CCL — Recognized as a Top Provider of Leadership Development Worldwide

The following rankings define the Center's character as the very best institution for leadership development, in addition to being one of the first and largest providers of leadership education. They underscore the Center's reputation as an innovative learning organization that remains at the forefront of the leadership development field.

2008 - The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) ranked No. 8 overall in the 2008 Financial Times worldwide survey of executive education. CCL for the seventh consecutive year is the only institution in the survey focused exclusively on leadership education and research, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools. The survey was released May 12, 2008.

2008 - The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) awards CCL and Catholic Healthcare Partners (CHP) two Excellence in Practice Awards and a Citation for their innovative work on CHP's "Leadership Academy" for executives and managers.

2007 - The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) ranked No. 7 overall in the 2007 Financial Times worldwide survey of executive education. CCL is the only institution in the survey focused exclusively on leadership education and research, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools.   (more...)

2006 - The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) ranked among the overall Top 5 providers of executive education worldwide in a survey released May 15, 2006 by the Financial Times. CCL is the only institution focused exclusively on leadership education in the survey, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools. CCL, which has campuses in North America, Europe and Asia, is also ranked among the Top 5 providers of open-enrollment programs worldwide and among the Top 10 providers of custom programs. (more...)

2006 - Columnist Jared Sandberg writes favorably about his experience in CCL's Foundations of Leadership open-enrollment program in a two-part story. Read the columns as well as find out more information about the Foundations of Leadership program. (more...)

2005 - The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) is ranked among the overall Top 10 providers of executive education worldwide in a survey released May 16, 2005, by the Financial Times. CCL is the only institution focused exclusively on leadership education in the survey, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools. CCL, which has campuses in North America, Europe and Asia, is also ranked No. 3 worldwide for open-enrollment programs and among the Top 25 providers of custom programs. (more...)

2004 - The Center's open-enrollment programs ranked seventh in the world in a 2004 Financial Times survey of providers of non-degree executive education programs. This is the third consecutive year that CCL^® has been ranked among the top providers of open-enrollment programs.

2003 - BusinessWeek's 2003 Executive Education Special Report ranks the Center for Creative Leadership first in the world for leadership development. This marks the third consecutive time - and the sixth year running - that the Center has been ranked #1 for leadership education in the biennial executive education survey. The Center was also ranked No. 4 in BusinessWeek's list of the top providers of open-enrollment programs and No. 7 among custom program providers. CCL is the only non-business school ranked in both the open-enrollment and custom categories.

2003 - The Center was the recipient of a 2003 APX (Achieving Performance eXcellence) Award from Training magazine in the area of skills training - business management/leadership skills. Training magazine presents the Achieving Performance eXcellence Awards to organizations serving the training and learning profession. The discerning readers of Training magazine selected the winners based on excellence in delivering value, ease of use, customer service and meeting user expectations.

2003 - The Center opens its Asia office in Singapore.

2003 - The Financial Times executive education survey ranks the Center among the top 10 worldwide for open-enrollment programs. CCL is the only organization in the Top 10 focused solely on leadership development.

2002 - The Financial Times survey ranks CCL among the top 10 non-degree executive education providers worldwide.

2001 - For the second consecutive time, CCL was ranked #1 for Leadership Development in the Business Week Executive Education Survey. The Center also ranked #4 for Customized Programs, and again, was the only non-business school to crack the Top 20.

1999- The Business Week Executive Education Survey ranked CCL #1 for Leadership, #3 for Innovation, #3 for Customized Programs and #5 in Human Resources. The Center was also ranked #7 overall - the only non-business school to crack the Top 20.

Recognition from High Profile Alumni
Retired Army General H. Norman Schwarzkopf has stated that he regularly uses the lessons that he learned while attending the Center's Leadership Development Program (LDP)^®.

Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards has commented that "I have learned more at the Center in one week than in all the other training courses I have taken in over 20 years."

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