Development First: Strategies for Self-Development

Development First is concise guide that provides practical ways to integrate development with your responsibilities and goals so you can do your job better, now and in the future. "First" is an acronym for the five simple steps that can help drive your development.

David Peterson and Mary Dee Hicks have devoted much of their careers to helping organizations and their people become stronger through the development of individual talents. As psychologists and leadership coaches, they have cultivated practical approaches to development that have been consolidated into workshops, presentations and publications, including Development FIRST: Strategies for Self-Development and Leader As Coach: Strategies for Coaching and Developing Others.