Leadership in Action: Inklings - A Mid-Career Leadership Curriculum for High-Potential Leaders

Train the Individual

A substantial portion of the course should be focused on individual development, spotlighting skills that are useful across a wide range of leadership settings—such as making presentations, interviewing, and problem solving—and interpersonal skills useful for managing others.

The area of assessment for development is one on which CCL has centered much of its attention; consequently, I am highly biased toward including assessment tools in a leadership course as a means to guide instruction. We have learned that individual assessments, using a variety of psychological tests, surveys, and simulations, provide a powerful means of encouraging leaders to look at their leadership actions and their impact on others.

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