Head, Heart and Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders

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DEVELOPING LEADERS THE SYSTEMIC, INTEGRATED WAY

 

 

 

 

We now possess the knowledge and the tools to develop whole leaders. Unfortunately, most companies still develop their leaders in roughly the same way they did years ago, when the demands of leadership were different. Astonishingly, a significant percentage of corporations adopt a Darwinian approach to leadership development: survivors rule. Or they occasionally throw money at leadership development through traditional classroom training or business schools, focusing almost exclusively on cognitive learning and insight. Although more companies than in the past recognize the importance of selecting, assessing, and developing emotionally intelligent leaders (and make sincere efforts to do so), ...