Leadership Development in Balance

<p>This book written by a leading scholar in leadership takes readers through a very realistic look at what it takes to develop leadership competencies. Focusing on four major goals this text:<br>*provides the reader with a broader and deeper understanding of what constitutes authentic leadership development;<br>*challenges a very basic notion that leaders are born versus made;<br>*talks about the elements that comprise leadership development so readers are informed to ask the many providers of leadership development the right questions; and<br>*develops full leadership potential.<br><br>There are numerous case examples used throughout the book: high-tech executives community leaders correctional service supervisors bank managers in Canada and platoon commanders in Israel. Each example is used as a general basis for discussing how people develop their leadership potential and as models of training and evaluation.<br><br><i>Leadership Development in Balance: MADE/Born</i> is intended for graduate or undergraduate students of leadership project managers supervisors senior executives school principles health care officers or legislators.</p>