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The Center for Creative Leadership Ranked in Top 10 in Financial Times Executive Education Survey for the Fourth Consecutive Year

May 2008 - Brussels - The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) ranked No. 8 overall in the 2008 Financial Times worldwide survey of executive education released today. CCL is the only institution in the survey focused exclusively on leadership education and research, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools.

CCL, which operates campuses in North America, Europe and Asia, is also ranked No. 6 worldwide for open-enrollment programs - the seventh straight year in the Top 10 in this category. The Center's open-enrollment programs also placed among the Top 5 in five categories: aims achieved, course design, teaching materials, faculty and follow-up.

"We're proud to be ranked so highly among such prestigious institutions once again," said CCL President John Ryan. "At CCL, creating impact for clients is our top priority. These new rankings show our work consistently makes a difference for leaders and organizations."

The Financial Times executive education rankings were based on surveys of organizations and individuals from around the world who rated leading executive education providers for quality and impact.

About the Center for Creative Leadership
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) is a top-ranked, global provider of executive education that unlocks individual and organizational potential through its exclusive focus on leadership development and research. Founded in 1970 as a nonprofit, educational institution, CCL helps clients worldwide cultivate creative leadership - the capacity to achieve more than imagined by thinking and acting beyond boundaries - through an array of programs, products and other services.

Ranked among the world's top providers of executive education by BusinessWeek and the Financial Times, The Center for Creative Leadership is an internationally recognised resource for maximising the leadership capabilities within organisations. Every year, over 20,000 professionals attend CCL programmes worldwide.

While our focus is learning and development, we differ from many academic institutions in that our R&D efforts are practitioner-oriented. We strive to design and produce practical tools that our clients can use to change themselves and their organisations in fundamental ways, in keeping with our mission of working for the benefit of society worldwide.

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