, many companies remain committed to initiatives designed to support women in the workplace. File size: 88KB
July 2008	On the Record with J. Doug Pruitt The CEO of Sundt Construction, Tempe, Arizona, explains the importance of managing change, fostering innovation and the need for diversity and multi-generational knowledge sharing in today's competitive business environment. File size: 229KB
February 2008	How CEOs Turn Themselves (and Others) into True Leaders As never before, leaders of small-to-midsize companies must master softer, more intangible skills, such as the capacity to build relationships and maintain a strong culture. File size: 260KB
July 2007	Growing Globally in an Age of Disruptions — How India's Top Companies Are Meeting the Challenge What tools do Indian companies with global ambitions need to compete effectively? File size: 424KB
June 2007	Women and Leadership: Creating Opportunities for Advancement With smaller numbers of U.S. workers expected during the next decade and increasing numbers of women entering the workforce, more business leaders are realizing that competing globally will require making good use of all their human resources. File size: 224KB
March 2007	Becoming Skilled at Painting with Two Brushes What are Asian and Western-based companies doing to develop the kinds of leaders that are badly needed in Asia and elsewhere today? File size: 295KB
February 2007	How to Make Executive Coaching Work for Your Company and Executives The field of executive coaching continues to evolve today, but in general, successful coaching agreements are based on a high degree of professional integrity on the coach's part, and a coachee willing to embark on the "coaching journey". File size: 138KB
October 2006	Leadership Challenges for Indian Companies Tomorrow's Indian business leaders must be master strategists, able to manage change as well as relationships and networks, and perhaps most importantly demonstrate the ability to develop new leaders. File size: 193KB
September 2006	Growing the New Business Leader Are companies doing enough to anticipate their future leadership requirements? Are they instilling the right experiences and skills for the future in their talent of today? File size: 128KB
June 2006	Women of Color: Strategies for Leadership Success This Executive Action report offers some strategies for personal success for women of color. File size: 360.6KB
June 2006	On the Record With.... Dr. Gerhard Cromme An exclusive in-depth interview with Dr. Gerhard Cromme, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ThyssenKrupp AG, Düsseldorf, Germany. File size: 227.36KB
June 2006	On the Record With.... Dr. Stephanie A. Burns In this exclusive in-depth interview, Dow Corning President and CEO Dr Stephanie A. Burns, explains why the notion of an innovative organization must extend far beyond the development of new products into processes and strategy. File size: 226.5KB
June 2006	On the Record With.... Sajjan Jindal Sajjan Jindal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel, Ltd.; Mumbai, India, explains his philosophy for corporate success, particularly the importance of maintaining a long-term business view in the face of short-term pressure. File size: 219.81KB
May 2006	On the Record With.... Bertrand Collomb An in-depth interview with Bertrand Collomb, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lafarge, France, on current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends he expects to face in the future. File size: 232.1KB
May 2006	On the Record With.... Lim Chee-Onn An in-depth interview with Lim Chee-Onn, Executive Chairman, Keppel Corporation, Ltd., Singapore, on current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends he expects to face in the future. File size: 218.45KB
January 2006	What Do We Really Know about Effective Leadership in Change Management? While the need for effective leadership is seen to be one of growing importance, the means to achieve it are far from clear. So where does one turn for guidance, and where do efforts get focused? File size: 107.4 KB
October 2005	Managing Talent in Asia: Leadership Challenges in a Time of Transition Numerous differences exist in Asian society both cultural, generational, and technological which has lead to new challenges. How can business leaders successfully overcome these differences? File size: 132.1 KB
August 2005	Women in Leadership: The Diversity Imperative—Supporting Actions for Change There are considerable gender gaps in employment status, pay levels, and career outlook in Europe despite roughly equal numbers of well-educated males and females. Are senior executives willing to take steps to correct the imbalance? File size: 110.6KB
June 2005	Going Global: Challenges for Indian Business At The Conference Board 2005 Global Leadership Development Conference a number of top Indian CEOs shared their experiences as emerging global leaders in the business marketplace. This piece highlights some of the key discussion points from said meeting. File size: 179.0KB
May 2005	Why Ethical Leaders Are Different What makes an ethical leader different? An ethical leader welcomes open and contentious debate and understands that this is essential to making the best possible decisions. File size: 82.3KB
April 2005	Why Organization Design Is Critical To Global Leadership Development Talented individuals cannot contribute to their full capacity and potential in a top-heavy organization that stifles initiative. Why is the crucial connection between effective organization design and successful leadership development often ignored? File size: 115.0KB
February 2005	On the Record With...Julien De Wilde An interview with Julien De Wilde, CEO, N.V. Bekaert S.A., Kortrijk (Belgium), regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future. File size: 572.4KB
December 2004	Succession Planning....Without Tears Rather than putting off succession planning and then rushing to hire from the outside when the time arrives, small companies would be better served by grooming leaders from within the firm. File size: 108.6KB
November 2004	On the Record With...Stan Shih An interview with Stan Shih, Chairman, CEO, and Founder, The Acer Group, Taipei, Taiwan, regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future. File size: 563.9KB
September 2004	The Unique Challenges of Developing World-Class Business Leaders in Asia Pacific Although leadership development is a concern for CEOs worldwide, some of the challenges are exaggerated in the Asian Pacific context. File size: 100.9KB
August 2004	Making Over Leaders and Leadership Styles Are the requirements of leadership changing? That is the question being asked as a new generation rises in the workplace. File size: 110.4KB
August 2004	Women in Leadership: Putting Diversity Policies into Practice Most large companies have diversity policies in place that include targets for recruiting and advancing more women into leadership roles, but they still face the challenges of implementing the policies successfully while growing their business. File size: 97.3KB
April 2003	Putting Women on Equal Footing For women, the road to gender parity in the corporate world is potholed with "microinequities," such as being interrupted or ignored, having ideas credited to male colleagues, being excluded from activities, and having to deal with jokes that target women File size: 91.9KB
September 2002	Emphasis on Developing Leaders: Despite Hard Times Companies View Leadership Development as a Priority Even during corporate belt-tightening leadership development is a necessity, not a luxury. File size: 85.9KB
August 2002	One Year After: The Leadership and Communication Dilemma of 9-11-02 For corporate leaders on the anniversary of 9/11, listening may become more important than speaking. File size: 67.7KB
July 2002	Women in Leadership: A European Business Imperative When an organization puts women in key leadership positions they become a magnet for talented women and men. File size: 63.2KB

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