Description

Book Synopsis
This book is written for human resource, organization development, and training professionals who need real-world best practices that show who actual workplace learning approaches work and how they can be applied.

Table of Contents

List of Exhibits, Figures, and Tables xiii

Foreword xix

Acknowledgments xxiii

Introduction xxv

Section 1. Developmental Experiences: More Intentional for More People 1

Section Introduction 3

Equipping Employees to Pursue Developmental Experiences 7

1 Intensity and Stretch: The Drivers of On-the-Job Development 7
Mark Kizilos (Experience-Based Development Associates, LLC)

2 A Leadership Experience Framework 15
Paul Van Katwyk, Joy Hazucha, and Maynard Goff (Korn/Ferry International)

3 Identifying Development-in-Place Opportunities 21
Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)

4 Leadership Maps: Identifying Developmental Experiences in Any Organization 25
Paul Yost (Seattle Pacific University) and Joy Hereford (Yost & Associates, Inc.)

5 Building Organization-Specific Knowledge About Key Developmental Experiences 37
Paul R. Bly (Thomson Reuters) and Mark Kizilos (Experience-Based Development Associates, LLC)

6 Expression of Interest: Making Sought-After Roles Visible 45
Tanya Boyd (Payless Holdings, Inc.)

7 Designing Part-Time Cross-Functional Experiences 49
Nisha Advani (Genentech, a member of the Roche Group)

8 Creating Project Marketplaces 55
Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)

Leveraging Existing Experiences for Learning 57

9 Leveraging the Developmental Power of Core Organizational Work 57
Patricia M.G. O’Connor (Wesfarmers)

10 Learning Transferable Skills Through Event Planning 65
Kenna Cottrill and Kim Hayashi (Leadership Inspirations)

11 Pinpointing: Matching Job Assignments to Employees 69
Jeffrey J. McHenry (Rainier Leadership Solutions)

12 Learning from Personal Life Experiences 77
Marian N. Ruderman and Patricia J. Ohlott (Center for Creative Leadership)

Creating New Developmental Experience 81

13 Strategic Corporate Assignments to Develop Emerging Market Leaders 81
Anita Bhasin (Sage Ways, Inc.), Lori Homer (Microsoft), and Eric Rait (Honeycomb Development)

14 Full-Time Strategic Projects for High Potentials 87
Paul Orleman (SAP)

15 A Personalized Rotation Program to Develop Future Leaders 93
Bela Tisoczki and Laurie Bevier (General Electric)

16 Corporate Volunteerism as an Avenue for Leader Development 99
Shannon M. Wallis (Arrow Leadership Strategies) and Jeffrey J. McHenry (Rainier Leadership Solutions)

17 Developing Socially Responsible Global Leaders Through Service Projects 107
Mathian Osicki and Caroline Smee (IBM)

18 Stretch Assignments to Develop First-Time Supervisors 113
Sally A. Allison and Marsha Green (Duke University)

19 Executive Shadowing 119
Ritesh Daryani (Expedia, Inc.)

20 Leadership Fitness Challenge: Daily Exercise of the Leadership Muscle 123
Laura Ann Preston-Dayne (Kelly Services, Inc.)

21 Using a Video-Case-Based Collaborative Approach in Leader Development 129
Nate Allen (U.S. Army, National Defense University)

22 Cross-Company Consortiums: Tackling Business Challenges and Developing Leaders Together 133
Yury Boshyk (The Global Executive Learning Network)

Section 2. Leaders: Better Equipped to Learn from Experience 141

Section Introduction 143

Organizing Frameworks 145

23 Mindful Engagement: Learning to Learn from Experience 145
D. Scott DeRue and Susan J. Ashford (University of Michigan)

24 PARR: A Learning Model for Managers 151
Laura Ann Preston-Dayne (Kelly Services, Inc.)

25 GPS•R: A Tool for Assessing Learning Readiness 157
Paul Yost, Hillary Roche, and Jillian McLellan (Seattle Pacific University)

