Product Description

For more than four decades the Pfeiffer Annuals have presented thought-leading ideas and cutting-edge practices in training, consulting, and human resource management. A new title has been added to the impressive collection of Pfeiffer’s yearly publications, The 2007 Pfeiffer Annual: Leadership Development. This important book explores one of the most pressing issues facing organizations across the globe—how to successfully identify and develop current and future leaders. This comprehensive resource includes an international panel of contributors who are leading academics and practitioners in the field. Their combined wisdom has created the most authoritative and up-to-date source for new ideas, tools, models, and contemporary practices in leadership development. Year-after-year this unique series will build into a world-class resource for all practitioners, teachers, and students of leadership development.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1087140 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-21
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.16" h x 8.68" w x 11.03" l, 2.48 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

From the Back Cover
The Leader in Human Resource Development for More than Four Decades

For more than four decades, the Pfeiffer Annuals have presented thought-leading ideas and cutting-edge practices in training, consulting, and human resource management. A new title has been added to the impressive collection of Pfeiffer's yearly publications, The 2007 Pfeiffer Annual: Leadership Development. This important book explores one of the most pressing issues facing organizations across the globe—how to successfully identify and develop current and future leaders.

This comprehensive resource includes an international panel of contributors who are leading academics and practitioners in the field. Their combined wisdom has created the most authoritative and up-to-date source for new ideas, tools, models, and contemporary practices in leadership development. Year after year, this unique series will build into a world-class resource for all practitioners, teachers, and students of leadership development. Topics include:

• Forces and Trends in Leadership Development
• Leadership Development Strategies, Systems, and Programs
• Learning Methods
• Special Challenges and Opportunities
  • Getting Management Buy-In
  • Developing Global Leaders
  • Identifying and Developing High-Potentials
  • On-Boarding, ROI, Learning from Experience, and Putting Learning to Work

Each article is reproduced on the CD-ROM that accompanies the book.

About the Author
James F. Bolt is chairman and founder of Executive Development Associates, Inc., a leading consulting firm specializing in the strategic use of executive development and peer-to-peer executive networks. He was selected by the Financial Times as one of the top experts in executive and leadership development, and Linkage, Inc., named him one of the top fifty executive coaches in the world. Bolt is an online columnist for Fast Company. His previous books include Executive Development: A Strategy for Corporate Competitiveness, The Future of Executive Development, and Strategic Executive Development: The 5 Essential Investments.