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For years, CCL has been hearing from our program participants about how they would love to have benefited from a leadership development experience earlier in their lives. Right now, the next generation of leaders is already in the workforce, and … READ MORE

One of the more provocative ideas about leadership ethics that I have come across is from Terry Price, a professor of leadership ethics at the University of Richmond. In his most recent book, Leadership Ethics: An Introduction, Price poses a … READ MORE

Can you ever imagine a situation where authorities refuse you the right to save other people’s lives? Well, maybe not, but then you don’t live in Germany and aren’t a member of the Munich mountain rescue team. My local team … READ MORE

As a woman leader, the tools you need to navigate your career and build your leadership skills may look slightly different than those for men. According to the Center for Creative Leadership’s Sara King, it’s especially important for women leaders … READ MORE

We hear the calls for responsible leadership everywhere – contrasting good leaders with rogue bankers and ruthless country leaders. But this call to responsibility is not confined to leadership. I see it spread to pretty much all disciplines and areas … READ MORE

The recent terrorist attempt to destroy an airliner reflects an excellent example of when bureaucracy, in its worst form, trumps leadership, in its best. As a trained public administrator, I am not one to use the term bureaucracy in its … READ MORE

We’re fascinated by the reasons that things go wrong. And they go wrong quite often. In fact, whole industries are devoted to the diagnosis of failure and there are some lovely, detailed models of organizational disaster. In many cases there … READ MORE