Bio - Cindy McCauley, Ph.D.

Cindy is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC. With over twenty years of experience at CCL^®, Cindy has been involved in many aspects of CCL's work: research, product development, program evaluation, coaching, and management. She co-developed two of CCL's management-feedback instruments, Benchmarks and the Job Challenge Profile. Along with Ellen Van Velsor, she is co-editor of The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development. She has written numerous articles and book chapters for scholars, HR professionals, and practicing managers; and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences. One of her most popular publications, Developmental Assignments: Creating Learning Experiences Without Changing Jobs, was featured on CNN.com and in Harvard Management Update.

Cindy is currently involved in CCL's effort to explore leadership as a collective, organizational capacity. She also delivers the Awareness Program for Executive Excellence (APEX) and manages multiple R&D projects. She represents CCL on the editorial boards of People & Strategy and The Leadership Quarterly.

Cindy received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Georgia. In 2003, she was elected as Fellow in the American Psychological Association.

Webinars:

• Developmental Assignments: Creating Learning Experiences Without Changing Jobs

Publications:

• Interdependent Leadership in Organizations: Evidence from Six Case Studies
• An Evaluation of the Outcomes of a Leadership Development Program
• Management Development Through Job Experiences: An Annotated Bibliography
• Reaching Your Development Goals
• Should 360-Feedback be Used Only for Developmental Purposes?
• Developmental Assignments: Creating Learning Experiences Without Changing Jobs
• The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development - Second Edition

Articles:

• Learning on the Job
• Should Executives Have Friends at Work?

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