Evaluating the Impact of Leadership Development - 2nd Edition

INTRODUCTION

A constant drive for effective stewardship of resources and for positive impact pushes commercial and not-for-profit organizations to weigh options and balance trade-offs for a wide array of endeavors, including investments in leadership development. Evaluation provides a logical and practical framework for collecting, assimilating, and communicating information related to decisions about what to include in a leadership-development initiative, how to best deliver the initiative, who should participate, how to get the most value out of the investment, and, finally, when to redirect resources. The approach to evaluation presented in this book can be applied in a variety of contexts, such as leadership-development programs for students ...