Learning Strategies and Tactics 165

26 Asking Questions to Foster Learning from Experience 165
Sally Beddor Nowak (Agilent Technology)

27 Using the Classroom to Create a Learning Orientation 169
Lori Homer (Microsoft) and Anita Bhasin (Sage Ways, Inc.)

28 Establishing a Learning Mindset 177
Kelly A. Bunker (Making Experience Matter)

29 Tactics for Learning from Experience 181
Maxine Dalton

30 Narrating Emotions to Enhance Learning 187
Shirli Kopelman (University of Michigan) and Ilan Gewurz (Proment Corporation)

31 Proactive Feedback Seeking: The Power of Seeing Yourself as Others See You 195
Susan J. Ashford (University of Michigan)

32 Feedback: Who, When, and How to Ask 203
Sylvester Taylor (Center for Creative Leadership)

33 Micro-Feedback: A Tool for Real-Time Learning 207
Tanya Boyd (Payless Holdings, Inc.)

Reflection and Retention 213

34 Leadership Journeys: Intentional Reflection Experiences 213
Nicole L. Dubbs, Andrew K. Mandel, Kristin Ohnstad, and Scott Taylor (Teach For America)

35 After-Event Reviews: How to Structure Reflection Conversations 221
D. Scott DeRue (University of Michigan)

36 Scaffolding Reflection: What, So What, Now What? 229
Claudia Hill (Korn/Ferry International)

37 Life Journeys: Developing for the Future by Looking at the Past 235
Kerry A. Bunker (Making Experience Matter)

38 Strategies for Facilitating Learning from Experience 239
Claudia Hill (Korn/Ferry International)

39 Teachable Point of View: Learning to Lead by Teaching Others 243
Scott McGhee (U.S. Cellular)

40 Implementation Intention: A Refinement to Leadership Development Goal Setting 249
Luke Novelli, Jr. (Leadership Development Resources Global)

41 Twelve Questions for More Strategic Work and Learning 255
Kelly McGill (Expedia, Inc.)

Learning Communities and Support 259

42 Building a Board of Learning Advisors 259
Marisa Bossen and Paul Yost (Seattle Pacific University)

43 Building a Learning Community Through Reflection and Experimentation 265
Jennifer Jaramillo (Accenture) and Kristen Schultz (University of Michigan)

44 Using Communities of Practice to Cultivate Leaders of Integrity 273
John R. Terrill (Seattle Pacific University)

45 Company Command: A Peer-to-Peer Learning Forum 279
Nate Allen (U.S. Army, National Defense University)

46 Virtual Roundtables: Using Technology to Build Learning Communities 287
Jonathan Winter (The Career Innovation Group)

Section 3. Human Resource Systems: Designed for Experience-Driven Development 293

Section Introduction 295

47 Integrated Talent Management and Experience-Based Development 299
Norm Tonina (Grameen Foundation)

Selection and On-Boarding 309

48 Identifying and Assessing for Learning Ability 309
Paul Yost and Jillian McLellan (Seattle Pacific University)

49 On-the-Job Development That Starts on Day One 317
Brad Borland (Kelly Services, Inc.)

50 New Leader Assimilation 321
Tanya Boyd (Payless Holdings, Inc.)

51 Virtual On-Boarding 327
Ritesh Daryani (Expedia, Inc.)

Managers as Developers 333

52 Leaders Coaching Leaders: Cascading Leadership Development Through the Organization 333
Robert J. Thomas, Claudy Jules, and Joshua Bellin (Accenture)

53 An Exercise for Managers: Developing Talent Through Assignments 341
Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)

54 Performance and Development Through Conversation 347
Jonathan Winter (The Career Innovation Group)

Performance Management 355

55 Performance Management and Leadership Development: Paradox or Potential? 355
Robert McKenna and Robleh Kirce (Seattle Pacific University)

