Leaders as Teachers: Unlock the Teaching Potential of Your Company's Best and Brightest
- 3h 19m
- Edward Betof
- Association for Talent Development
- 2009
Does your organization make the most of its talented, dedicated leaders? If they aren’t being used to inspire, mentor, coach, and train others, then it’s time to help them—and your organization—reach their full potential.
Leaders as Teachers serves as both a strategic and practical implementation guide, designed for use by learning and human resource professionals as well as business executives, executive coaches, and high-visibility leaders. You’ll find a complete explanation of why the leaders-as-teachers approach works, with testimonials from individuals who have personally benefited from the program, and then you’ll be provided with a thorough guide to creating your own program.
No matter how large or small your organization may be, you can tailor the leaders-as-teachers approach to your situation. Use this book as a whole or in parts as you need them. It provides all the support materials—detailed plans, exercises, worksheets, sample training agendas—you’ll need to establish your own leaders-as-teachers program.
About the Author
Since the summer of 2007, Ed Betof has been a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is the senior fellow and an academic director for the first doctoral program at a major university designed to prepare chief learning officers. He retired at the end of 2007 after 10 years as vice president for talent management and chief learning officer at BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company. BD University has been externally cited as one of the outstanding examples in the corporate world of the successful design and implementation of the leaders-as-teachers concept.
Betof previously held senior functional leadership roles at BD, Hoffmann-LaRoche, and the Reliance Insurance Companies. He was senior vice president of Manchester Consulting, where he created a process for coaching newly appointed leaders. He is a faculty member of the Institute for Management Studies and has held adjunct faculty appointments at the Center for Creative Leadership, Pennsylvania State University, and Temple University. He was the lead author of Just Promoted! How to Survive and Thrive in Your First 12 Months as a Manager (McGraw-Hill) and has contributed to numerous journals and professional publications. He served a three-year term, from 2004 to 2006, as a member of ASTD’s Board of Directors. He chaired the Executive Committee of the Conference Board’s Council on Learning, Development, and Organizational Performance from 2006 to 2007. He serves on the Pennsylvania State University Outreach Advisory Board. He received his doctoral degree from Temple University in 1976.
In this Book
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Leaders as Teachers—Unlock the Teaching Potential of Your Company’s Best and Brightest
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Foreword
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Leaders as Teachers—Unlocking the Teaching Potential of Your Best and Brightest
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Why the Leaders-as-Teachers Approach Works—Six Strategic Organizational Benefits
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A Role for Every Leader—Dozens of Ways Leaders Can Teach
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Yes, Where You Work!—Why Leaders Want to Teach and Come Back for More
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Defying Gravity—Orchestrating a Leaders-as-Teachers Change Process
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Help Your Leaders Be Stars—The Four Principles for Recruiting and Preparing Leaders to Teach
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Make Learning Content Come Alive—Helping Leaders Spark Active Learning Experiences
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Marine Boot Camp Tight—Answering Nine Key Questions to Ensure Successful Operations
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Wrapping Up and Getting Started
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Content of the BD Leadership Development Program
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References and Sources
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Additional Resources
