Background
The advice given in this guidebook is backed by CCL’s research and educational experience, which has over the years demonstrated the value of (1) assessment for development and (2) systemic development.
Assessment for development has been a focus of CCL since its beginning in 1970. That year Robert Dorn, Ph.D., was named director of the Leadership Development Program (LDP)®. He had come from the Peace Corps, which practiced assessment for selection, where trainees were evaluated to determine whether they should receive assignments but were never told what was learned about them.
This was also the long-standing practice of the business world at that time, as reflected in the use of assessment centers to identify potential managers—the ...
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