Measuring Leadership Development: Quantify Your Program's Impact and ROI on Organizational Performance

Preface

As we write this book, we see leadership development facing many challenges. On a positive note, almost all leaders acknowledge that what are needed now to build and sustain success in our global organizations are great leaders who mold and mentor future leaders. Most people would agree that consistent, effective leadership behavior is critical throughout an organization.

Leadership development is alive and well, but critics of leadership development question its value. Even top executives have weighed in and need to see value. In our own work at the ROI Institute, we are evaluating very expensive, high-profile leadership development programs, some offered by the most prestigious organizations in the world. Clients who want to see value ...