Leadership Development Basics
- 1h 39m
- Karen Lawson
- Association for Talent Development
- 2008
Leadership Development Basics is a comprehensive guide for creating leadership development programs and measuring the impact of leadership development activities against organizational goals. Author, Karen Lawson, addresses desirable leadership traits and details competency areas necessary for potential leaders.
Featured techniques provide instruction for developing leadership traits and competencies and identifying individuals with high leadership potential. Detailed instructions for developing leadership programs, including formal internal programs, external leadership programs, and individual development activities, are featured as well as advice on measuring program effectiveness.
About the Author
Karen Lawson is an international consultant, professional speaker, executive coach, and author. As founder and president of Lawson Consulting Group, she has built a successful consulting firm specializing in organization and management development as well as executive coaching.
Lawson is the author of 10 books on training, communication, leadership, and coaching. She has also written chapters for 20 professional anthologies in addition to numerous articles in professional journals.
She holds a doctorate in adult and organization development from Temple University, an MA from the University of Akron, and a BA from Mount Union College. As of 2008, she is one of only 400 people worldwide to have earned the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the 4,000-member National Speakers Association. She has received numerous awards for her outstanding contribution to the training and speaking professions and was also named one of Pennsylvania’s 2005 Best 50 Women in Business and one of the Philadelphia area’s Women of Distinction for 2007.
She has been actively involved in professional organizations such as the National Speakers Association and the American Society for Training & Development, holding leadership positions at both the local and national levels.
Lawson is currently an adjunct professor at Arcadia University in the international MBA program and has served on the adjunct faculty of a number of colleges and universities.
In this Book
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Leadership Development Basics
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Preface
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The Need for Leadership Development
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Filling the Need—Leadership Development Programs
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Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today
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Designing a Leadership Development Program
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Formal Internal Group Programs
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Individual Development Activities
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External Leadership Programs
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Program Evaluation—The Four Levels
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Determining the Impact of Leadership Development
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Conclusion
