Building Leaders: How Successful Companies Develop the Next Generation (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) (Paperback)

by Jay A. Conger (Author), Beth Benjamin (Author) "Since the mid-1980s, interest in leadership has skyrocketed throughout the corporate world..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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"A must read for all executives and managers, emerging, ascAnding, arriving, and all points beyond! Building Leaders is the single best source I know for original ideas on how to develop and retain exemplary leaders."--Warren Bennis, professor, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, and co-author of Co-Leaders

"Highly readable and useful, this is THE book for guiding leadership development decisions within organizations today."--Patrick Canavan, senior vice president and director, Global Leadership and Organizational Development, Motorola

"Jay Conger and Beth Benjamin bring clarity and insight to the vast, almost boundless, domain of leadership development. Building Leaders helps you both to assess the impact of current approaches and to powerfully build a strategy that will develop leadership talent at all levels of your organization."--Mike Morrison, dean, Toyota University

Product Description
Base your leadership development programs on proven-to-work techniques. In Building Leaders, authors Conger and Benjamin examine the very best practices of American and foreign companies to present a comprehensive plan for developing leadership talent at every organizational level. Here, readers will find an in-depth presentation of the specific skill sets that individual managers need in order to lead. They'll also discover which organizational values promote leadership, examine successful strategic interventions, and see what a successful leadership plan looks like. Equally illuminating is the section on plans that are destined to fail, along with the section on the future of leadership that shows readers how to design development programs that are most likely to last.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass (May 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787944696
• ISBN-13: 978-0787944698
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #702,229 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-done book on leadership training, January 20, 2000

By	Kevin Maley (Chicago) - See all my reviews

Highly enjoyed this book from Jossey-Bass because it clearly lays out the relevant issues involved in leadership development and training. It's concise and gives plenty of case examples. This would be an excellent purchase.

Also recommend a superb book our company uses for leader training - because it teaches managers very easily: "The Leader's Guide: 15 Essential Skills."

8 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An important addition to the field of leadership research!, July 25, 1999

By A Customer

Stretching beyond the confines of books devoted solely to leadership theory, "Building Leaders" combines a conceptual understanding of corporate leadership development with the nuts and bolts of it all. Through impressive case studies of significant companies, Conger and Benjamin provide a blueprint for the design and execution of leadership development programs. If you are at all interested in understanding what will, in the future, distinguish those companies that survive from those that do not, you must read this book.

7 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Relevant, Very Fun, June 18, 1999

By A Customer

Unlike a like of so-called leadership books, this one seems like it was actually written in the 1990s. No out-of-date references to "successes" like Wang computers or Saturn autos. Lot of Gen-X stuff. An easy read.