Leadership for Life Alumni Newsletter
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Dear Alumnus,
Greetings from the Center for Creative Leadership! We are pleased to bring you the second issue of CCL's alumni newsletter. Thanks for your response to our first issue. Alumni stories and anecdotes are eagerly read here at the Center, so please continue to write us at alumni@ccl.org to tell us about your experiences, challenges and achievements.
In this edition of the newsletter you'll find three personal accounts of alumni journeys in leadership. There's also a fascinating interview with Peter Senge, one of the most influential thinkers on leadership and the main keynote speaker at the upcoming Friends of the Center Leadership Conference in Chicago. The recap of CCL news includes new resources and updates — you'll be pleased to hear that the Center is once again ranked by the Financial Times as one of the best institutions for executive education worldwide.
Another exciting development is that the Center is working to launch an alumni association. We will soon be sending you a survey to ask what you might want from such an association. If you would like to talk in person to share specific suggestions, please e-mail me at regol@ccl.org .
Regards,
Lyndon Rego
Alumni Relations
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Ralph J. Crabbe, Coach-the-Coach, 2001 |
Center Experience Leads to Self-Discovery
He's been a banker, a pastor, a community development advocate, and now he's going back to school to be a counseling psychologist. Rev. Ralph J. Crabbe credits his participation in the Center's Coach the Coach program (now called Coaching for Greater Effectiveness) with triggering a chain of insights that have transformed his approach to leadership, as well as his life's work. (more... ) |
Susan E. Jayne, The Leadership Development Program, 1996 |
Learning from Experience: A CCL Alumnus Revisits the Last Days of Arthur Andersen
The Center believes that hardships can help us grow. Susan Jayne's response to the traumatic demise of Arthur Andersen is an example of how one alumnus rose to meet unexpected challenges in creative ways and used the learning to move forward with greater strength and resiliency. (more... ) |
Brenda Cleary, Leading People Through Transitions, 2003 |
Leading People Through Transitions : A Healthcare Policymaker Strengthens Her Skills as a Leader of Change
As executive director of the North Carolina Center for Nursing, Brenda Cleary spends her days focused on long-range strategies aimed at avoiding a nursing shortage in the years ahead. Cleary says her experience at CCL's Leading People Through Transitions (now known as Building Resilience: Leading in the Face of Change ) is helping her be a more effective planner and advocate of the policies needed to meet the healthcare needs of the citizens of her state. (more... ) |
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 Interview with Peter Senge
Peter Senge, author of the widely acclaimed book, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming sixth annual Friends of the Center Leadership Conference. Senge took a few minutes from his hectic schedule to talk about his writing on the theory of learning organizations.
 Center Ranked Among World's Top Providers of Executive Education
The Center was ranked among the top providers of executive education worldwide in a new survey by the Financial Times. CCL is the only institution in this survey that is focused exclusively on leadership education, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools. (more... )
Student Research Award Call for Papers
CCL is sponsoring the annual Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award to recognize outstanding unpublished papers by undergraduate and graduate students. (more... )
Download Center Staff Presentations from SIOP and ASTD
Center faculty and staff participated in both the 2004 American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) International Conference and Expo in Washington, D.C. and the 19th Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference held in Chicago. Some of the Center staff presentations from SIOP are now available on the Center's Web site. (more... )
 The CCL Guide to Leadership in Action
In alliance with Jossey-Bass, the Center recently published The CCL Guide to Leadership in Action, a collection of articles from CCL's Leadership in Action magazine. (more... )
Ellen Van Velsor Named Center's Newest Senior Fellow
In her 22 years with the Center, Ellen Van Velsor has worn many hats. Her latest is that of Senior Fellow — the highest status bestowed upon a Center faculty member. (more... )
 2003-2004 Annual Report Now Available Online
The Center's 2003-2004 report is a portrait of the Center's activities and impact over the course of our 2004 fiscal year. The report also profiles individuals whose lives have been touched by the Center and whose work advances the practice of leadership. (more... )
Maximizing Today While Masterminding Tomorrow
Successful leaders must find ways to focus on the present while preparing for the future. Managers, executives and leadership experts from around the world explored these dual tasks in May at the Friends of the Center Annual International Creative Leadership Conference in Dublin, Ireland. (more... )
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Friends of the Center Leadership Conference
The Hyatt Lodge
Oak Brook, Illinois
September 29 - October 1, 2004
Join us for the sixth annual Friends of the CenterLeadership Conference. This conference for CCL alumni and friends is a chance to explore new ideas, network with peers and thought leaders, and renew your passion for growing as a leader.
To receive information on the 2004 Friends of the Center Leadership Conference, e-mail friends@ccl.org.
Review highlights from the 2003 Friends of the Center Leadership Conference.
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| Special Offer for CCL Alumni: Build Your Leadership Library at 50% Off |
Exclusively for CCL Alumni, we are making CCL's Ideas into Action Guidebook Series available at half price when purchased as a set. You receive 26 guidebooks on essential leadership topics for $130.
To receive this special discount, contact client services at 336.545.2810 or e-mail info@ccl.org
For more information on CCL Guidebooks, please visit www.ccl.org/guidebooks .
Offer available to alumni only. Expires Aug. 30, 2004.
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In our previous newsletter we asked: How are globalization and cross-cultural work environments changing the nature of leadership? Here are some perspectives from CCL alumni, followed by observations from Maxine Dalton, CCL faculty member. (more... )
This Issue's Question:
How important is integrity to today's leaders?
A CCL Perspective:
 "Personal integrity is a distinguishing feature of effective leaders, according to research and stories told by executives and managers. Integrity is key to leaders earning trust and gaining the commitment they need to set and implement an agenda. But integrity must be cultivated through daily practice. Essential practices are self-knowledge, disciplined attention to the impact of one's behavior on others, and a willingness to constantly challenge oneself to work with others on achieving important goals. These three practices are the foundation of ethical behavior because they promote the good of the community."
Meena Wilson
CCL Senior Enterprise Associate
CCL ASKS YOU:
What are your thoughts? Send responses to: AsktheExpert@ccl.org
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Each year, the Center funds hundreds of scholarships for firefighters, schoolteachers, social workers and other community leaders to attend leadership programs. This is made possible by contributions to the Friends of the Center Annual Fund.
Join the Friends of the Center and make a positive impact on today's leaders and the leaders of tomorrow. For more information about becoming a Friend of the Center, visit our Web site at www.ccl.org/foc or contact Lisa Lopez at +1 336 286 4057.
Voices
"Without the scholarship assistance, my organization would not have been able to send me to the training. I am grateful for having had the experience. I returned to my organization with a renewed sense and purpose of what it means to be a strategy leader."
Deborah Long,
Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations and Administration, Girl Scouts of the USA
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