Leadership in Action - Volume 28, Issue 5, November/December 2008

November/December 2008 Archived Issues

Leadership in Action aims to help practicing leaders and those who train and develop practicing leaders by providing them with insights gained in the course of CCL's educational and research activities. It also aims to provide a forum for the exchange of information and ideas between practitioners and CCL staff and associates.

Sample Leadership in Action Table of Contents and Articles:
(From Volume 28, Issue 5, November/December 2008)

• Quality Control: Why Leaders Need to Understand Personality
  Leaders who don't understand human nature and individual differences are poorly equipped to motivate people and help them reach their full potential. But with a clear understanding of human nature and individual differences, leaders are in a strong position to be effective. In particular, knowledge of personality translates into success in hiring employees, leading employees, and managing yourself.
• Strength Test: Debunking an Unbalanced Approach to Development
  Something approaching a mass movement has emerged in recent years around the idea of strengths-based development—the notion that traditional methods of management training and development don't work and that the most effective way to develop and motivate people is to focus and build on their strengths rather than eliminate or correct their weaknesses. Could a more balanced strategy for developing leaders be more practical and more likely to enhance organizational performance?
• From the President (*)
• In Focus/Emerging Leaders (*)
  Meeting the Challenge of Moving from Technical Expert to Leader
• In Focus/Responding to Change
  Helping People Manage Transition
• A Question of Leadership (*)
  Are there any potential downsides to emotional intelligence for executives, and if so, what are they?
• Issues & Observations
  Leadership Beyond Leaders and Followers
• Reader Forum
  Creating Master Decision Makers

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