The Leadership Advantage: How the Best Companies are Developing Their Talent to Pave the Way for Future Success

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AMACOM/American Management Association, 2008 - Business & Economics - 262 pages
"The Leadership Advantage provides an in-depth, behind-the-scenes analysis of leadership development strategies, practices, and measures at Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, PepsiCo, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Washington Group International." "Packed with illuminating case studies and eye-opening best practices, this book will help your organization achieve exceptional results using the single most powerful tool at your disposal: developing your high-potential people into tomorrow's leaders."--Jacket
 

Contents

What We Have Learned About Strategic Leadership Development
3
Making Leadership Development a Strategic Lever
25
Building an Aligned Architecture for Strategic Leadership Development
45
Implementing Successful Strategic Leadership Development
63
Leveraging Leadership Development for High Potentials
83
Evaluating Success in Strategic Leadership Development
103
Whats Next? The Future of Strategic HumanCapital Management
123
Caterpillar University College of Leadership
131
Cisco Systems
149
PepsiCo Inc
175
PricewaterhouseCoopers
197
Washington Group International
223
Notes
247
References
251
Index
255
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