Best Practices in Organization Development and Change: Culture, Leadership, Retention, Performance, Coaching

SECTION TWO

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

THE FIELD OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: AN INTRODUCTION BY JAY A. CONGER

This is a remarkable time for the field of leadership development. In some ways, I think of it as a “golden age.” I say this for two reasons. One, most of the major Fortune 1000 companies in the last few years either are or have undertaken some initiative toward leadership training and development. In the end, it has spawned a billion-dollar leadership development industry. The second reason is the equally remarkable amount of innovation in the field. Think back to the 1980s when the terms “360-degree feedback,” “personal coach,” and “action learning” would have been quite novel. At the same time, we are finally realizing that a one-time training ...