56 Performance Management Catalysts for Experience-Driven Development 363
Paul Yost (Seattle Pacific University)

Training, Development, and Beyond 371

57 Training and Experience-Driven Development 371
Paul Yost (Seattle Pacific University)

58 Bringing the Real World into the Classroom 375
Elaine Biech (ebb associates inc)

59 Cultivating Learning Agility: Lessons from the Microfinance Sector 381
Lyndon Rego (Center for Creative Leadership), Vandana Viswanathan (CoCoon), and Peg Ross (PCI)

60 HoTspots (HubsoTraining): A Blended Group Learning Solution to Extend Traditional Training 389
Eric Berg (LINGOs)

61 Building Experience into Simulations 397
James Chisholm, Greg Warman, and Andrew Webster (ExperiencePoint)

62 Mentoring: Building Leaders in Powerful Developmental Relationships 405
Dana Kendall (Seattle Pacific University)

Action Learning 413

63 Business Driven Action Learning 413
Yury Boshyk (The Global Executive Learning Network)

64 Action Learning with Community-Based Nonprofits 423
Lynn Fick-Cooper and Shera Clark (Center for Creative Leadership)

65 Better Together: Building Learning Communities Across Organizations 433
Jan Wilmott (Royal Bank of Canada)

66 Communities of Practice: Building and Sustaining Global Learning Communities 441
Yury Boshyk (The Global Executive Learning Network)

Succession Management 445

67 Succession Planning: Developing General Managers Through Experience 445
Mary M. Plunkett

68 Building Breadth and Depth Through Experience 451
Jennifer Kennedy Marchi (Sonos, Inc.)

69 Profiles for Success: Building a Framework for Internal Transitions 459
Tanya Boyd (Payless Holding, Inc.)

70 Hot Jobs-Hot People: Sharing Leadership Talent Across Organizations 463
Jeffrey J. McHenry (Rainier Leadership Solutions)

71 Multicultural Women in the Pipeline: Finding Hidden Treasure 473
Ella L.J. Edmondson Bell (Tuck School of Business and ASCENT–Leading Multicultural Women to the Top)

Section 4. The Organization: Enabler of Experience-Driven Development 479

Section Introduction 481

Frameworks for Assessing Organizations 483

72 Organizational Climate for Development 483
Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)

73 Creating the “and” Organization: Seeing Leadership Development as a Key Strategic Issue 487
Stephen R. Mercer (SRM Consulting, Ltd.)

Designing Tools for Widespread Use 493

74 Leading from Where You Are 493
Paul Yost and Emily Pelosi (Seattle Pacific University)

75 My Needs, Their Needs: Designing High-Value Development Tools 501
Rob McKenna (Seattle Pacific University), Mary M. Plunkett, and Kayode Adeuja (Heineken International)

76 Built to Last: Sustainable On-the-Job Development Interventions for the Entire Organization 509
Paul Yost and Emily Pelosi (Seattle Pacific University), and Sierra Snyder (Slalom Consulting)

Influencing Organizational Leaders 515

77 Building Support for Experience-Based Development 515
Brad Borland (Kelly Services, Inc.)

78 The Power of Stories in Leadership Development 519
Paul Yost and Jillian McLellan (Seattle Pacific University)

79 Assessing Learning’s Impact on Careers 523
Richard A. Guzzo and Haig R. Nalbantian (Mercer)

80 Teaching Senior Leaders the Dynamics of Derailment 529
Cynthia McCauley and Sylvester Taylor (Center for Creative Leadership)

Solutions to Specific Obstacles 535

81 Strengthening Executive Mobility 535
Nora Gardner and Cameron Kennedy (McKinsey & Company)

82 Talent Ecosystems: Building Talent Through Strategic Partnerships 541
D. Scott DeRue (University of Michigan)

Conclusion 545

Contributing Authors 551

About the Center for Creative Leadership 563

Index 565

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      Publication Date: 1/17/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781118458075, 978-1118458075
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is written for human resource, organization development, and training professionals who need real-world best practices that show who actual workplace learning approaches work and how they can be applied.

