How Leaders Actually Develop

Sep 10, 2020 | The Indigo Podcast

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Here’s the episode:

Drawing upon decades of research, we describe what science suggests regarding how leaders actually develop. Specifically, we explore:

  • What is leader development and why does it matter

  • What do we know about leader development and how does it happen

  • Implications for people and organizations

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Links and Other Information

McCall Jr, M. W. (2010). Recasting leadership development. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 3(1), 3-19. Click here

Day, D. V., Fleenor, J. W., Atwater, L. E., Sturm, R. E., & McKee, R. A. (2014). Advances in leader and leadership development: A review of 25 years of research and theory. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(1), 63-82. Click here

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