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Experience-Driven Leader Development : Models, Tools, Best Practices, and Advice for On-the-Job Development.
Title:
Experience-Driven Leader Development : Models, Tools, Best Practices, and Advice for On-the-Job Development.
Author:
McCauley, Cynthia D.
ISBN:
9781118767658
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (609 pages)
Series:
J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership) ; v.170

J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership)
Contents:
Cover -- Praise for Experience-Driven Leader Development -- About This Book -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Exhibits, Figures, and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section 1: Developmental Experiences: More Intentional for More People -- Section Introduction -- Equipping Employees to Pursue Developmental Experiences -- 1: Intensity and Stretch: The Drivers of On-the-Job Development -- The FrameBreaking Leadership Development Process -- Step 1: Gain Insight from Prior Experiences and Understand Development Needs -- Step 2: Draft a Career Story and Understand a Personal Development Arc -- Step 3: Identify Potential Development Experiences -- Step 4: Create an Experience-Based Development Plan -- Step 5: Use Ongoing Reflection to Gain the Most Out of Experience -- Additional Applications of the FrameBreaking Model -- Resources -- 2: A Leadership Experience Framework -- The Leadership Experience Framework -- Experiences Across Organizational Levels -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Identifying Development-in-Place Opportunities -- Resources -- 4: Leadership Maps: Identifying Developmental Experiences in Any Organization -- Interviewing Senior Executives -- Leadership Experiences -- Lessons Learned -- Personal Strategies -- Situational Catalysts -- General Advice -- Conducting Leadership Workshops -- Mapping the Linkage -- Building the Toolkit -- Lessons Learned -- 5: Building Organization-Specific Knowledge About Key Developmental Experiences -- Creating the Model of Key Developmental Experiences -- Information Contained in the Book -- Converting the Book to Podcasts -- How the Book and Podcasts Are Being Used -- Lessons Learned -- 6: Expression of Interest: Making Sought-After Roles Visible -- The Approach -- Benefits and Challenges -- 7: Designing Part-Time Cross-Functional Experiences.

Lessons Learned -- 8: Creating Project Marketplaces -- Reference -- Leveraging Existing Experiences for Learning -- 9: Leveraging the Developmental Power of Core Organizational Work -- Context -- The Practice -- Accelerating Leader Development -- Role Positioning -- Team Composition -- Team Member Preparation -- Flow-on Development -- Developmental Check-ins -- After-Action Review -- Post-Experience Placement -- Evaluation -- Applying This Approach to Your Organization -- 10: Learning Transferable Skills Through Event Planning -- 11: Pinpointing: Matching Job Assignments to Employees -- Pinpointing Steps -- Step 1: Develop a List of Possible Assignments -- Step 2: Triage Employees Based on Learning Stage in Their Current Jobs -- Step 3: List Capability and Experience Gaps for Each Employee -- Step 4: Match Job Assignments to Employees -- Step 5: Determine Additional Development Support for Each Employee -- Making Pinpointing an Engaging and Valuable Experience for Senior Leaders -- Follow Up -- 12: Learning from Personal Life Experiences -- A Reflective Exercise -- Psychological Strength -- Personal Relationships for Support -- Opportunities to Learn -- Connecting to On-the-Job Development -- Resource -- Creating New Developmental Experience -- 13: Strategic Corporate Assignments to Develop Emerging Market Leaders -- The Approach -- Nomination and Preparation -- During the Assignment -- Impact -- Lessons Learned -- 14: Full-Time Strategic Projects for High Potentials -- The Process -- A Highly Selective Process -- Benefits and Return on Investment -- Continued Experimentation -- Keys to Success -- 15: A Personalized Rotation Program to Develop Future Leaders -- Context -- Program Design -- Integrated with the Business -- Initial Insights -- 16: Corporate Volunteerism as an Avenue for Leadership Development -- Identifying and Selecting Partners.

Step 1: Determine Learning Objectives for the Program -- Step 2: Establish Criteria for Evaluating and Selecting Partners -- Step 3: Identify and Select Potential Internal Partners -- Step 4: Secure External Partners -- Step 5: Conclude Project and Follow Up with External Partners -- Conclusion -- References -- 17: Developing Socially Responsible Global Leaders Through Service Projects -- Program Design -- Benefits -- Advice for Others -- References -- 18: Stretch Assignments to Develop First-Time Supervisors -- Stretch Assignments -- 19: Executive Shadowing -- Lessons Learned -- Reference -- 20: Leadership Fitness Challenge: Daily Exercise of the Leadership Muscle -- Lessons Learned -- 21: Using a Video-Case-Based Collaborative Approach in Leader Development -- Conclusion -- 22: Cross-Company Consortiums: Tackling Business Challenges and Developing Leaders Together -- Cross-Company Consortium Objectives and Benefits -- What to Consider When Starting a Consortium -- The Future of Self-Managed Cross-Company Consortiums -- Resources -- Section 2: Leaders: Better Equipped to Learn from Experience -- Section Introduction -- Organizing Frameworks -- 23: Mindful Engagement: Learning to Learn from Experience -- Approach -- Stimulate a Learning Orientation -- Set Learning Goals -- Action -- Active Experimentation -- Feedback Seeking -- Emotion Regulation -- Reflection -- Concluding Thoughts -- 24: PARR: A Learning Model for Managers -- The PARR Model -- Prepare -- Act -- Reflect -- Review -- Implementing PARR at Kelly Services -- Potential Risks, Roadblocks, and Unintended Consequences -- Why PARR? -- 25: GPSR: A Tool for Assessing Learning Readiness -- The GPSR Profile -- Goals -- People -- Stretch -- Reflection -- GPSR Interview -- Introduction -- Goals -- People -- Stretch -- Reflection -- Conclusion -- Lessons Learned.