      Table of Contents

      List of Exhibits, Figures, and Tables xiii

      Foreword xix

      Acknowledgments xxiii

      Introduction xxv

      Section 1. Developmental Experiences: More Intentional for More People 1

      Section Introduction 3

      Equipping Employees to Pursue Developmental Experiences 7

      1 Intensity and Stretch: The Drivers of On-the-Job Development 7
      Mark Kizilos (Experience-Based Development Associates, LLC)

      2 A Leadership Experience Framework 15
      Paul Van Katwyk, Joy Hazucha, and Maynard Goff (Korn/Ferry International)

      3 Identifying Development-in-Place Opportunities 21
      Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)

      4 Leadership Maps: Identifying Developmental Experiences in Any Organization 25
      Paul Yost (Seattle Pacific University) and Joy Hereford (Yost & Associates, Inc.)

      5 Building Organization-Specific Knowledge About Key Developmental Experiences 37
      Paul R. Bly (Thomson Reuters) and Mark Kizilos (Experience-Based Development Associates, LLC)

      6 Expression of Interest: Making Sought-After Roles Visible 45
      Tanya Boyd (Payless Holdings, Inc.)

      7 Designing Part-Time Cross-Functional Experiences 49
      Nisha Advani (Genentech, a member of the Roche Group)

      8 Creating Project Marketplaces 55
      Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)

      Leveraging Existing Experiences for Learning 57

      9 Leveraging the Developmental Power of Core Organizational Work 57
      Patricia M.G. O’Connor (Wesfarmers)

      10 Learning Transferable Skills Through Event Planning 65
      Kenna Cottrill and Kim Hayashi (Leadership Inspirations)

      11 Pinpointing: Matching Job Assignments to Employees 69
      Jeffrey J. McHenry (Rainier Leadership Solutions)

      12 Learning from Personal Life Experiences 77
      Marian N. Ruderman and Patricia J. Ohlott (Center for Creative Leadership)

      Creating New Developmental Experience 81

      13 Strategic Corporate Assignments to Develop Emerging Market Leaders 81
      Anita Bhasin (Sage Ways, Inc.), Lori Homer (Microsoft), and Eric Rait (Honeycomb Development)

      14 Full-Time Strategic Projects for High Potentials 87
      Paul Orleman (SAP)

      15 A Personalized Rotation Program to Develop Future Leaders 93
      Bela Tisoczki and Laurie Bevier (General Electric)

      16 Corporate Volunteerism as an Avenue for Leader Development 99
      Shannon M. Wallis (Arrow Leadership Strategies) and Jeffrey J. McHenry (Rainier Leadership Solutions)

      17 Developing Socially Responsible Global Leaders Through Service Projects 107
      Mathian Osicki and Caroline Smee (IBM)

      18 Stretch Assignments to Develop First-Time Supervisors 113
      Sally A. Allison and Marsha Green (Duke University)

      19 Executive Shadowing 119
      Ritesh Daryani (Expedia, Inc.)

      20 Leadership Fitness Challenge: Daily Exercise of the Leadership Muscle 123
      Laura Ann Preston-Dayne (Kelly Services, Inc.)

      21 Using a Video-Case-Based Collaborative Approach in Leader Development 129
      Nate Allen (U.S. Army, National Defense University)

      22 Cross-Company Consortiums: Tackling Business Challenges and Developing Leaders Together 133
      Yury Boshyk (The Global Executive Learning Network)

      Section 2. Leaders: Better Equipped to Learn from Experience 141

      Section Introduction 143

      Organizing Frameworks 145

      23 Mindful Engagement: Learning to Learn from Experience 145
      D. Scott DeRue and Susan J. Ashford (University of Michigan)

      24 PARR: A Learning Model for Managers 151
      Laura Ann Preston-Dayne (Kelly Services, Inc.)

      25 GPS•R: A Tool for Assessing Learning Readiness 157
      Paul Yost, Hillary Roche, and Jillian McLellan (Seattle Pacific University)

      Learning Strategies and Tactics 165

      26 Asking Questions to Foster Learning from Experience 165
      Sally Beddor Nowak (Agilent Technology)

      27 Using the Classroom to Create a Learning Orientation 169
      Lori Homer (Microsoft) and Anita Bhasin (Sage Ways, Inc.)

