Center for Creative Leadership Contributes to New Book Edited by Harvard Business School Leadership Faculty
CCL Authors Describe 4 Practices for Developing Interdependent Leadership in The Handbook for Teaching Leadership
16 December 2011 - Greensboro, NC - A significant new book on leadership education includes a chapter on "Developing Interdependent Leadership" by Charles J. Palus, John B. McGuire and Chris Ernst from the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®), a top-ranked, global provider of leadership education and research.
The Handbook for Teaching Leadership: Knowing, Doing, and Being draws on the expertise of leading international scholars and the insight of its editors: Scott Snook, Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana — all leadership faculty at Harvard Business School. The chapter authors are also contributors to the ongoing Harvard Symposium on Teaching Leadership, a community of scholar-practitioners dedicated to sharing and understanding theory and best practices in the teaching and development of leadership.
Several research streams and action learning practices come together in the CCL chapter, which includes:
- Four "practical arts" for developing the leadership needed to meet challenges that can only be solved by groups working collaboratively.
- Discussion of how interdependent leadership plays out at four levels: Society, Organization, Group and Individual (the SOGI model).
- An ontology of leadership based on the three essential leadership outcomes of shared direction, alignment and commitment.
- Real-world examples and simple, accessible tools to develop interdependent leadership while simultaneously doing the work of the organization.
- A framework for "putting it all together," including five steps that build toward interdependent leadership at the organizational level.
The Handbook for Teaching Leadership presents an assessment of the current state of leadership education, establishes a foundational reference for teaching leadership, and builds a respected community of practice to provide serious scholarship on leadership and how to teach it, according to the publisher.
"This new book brings together thinkers from across disciplines to bridge the space between leadership theories and the ways we learn to become leaders," CCL President and CEO John Ryan said. "I'm gratified to see CCL's work on leadership as an interdependent, collaborative process appearing in a publication that features so many impressive authors and important ideas."
About the Center for Creative Leadership
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) is a top-ranked, global provider of executive education that accelerates strategy and business results by unlocking the leadership potential of individuals and organizations. Founded in 1970, CCL offers an array of research-based programs, products and services for leaders at all levels. Ranked among the world's Top 10 providers of executive education by Bloomberg BusinessWeek and the Financial Times, CCL is headquartered in Greensboro, NC, with offices in Colorado Springs, CO; San Diego, CA; Brussels; Moscow; Singapore; New Delhi - NCR, India and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Its work is supported by 500 faculty members and staff.
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