Leading Across Differences (Casebook) (Essential Tools Resource) - Softcover

Hannum, Kelly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470467169 ISBN 13: 9780470467169

Verlag: Pfeiffer, 2010

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This training tool provides examples of and perspectives on concepts and situations important to leading across differences. With cases gleaned from interviews of over a hundred people in over twenty organizations on five continents, the authors offer new ways of thinking about leadership challenges. The authors provide a framework and process for helping participants better understand their context and taking appropriate action. The casebook includes the Leadership Across Differences Framework, 13 research-based cases, 11 chapters written by leadership experts, nine individual exercises, as well as references and resources to extend the learning. The package is designed to be flexible enough to use for a single one-hour session or for an extended course. The information in the Facilitator’s Guide will help you craft a session or series of sessions organized around specific learning outcomes.

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The Editors

Kelly Hannum, Ph.D., is manager of research at the Center for Creative Leadership at Greensboro, North Carolina's campus. She has also managed a variety of international research and evaluation projects and is the co-editor of The Handbook of Leadership Development Evaluation.

Belinda B. McFeeters, Ph.D., is an independent contractor with faculty affiliations at the Center for Creative Leadership.

Lize Booysen, Ph.D., is a full professor, Leadership and Change at Antioch University.

Center for Creative Leadership (www.ccl.org) is a top-ranked, global provider of executive education that develops better leaders through its exclusive focus on education and research.

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The Case for Leading Across Differences

TAPPING INTO THE WISDOM derived from an extensive global research project conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership, this comprehensive Casebook is an essential guide for exploring the leadership skills needed for success in our increasingly global society.

Leading Across Differences is filled with practical, relevant, and usable information and a wealth of illustrative examples for learning what it takes to lead a wide-range and diverse group of constituents. The authors present 13 rich cases that have been gleaned from interviews from more than a hundred people in more than twenty organizations on five continents. In addition to the cases presented, the authors offer unique views and innovative ways for thinking about these leadership challenges.

Praise for Leading Across Differences

"If you are leading self, leading others, or are a leadership consultant, this book provides case studies, guides and a practical framework."
Monica Poindexter, director, Diversity and Inclusion, Genentech

"[The editors] couple a conceptual framework of conflict with case studies that can be addressed through that scaffolding."
Joan B. Hirt, professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Tech University

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The Case for Leading Across Differences

TAPPING INTO THE WISDOM derived from an extensive global research project conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership, this comprehensive Casebook is an essential guide for exploring the leadership skills needed for success in our increasingly global society.

Leading Across Differences is filled with practical, relevant, and usable information and a wealth of illustrative examples for learning what it takes to lead a wide-range and diverse group of constituents. The authors present 13 rich cases that have been gleaned from interviews from more than a hundred people in more than twenty organizations on five continents. In addition to the cases presented, the authors offer unique views and innovative ways for thinking about these leadership challenges.

Praise for Leading Across Differences

"If you are leading self, leading others, or are a leadership consultant, this book provides case studies, guides and a practical framework."
—Monica Poindexter, director, Diversity and Inclusion, Genentech

"[The editors] couple a conceptual framework of conflict with case studies that can be addressed through that scaffolding."
—Joan B. Hirt, professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Virginia Tech University

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Pfeiffer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0470467169
• ISBN 13: 9780470467169
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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