      28 Establishing a Learning Mindset 177
      Kelly A. Bunker (Making Experience Matter)

      29 Tactics for Learning from Experience 181
      Maxine Dalton

      30 Narrating Emotions to Enhance Learning 187
      Shirli Kopelman (University of Michigan) and Ilan Gewurz (Proment Corporation)

      31 Proactive Feedback Seeking: The Power of Seeing Yourself as Others See You 195
      Susan J. Ashford (University of Michigan)

      32 Feedback: Who, When, and How to Ask 203
      Sylvester Taylor (Center for Creative Leadership)

      33 Micro-Feedback: A Tool for Real-Time Learning 207
      Tanya Boyd (Payless Holdings, Inc.)

      Reflection and Retention 213

      34 Leadership Journeys: Intentional Reflection Experiences 213
      Nicole L. Dubbs, Andrew K. Mandel, Kristin Ohnstad, and Scott Taylor (Teach For America)

      35 After-Event Reviews: How to Structure Reflection Conversations 221
      D. Scott DeRue (University of Michigan)

      36 Scaffolding Reflection: What, So What, Now What? 229
      Claudia Hill (Korn/Ferry International)

      37 Life Journeys: Developing for the Future by Looking at the Past 235
      Kerry A. Bunker (Making Experience Matter)

      38 Strategies for Facilitating Learning from Experience 239
      Claudia Hill (Korn/Ferry International)

      39 Teachable Point of View: Learning to Lead by Teaching Others 243
      Scott McGhee (U.S. Cellular)

      40 Implementation Intention: A Refinement to Leadership Development Goal Setting 249
      Luke Novelli, Jr. (Leadership Development Resources Global)

      41 Twelve Questions for More Strategic Work and Learning 255
      Kelly McGill (Expedia, Inc.)

      Learning Communities and Support 259

      42 Building a Board of Learning Advisors 259
      Marisa Bossen and Paul Yost (Seattle Pacific University)

      43 Building a Learning Community Through Reflection and Experimentation 265
      Jennifer Jaramillo (Accenture) and Kristen Schultz (University of Michigan)

      44 Using Communities of Practice to Cultivate Leaders of Integrity 273
      John R. Terrill (Seattle Pacific University)

      45 Company Command: A Peer-to-Peer Learning Forum 279
      Nate Allen (U.S. Army, National Defense University)

      46 Virtual Roundtables: Using Technology to Build Learning Communities 287
      Jonathan Winter (The Career Innovation Group)

      Section 3. Human Resource Systems: Designed for Experience-Driven Development 293

      Section Introduction 295

      47 Integrated Talent Management and Experience-Based Development 299
      Norm Tonina (Grameen Foundation)

      Selection and On-Boarding 309

      48 Identifying and Assessing for Learning Ability 309
      Paul Yost and Jillian McLellan (Seattle Pacific University)

      49 On-the-Job Development That Starts on Day One 317
      Brad Borland (Kelly Services, Inc.)

      50 New Leader Assimilation 321
      Tanya Boyd (Payless Holdings, Inc.)

      51 Virtual On-Boarding 327
      Ritesh Daryani (Expedia, Inc.)

      Managers as Developers 333

      52 Leaders Coaching Leaders: Cascading Leadership Development Through the Organization 333
      Robert J. Thomas, Claudy Jules, and Joshua Bellin (Accenture)

      53 An Exercise for Managers: Developing Talent Through Assignments 341
      Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)

      54 Performance and Development Through Conversation 347
      Jonathan Winter (The Career Innovation Group)

      Performance Management 355

      55 Performance Management and Leadership Development: Paradox or Potential? 355
      Robert McKenna and Robleh Kirce (Seattle Pacific University)

