The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the world's largest institution devoted exclusively to leadership research and education. For more than three decades, CCL has studied and trained hundreds of thousands of executives and worked with them to create practical models, tools, and publications for the development of effective leaders and leadership. This second edition of The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development brings together the wealth of practical knowledge that CCL has gained from this experience. It explores the essence of leadership development, reveals how individuals can effectively enhance their leadership skills, and demonstrates what organizations can do to help build leaders and leadership capacity. The book also includes a companion CD-ROM that contains a library of classic CCL publications for practicing leaders.

Cynthia D. McCauley is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership and formerly the Vice President for Leadership Development. In addition to developing two widely used management feedback instruments, she has also published in numerous professional journals, including Journal of Management, the Academy of Management Journal, and Journal of Applied Psychology.
Ellen Van Velsor is a Senior Research Scientist and an R&D Director at the Center for Creative Leadership. She is a coauthor of Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can Women Reach the Top of America?s Largest Corporations?