2001 News Release Abstracts
December 2001: Leadership Development Funds Available For Greensboro Nonprofit Executives
Greensboro, N.C. - The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) today announced that the Greensboro Leadership Fund has grant monies remaining for Greensboro nonprofit executives to access the Center's leadership services. The fund was created in October 2000 with a $40,000 grant from the Weaver Foundation, matched with tuition reductions by CCL. The fund underwrites 90% of the cost for individual leaders in the nonprofit sector to attend CCL leadership courses or take advantage of other Center services. (more...)
Greensboro, N.C. - For the second consecutive time, the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) was ranked number one in leadership in the BusinessWeek Executive Education Special Report (October 2001). Corporate management development executives surveyed by BusinessWeek picked the Center as top in Leadership, ahead of Harvard, Michigan, INSEAD and University of Pennsylvania. The Center was also ranked fourth in Custom Programs. (more...)
July 2001: Center for Creative Leadership Enhances Internet-based Assessment
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New version of 360 BY DESIGNSM is more comprehensive process
Greensboro, N.C. - One of the premier 360-degree assessment and feedback tools just got better. The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®), ranked #1 in leadership by BusinessWeek, has just released a new version of 360 BY DESIGN, its customizable, online feedback and assessment instrument. The new version features online development planning and activities and will be entirely Internet-based, giving managers and employees a comprehensive and adaptable tool to help improve individual and business performance. (more...)
In his new book, THE DEEP BLUE SEA: Rethinking the Source of Leadership, Wilfred "Bill" Drath, a Senior Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership, examines whether leadership in the new economy is an individual or community achievement and explores solutions to the increasing difficulty in leading across functions, cultures and geographic boundaries. (more...)
Greensboro, N.C. - Kathy E. Kram, professor of organizational behavior at the Boston University School of Management, has been named the new H. Smith Richardson Jr. Visiting Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®). Kram was selected by the Center for her significant contributions to the understanding and practice of executive development. (more...)
February 2001: CCL Launches e-Newsletter
CCL's new bimonthly e-Newsletter examines, summarizes and delivers tools, tips, and advice to practicing managers who face the daily challenges of leading. A must read for anyone balancing the responsibility of leadership with the details of management. (more...)
Twice each year, innovation practitioners from companies such as Hallmark, IBM, and Kraft Foods gather at the AMI meetings to share new inventions, exchange ideas and problem solve. See the full article on the Fast Company Web site. (Go to article...)
February 2001: "Discovering The Leader In You" Is A Guide To Realizing Personal Leadership Potential
Greensboro, N.C. - Pay, power, perks, Peter Principle. Too often, people land in job-related and non-job related leadership roles by default rather than choice. In fact, a great many people drift into or away from being leaders simply because they have not done the work of matching their own passions and values with the realities of the leadership role. (more...)
Greensboro, N.C. - The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), a nonprofit educational institution with a singular focus on leadership, has named Inez Moore Tenenbaum, South Carolina State Superintendent of Education, the recipient of its third annual Distinguished Alumni Award. (more...)
