Leading Effectively e-Newsletter - December 2009 Issue

December 2009

In Your View

How have you invested in your career in 2009?

Take Note

Learning Holds Steady
The 2009 ASTD State of the Industry report indicates a strong commitment to corporate learning through the early stages of the economic slump. (more...)

Adapt for Success
The ability to adapt is the No. 1 indicator for success among managers. (more...)

From the Blog

How do we react when a role model or leader in our life falls short of expectations in a big way? CCL's Bill Gentry explores his reactions to the struggles of two sports leaders he admires.

How to Show You're a Smart Investment

Nothing teaches leadership like experience, but often those powerful lessons don't have a place on a resume or performance review. In fact, they can easily be overlooked. (more...)

New CCL Panel Needs You!

We invite you to join our new online panel, Leading Insights. CCL values your insight and we want to include your input in the decisions we make to create better leaders and stronger organizations.

By joining the panel, you have the opportunity to share perspectives and be part of an ongoing global research initiative that will shape the future of leaders and leadership development. To join the invitation-only online panel, visit: Leading Insights.

All information will be kept strictly confidential and used only for research purposes. If you have questions or comments, please e-mail Paula Morrow, morrowp@ccl.org.

Meet the New Boss. Same as the Old Boss?

If you're a boss beginning a new job, Ben Dattner has some advice: Put together a "managerial user's manual" for your new staff. (more...)

How Does Leadership Grow?

Does your company expect the "natural" leaders to rise in the organization? Or, does it have a well-considered plan for growing the leaders and the type of leadership it needs to make the business strategy succeed? (more...)

Engineer Retools Leadership Skills

As a former owner of a tool-repair business, William Werkmeister is a hands-on kind of guy who knows how to get things done. But nothing in his background prepared him for the transition to the corporate world, where collaboration and team-building are imperative skills. (more...)

Exclusively for myCCL Premium Subscribers:
Leadership Lessons: A CCL Development Series

Do They Even Notice You've Changed?

If a leader changes and no one notices, does the change really count? (more...)

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Events You Won't Want to Miss

January 12:
CCL Webinar
Writing Your Managerial User's Manual

February 3:
CCL Webinar
The Truth About Sucking Up: How Authentic Self-Promotion Benefits You and Your Organization

February 17:
CCL Webinar
Coaching Tools and Tactics

Did you know ...
that the ability to lead across boundaries is emerging as a crucial leadership skill?

Top executives know the importance of bridging organizational and cultural divides; vertical and horizontal gaps; and stakeholder, demographic and geographic groupings as they seek solutions to today's most pressing business challenges, according to a CCL survey of 128 senior executives.

Eighty-six percent of the executives in the study considered it "extremely important" that they collaborate effectively across boundaries in their current leadership role. But just 7 percent of those executives believed they were "very effective" at doing so.

"Closing this gap is both a critical challenge and a hidden opportunity," says CCL's Chris Ernst. "Today's uncertain business environment requires leaders to think and act beyond status quo boundaries. It requires developing new, collaborative boundary-spanning practices to forge direction, alignment and commitment at the intersection between groups."

Learn more by viewing "Boundary Spanning Leadership: Mission Critical Perspectives from the Executive Suite," from CCL's Organizational Leadership White Paper Series or view Chris Ernst's column on Forbes.com.

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