Leaders Ready Now; Accelerating Growth in a Faster World [Preview Chapters]

This booklet contains preview chapters of a forthcoming book (ISBN 978-0-9623483-6-5). Leaders Ready Now challenges CEOs, business heads, and Talent Management leaders to rethink lackluster approaches to accelerating leadership growth and to change the equation so that tools, technology, and processes don't rob energy from the organization and, instead, create it. xviii, 21, [1] pages. Illustrations. William C. Byham co-founded DDI in 1970 and has worked with hundreds of the world's largest organizations on executive assessment, executive development, and succession management. He has authored seminal works on the assessment center method. Matthew Pease has centered his work on succession assessment and development approaches as they apply to leaders across the pipeline. Audrey Smith is a leader in customer-driven innovation. She has been a key strategist and solution architect providing technology-enagble virtual assessments and development aligned to business challenges. Development Dimensions International (DDI) is an international human resources and leadership development consultancy. DDI works with organizations to make changes related to leadership development, leadership selection, succession management, and execution and performance. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has more than 1,100 employees throughout 42 offices in 26 countries. William C. Byham, Ph.D., is chairman, Tacy M. Byham, Ph.D., is CEO, and Ron Dalesio is president. DDI was founded in 1970 by William C. Byham, Ph.D., and Douglas Bray, Ph.D. DDI introduced the assessment center approach for identifying leadership skills. Byham's article, Assessment Centers for Spotting Future Managers (Harvard Business Review), led to inquiries about the process, and later, Byham approached Bray about a partnership. DDI later branched out into leadership development. It introduced a leadership development program based on behavior modeling: Interaction Management. DDI next created a stand-alone behavioral interviewing system, Targeted Selection, which ensures compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity laws.[citation needed] DDI's also works on new HR technology, methodology, and content, including mid- and senior-level development, online assessment for frontline and mid-level leaders, and best practices for succession management. Preview Chapters, presumed first printing thus.…