This volume looks at the leadership development programmes of some of the top companies around the world to discover what is working and what isn't. Case studies include Ernst & Young, Levi Strauss, Motorola, Pepsi, Federal Express and the Australian National Bank.

Preface. The Authors. The New Imperative: Building Effective Leaders Throughout theCompany. OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, INTO THE TRENCHES: EVALUATING APPROACHES TOCORPORATE LEADRERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. Developing the Individual Leader. How National Australia Bank Develops Leaders. Socializing Company Vision and Values. How Federal Express and PepsiCo Socialize Vision and Values. Strategic Leadership Initiatives. Ernst Young's Leadership 2000 Strategic LeadershipInitiative. THE FUTURE IS NOW: BUILDING TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LEADERS. Action Learning: The New Paradigm for Leadership Development. What Matters: Competencies for the New Century. References. Index.

Corporations are spAnding billions of dollars on leadership development initiatives. But are these programs paying off? Building Leaders takes a hard look at the successes and failures of more than a dozen organizations—including Ernst & Young, Motorola, the U.S. Army, and Federal Express. It identifies the three dominant approaches to leadership education and provides a blueprint for how organizations can use them to more effectively cultivate a continuous crop of talented leaders.

"A must read for all executives and managers, emerging, ascAnding,arriving, and all points beyond! Building Leaders is the singlebest source I know for original ideas on how to develop and retainexemplary leaders."--Warren Bennis, professor, Marshall School ofBusiness, University of Southern California, and co-author ofCo-Leaders "Highly readable and useful, this is THE book for guidingleadership development decisions within organizationstoday."--Patrick Canavan, senior vice president and director,Global Leadership and Organizational Development, Motorola "Jay Conger and Beth Benjamin bring clarity and insight to thevast, almost boundless, domain of leadership development. BuildingLeaders helps you both to assess the impact of current approachesand to powerfully build a strategy that will develop leadershiptalent at all levels of your organization."--Mike Morrison, dean,Toyota University

Preface. The Authors. The New Imperative: Building Effective Leaders Throughout the Company. OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, INTO THE TRENCHES: EVALUATING APPROACHES TO CORPORATE LEADRERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. Developing the Individual Leader. How National Australia Bank Develops Leaders. Socializing Company Vision and Values. How Federal Express and PepsiCo Socialize Vision and Values. Strategic Leadership Initiatives. Ernst Young's Leadership 2000 Strategic Leadership Initiative. THE FUTURE IS NOW: BUILDING TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LEADERS. Action Learning: The New Paradigm for Leadership Development. What Matters: Competencies for the New Century. References. Index.