How are the world"s most successful organizations developing their leaders? "This book will help anyone who is charged with a leadership development initiative or is learning about leadership development. Full of practical examples and tools from companies that are known for having a reputation for developing leaders." Michael Piergrossi; vice president, leadership and organization development, W. R. Grace & Co. Using the case studies in this book will give you the opportunity you to: *Benchmark against SmithKline Beecham"s 21 Leadership Competencies * Implement cutting-edge tools including Allied Signal"s Career Profile, continuous improvement and performance objectives tools * Customize a training curriculum that works for your organization based on: Imasco"s Operating Company Visits and Work Projects, Colgate-Palmolive"s Key Accountability program, or Abbott Lab"s Managing Across Boundaries * And much more! In 1998, Linkage, Inc., and...