Experience-Driven Leader Development - Models, Tools, Best Practices, and Advice for On-The-Job Development

Praise for Experience-Driven Leader Development
 
"In my twenty-six years in human resources, I've learned firsthand that our best leaders develop through on-the-job experience. This book provides a valuable framework for leadership thinking and talent development-immensely helpful for all of us who work with aspiring leaders."
 
Jeff Brodsky, Chief Human Resources Officer, Morgan Stanley
 
"How to best leverage on-the-job experiences for leader development is a challenge for organizations, but clearly one that talent management professionals have tackled in intentional and innovative ways. This book performs the real service of broadly sharing best practices-both proven and cutting-edge-so that we all can do a better job of using experience to develop leadership talent."
 
Martha Soehren, Chief Talent Development Officer, Comcast
 
"Having experienced the power of on-the-job leadership development in my own career, I'm delighted to see the world's best thinking on experiential learning collected in one place. The well-researched and practical wisdom in this book makes it essential for executives and line managers who want to unleash the full potential of their talent pipelines."
 
O. P. (Om) Bhatt, Chairman (retired), State Bank of India
 
"As we develop the next generation of leaders, the 'e' in e-Learning must shift to mean 'experience.' This book is a must-read for learning leaders driven to make development sustainable!"
 
Elliott Masie, Learning CONSORTIUM, The Masie Center
 
"This compendium on leadership development through experience is comprehensive, practical, and useful. The anthology embodies the latest thinking and practice in building leaders and will help thoughtful scholars and practitioners make more informed choices about leadership development."
 
Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Business and Partner, The RBL Group
 
"If you believe you become an employer of choice by building leaders of choice, this book serves as a field guide rich with thought leadership and practical solutions to help enable your success!"
 
Nina M. Ramsey, Chief Human Resources Officer, Kelly Services, Inc.
 
"A collection of A to Z best practices in leader development: selection to job experiences to courses to learning strategies and how they all must work together. This will be the definitive source for leader development for decades to come."
 
Michael M. Lombardo, Founder, Lominger Limited, Inc., and author, FYI: For Your Improvement and Lessons of Experience

List of contents

List of Exhibits, Figures, and Tables xiii
 
Foreword xix
 
Acknowledgments xxiii
 
Introduction xxv
 
SECTION 1. Developmental Experiences: More Intentional for More People 1
 
Section Introduction 3
 
Equipping Employees to Pursue Developmental Experiences 7
 
1 Intensity and Stretch: The Drivers of On-the-Job Development 7
Mark Kizilos (Experience-Based Development Associates, LLC)
 
2 A Leadership Experience Framework 15
Paul Van Katwyk, Joy Hazucha, and Maynard Goff (Korn/Ferry International)
 
3 Identifying Development-in-Place Opportunities 21
Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)
 
4 Leadership Maps: Identifying Developmental Experiences in Any Organization 25
Paul Yost (Seattle Pacific University) and Joy Hereford (Yost & Associates, Inc.)
 
5 Building Organization-Specific Knowledge About Key Developmental Experiences 37
Paul R. Bly (Th omson Reuters) and Mark Kizilos (Experience-Based Development Associates, LLC)
 
6 Expression of Interest: Making Sought-After Roles Visible 45
Tanya Boyd (Payless Holdings, Inc.)
 
7 Designing Part-Time Cross-Functional Experiences 49
Nisha Advani (Genentech, a member of the Roche Group)
 
8 Creating Project Marketplaces 55
Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)
 
Leveraging Existing Experiences for Learning 57
 
9 Leveraging the Developmental Power of Core Organizational Work 57
Patricia M.G. O'Connor (Wesfarmers)
 
10 Learning Transferable Skills Through Event Planning 65
Kenna Cottrill and Kim Hayashi (Leadership Inspirations)
 
11 Pinpointing: Matching Job Assignments to Employees 69
Jeffrey J. McHenry (Rainier Leadership Solutions)
 
12 Learning from Personal Life Experiences 77
Marian N. Ruderman and Patricia J. Ohlott (Center for Creative Leadership)
 
Creating New Developmental Experience 81
 
13 Strategic Corporate Assignments to Develop Emerging Market Leaders 81
Anita Bhasin (Sage Ways, Inc.), Lori Homer (Microsoft), and Eric Rait (Honeycomb Development)
 
14 Full-Time Strategic Projects for High Potentials 87
Paul Orleman (SAP)
 
15 A Personalized Rotation Program to Develop Future Leaders 93
Bela Tisoczki and Laurie Bevier (General Electric)
 
16 Corporate Volunteerism as an Avenue for Leader Development 99
Shannon M. Wallis (Arrow Leadership Strategies) and Jeff rey J. McHenry (Rainier Leadership Solutions)
 
17 Developing Socially Responsible Global Leaders Through Service Projects 107
Mathian Osicki and Caroline Smee (IBM)
 
18 Stretch Assignments to Develop First-Time Supervisors 113
Sally A. Allison and Marsha Green (Duke University)
 
19 Executive Shadowing 119
Ritesh Daryani (Expedia, Inc.)
 
20 Leadership Fitness Challenge: Daily Exercise of the Leadership Muscle 123
Laura Ann Preston-Dayne (Kelly Services, Inc.)
 
21 Using a Video-Case-Based Collaborative Approach in Leader Development 129
Nate Allen (U.S. Army, National Defense University)
 
22 Cross-Company Consortiums: Tackling Business Challenges and Developing Leaders Together 133
Yury Boshyk (Th e Global Executive Learning Network)
 
SECTION 2. Leaders: Better Equipped to Learn from Experience 141
 
Section Introduction 143
 
Organizing Frameworks 145
 
23 Mindful Engagement: Learning to Learn from Experience 145
D. Scott DeRue and Susan J. Ashford (University of Michigan)
 
24 PARR: A Learning Model for Managers 151
Laura Ann Preston-Dayne (Kelly Services, Inc.)
 
25 GPS*R: A Tool for Assessing Learning Readiness 157
Paul Yost, Hillary Roche, and Jillian McLellan (Seattle Pacific University)
 
Learning Strateg

About the author

Cynthia D. McCauley is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership and formerly the Vice President for Leadership Development. In addition to developing two widely used management feedback instruments, she has also published in numerous professional journals, including Journal of Management, the Academy of Management Journal, and Journal of Applied Psychology.

Summary

This book is written for human resource, organization development, and training professionals who need real-world best practices that show who actual workplace learning approaches work and how they can be applied.

Product details

• Authors: D Scot Derue, D Scott Derue, D. Scott Derue, Derue D. Scott, Cynthia McCauley, Cynthia D McCauley, Cynthia D. McCauley, Cynthia D. (Center for Creative Leadersh Mccauley, Cynthia D. Derue Mccauley, Cynthia D. Taylor Mccauley, Paul R. Yost, S Taylor, Sylvester Taylor, Taylor Sylvester, Paul R et Yost, Paul R. Yost, Yost Paul R.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.01.2014
• EAN: 9781118458075
• ISBN: 978-1-118-45807-5
• No. of pages: 608
• Series: J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership); J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership); J-B CCL (Center for Creative L
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Management, Führung, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Management f. Führungskräfte, Management / Leadership