About the Research
Data for this book came from 297 first-time managers who attended the Center for Creative Leadership’s Maximizing Your Leadership Potential program between May 2012 and December 2013. They averaged 36.57 years of age (SD = 7.82) and were majority men (55.2 percent). Leaders were from all over the world (65.7 percent from the United States), and well-educated (82.9 percent had a least a college education). Most (78.1 percent) worked in the private sector from several diverse industries (e.g., computer software and services; consumer products; energy; food, beverage, tobacco; insurance; manufacturing; and pharmaceuticals). Qualitative data and quotes were slightly changed when there was identifying information, and fictitious ...
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