How to Design an Effective System for Developing Managers and Executives

Dalton, Hollenbeck

• Publisher: Center for Creative Leadership Press
• Year: 1996
• Print ISBN: 9781882197248
• eBook ISBN: 9781604916959
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Leadership
• Index: Business

Managers and executives do not typically become more effective as the result of a single training program or other intervention. Rather, development requires a range of ongoing and integrated activities. Drawn from CCL's "Tools for Developing Successful Executives" program, the six-step model described in this report provides the basics for designing a system that works. The steps, each covered in its own section, range from "Find and use organizational support for creating a process" to "Define and communicate the critical role of the manager." The sections contain commonsense information about the issues to consider when designing a development system plus numerous practical examples.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Executive Guide
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Step 1: Find and Use Organizational Support for Creating a Process, Not an Event
• Step 2: Define the Program Purpose and the Behaviors to Be Developed
• Step 3: Use Feedback as the Baseline for Executive Development
• Step 4: Define and Communicate the Critical Role of the Manager
• Step 5: Write the Development Plan
• Step 6: Make the Program Accountable
• Conclusion
• References