      56 Performance Management Catalysts for Experience-Driven Development 363
      Paul Yost (Seattle Pacific University)

      Training, Development, and Beyond 371

      57 Training and Experience-Driven Development 371
      Paul Yost (Seattle Pacific University)

      58 Bringing the Real World into the Classroom 375
      Elaine Biech (ebb associates inc)

      59 Cultivating Learning Agility: Lessons from the Microfinance Sector 381
      Lyndon Rego (Center for Creative Leadership), Vandana Viswanathan (CoCoon), and Peg Ross (PCI)

      60 HoTspots (HubsoTraining): A Blended Group Learning Solution to Extend Traditional Training 389
      Eric Berg (LINGOs)

      61 Building Experience into Simulations 397
      James Chisholm, Greg Warman, and Andrew Webster (ExperiencePoint)

      62 Mentoring: Building Leaders in Powerful Developmental Relationships 405
      Dana Kendall (Seattle Pacific University)

      Action Learning 413

      63 Business Driven Action Learning 413
      Yury Boshyk (The Global Executive Learning Network)

      64 Action Learning with Community-Based Nonprofits 423
      Lynn Fick-Cooper and Shera Clark (Center for Creative Leadership)

      65 Better Together: Building Learning Communities Across Organizations 433
      Jan Wilmott (Royal Bank of Canada)

      66 Communities of Practice: Building and Sustaining Global Learning Communities 441
      Yury Boshyk (The Global Executive Learning Network)

      Succession Management 445

      67 Succession Planning: Developing General Managers Through Experience 445
      Mary M. Plunkett

      68 Building Breadth and Depth Through Experience 451
      Jennifer Kennedy Marchi (Sonos, Inc.)

      69 Profiles for Success: Building a Framework for Internal Transitions 459
      Tanya Boyd (Payless Holding, Inc.)

      70 Hot Jobs-Hot People: Sharing Leadership Talent Across Organizations 463
      Jeffrey J. McHenry (Rainier Leadership Solutions)

      71 Multicultural Women in the Pipeline: Finding Hidden Treasure 473
      Ella L.J. Edmondson Bell (Tuck School of Business and ASCENT–Leading Multicultural Women to the Top)

      Section 4. The Organization: Enabler of Experience-Driven Development 479

      Section Introduction 481

      Frameworks for Assessing Organizations 483

      72 Organizational Climate for Development 483
      Cynthia McCauley (Center for Creative Leadership)

      73 Creating the “and” Organization: Seeing Leadership Development as a Key Strategic Issue 487
      Stephen R. Mercer (SRM Consulting, Ltd.)

      Designing Tools for Widespread Use 493

      74 Leading from Where You Are 493
      Paul Yost and Emily Pelosi (Seattle Pacific University)

      75 My Needs, Their Needs: Designing High-Value Development Tools 501
      Rob McKenna (Seattle Pacific University), Mary M. Plunkett, and Kayode Adeuja (Heineken International)

      76 Built to Last: Sustainable On-the-Job Development Interventions for the Entire Organization 509
      Paul Yost and Emily Pelosi (Seattle Pacific University), and Sierra Snyder (Slalom Consulting)

      Influencing Organizational Leaders 515

      77 Building Support for Experience-Based Development 515
      Brad Borland (Kelly Services, Inc.)

      78 The Power of Stories in Leadership Development 519
      Paul Yost and Jillian McLellan (Seattle Pacific University)

      79 Assessing Learning’s Impact on Careers 523
      Richard A. Guzzo and Haig R. Nalbantian (Mercer)

      80 Teaching Senior Leaders the Dynamics of Derailment 529
      Cynthia McCauley and Sylvester Taylor (Center for Creative Leadership)

      Solutions to Specific Obstacles 535

      81 Strengthening Executive Mobility 535
      Nora Gardner and Cameron Kennedy (McKinsey & Company)

      82 Talent Ecosystems: Building Talent Through Strategic Partnerships 541
      D. Scott DeRue (University of Michigan)

      Conclusion 545

      Contributing Authors 551

      About the Center for Creative Leadership 563

      Index 565

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