The Leadership Advantage

Academic Director Bob Fulmer and Executive Director Jared Bleak have co-authored a new book titled The Leadership Advantage: How the Best Companies Are Developing Their Talent to Pave the Way for Future Success.

Based on substantial research and featuring the results of a 2006 study conducted by Duke Corporate Education, APQC, and the Center for Creative Leadership, The Leadership Advantage will ensure that today’s businesses have the tools to help their most promising talent reach their greatest potential and to create a companywide culture of excellence. Included in the book are illuminating case studies of companies like Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, and PepsiCo that have made leadership development an integral part of their business strategy.

Fulmer and Bleak show how these companies:

  • create learning opportunities for individual employees as well as the entire company;
  • maintain a strong partnership between line managers and human resources;
  • develop high-potential employees;
  • evaluate success by measuring company-wide achievement; and
  • tie leadership development to business goals.

The book, published by AMACOM/American Management Association in September 2007, is available here.