Learning Strategies and Tactics -- 26: Asking Questions to Foster Learning from Experience -- Phase 1: Before the Experience -- Phase 2: During the Experience -- Phase 3: After the Experience -- The Tool Development Process -- Application of the Tool -- References -- 27: Using the Classroom to Create a Learning Orientation -- The Idea -- The Approach -- Partnership -- Preparation -- Live Cases -- The Experience -- Case Teams -- Asking Questions -- Real-Time Feedback for Skill Practice -- Results -- Lessons Learned -- Conclusion -- References -- 28: Establishing a Learning Mindset -- 29: Tactics for Learning from Experience -- Background -- References -- 30: Narrating Emotions to Enhance Learning -- The Who and What of Managing Emotions -- Self-Narration -- An Example of Self-Narration -- Step 1: Mindfully Monitor, Identify, and Modify the Stage -- Step 2: Flexibly Interpret and Re-Story the Event -- Step 3: Strategically Experience, Impact, and Enact Emotions -- Final Insights -- Resources -- 31: Proactive Feedback Seeking: The Power of Seeing Yourself as Others See You -- The Problem of Feedback Flow in Organizations -- The Value of Feedback Seeking -- Why Don't Leaders Seek More Feedback More Often? -- Promoting the Seeking of Feedback Among Leaders -- Tools to Promote the Seeking of Feedback -- References -- 32: Feedback: Who, When, and How to Ask -- Who to Ask -- When to Ask -- How to Ask -- Some Final Observations -- 33: Micro-Feedback: A Tool for Real-Time Learning -- Keys to Success -- Reflection and Retention -- 34: Leadership Journeys: Intentional Reflection Experiences -- Initial Impact -- Three Key Factors -- 1. Building a Supportive, Challenging Community -- 2. Provocative Experiences -- 3. Deep Sense-Making -- Applying These Principles to Your Organization -- Start Small and Build the Political Will -- Think of What Could Be, Not What Is.

Avoid the Cookie Cutter -- Questions We're Still Trying to Answer -- Reference -- 35: After-Event Reviews: How to Structure Reflection Conversations -- AERs: A Four-Step Process of Structured Reflection -- Instructions for Conducting an AER -- Instructions for Facilitators -- Discussion Outline -- References -- 36: Scaffolding Reflection: What, So What, Now What? -- "What? So What? Now What?" Model -- What? -- So What? -- Now What? -- Action Learning Case Story -- Setting -- What? -- So What? -- Now What? -- Conclusion -- Individual Coaching Case Story -- Final Words -- References -- 37: Life Journeys: Developing for the Future by Looking at the Past -- Phase One: Introduction, Preparation, and Getting Started (45 to 60 Minutes) -- Guidance for the Facilitator -- Phase Two: Sharing (45 to 60 Minutes) -- Guidance for the Facilitator -- References -- 38: Strategies for Facilitating Learning from Experience -- Strategy 1: Transactional Facilitation -- Strategy 2: Socratic Facilitation -- Strategy 3: Dialogic Facilitation -- Key Differences Among Facilitation Strategies -- 39: Teachable Point of View: Learning to Lead by Teaching Others -- Elements of the Leadership Teachable Point of View -- Developing the Leadership Teachable Point of View -- Delivering the Leadership Teachable Point of View -- Challenges in Implementing the LTPOV Process -- References -- 40: Implementation Intention: A Refinement to Leadership Development Goal Setting -- Implementation Intentions -- Leadership Development Implementation Intentions -- Implementation Intentions Research -- Conclusion -- References -- 41: Twelve Questions for More Strategic Work and Learning -- Learning Communities and Support -- 42: Building a Board of Learning Advisors -- Activity 1: Designing a Developmental Network -- Activity 2: Creating a Board of Advisors -- Lessons Learned.

43: Building a Learning Community Through Reflection and Experimentation.
Abstract:
Experience-Driven Leader Development offers a wealth of best practices that clearly demonstrate how organizations can use on-the-job experiences to enhance their leadership talent. Co-published with the acclaimed Center for Creative Leadership, this important book includes the tools, techniques, processes, and other practical resources that can help professionals tap into the developmental power of work experiences. Edited by Cynthia McCauley, Scott DeRue, Paul Yost, and Sylvester Taylor-all experts in leadership development-Experience-Driven Leader Development is written for practitioners by practitioners with contributions from such forward-thinking organizations as GE, Microsoft, and HEINEKEN. The book contains a wide range of strategies that enable individuals and organizations to make better use of experience for leader development including: Create Developmental Experiences: Shows how targeted developmental opportunities can be crafted through cross-functional experiences, special assignments, strategic projects, and corporate volunteerism. Empower Self-Directed Learning: Explains what organizations can make available to motivate and support learning as leaders engage in challenging experiences. Shape HR Practices: Reveals how typical human resource practices (succession management, development planning, and performance management) can encourage and support experience-based learning. Formal Training and Development: Includes tactics for integrating real-world and classroom experiences and for using formal programs to prepare leaders to make better use of experience for development. Embed Experience-Driven Development in the Organization: Offers strategies and advice for gaining traction in organizations for on-the-job development and encouraging widespread recognition of its value.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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