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    Developmental Assignments: Creating Learning Experiences Without Changing Jobs
    Developmental Assignments: Creating Learning Experiences Without Changing Jobs
    Developmental Assignments: Creating Learning Experiences Without Changing Jobs
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    Developmental Assignments: Creating Learning Experiences Without Changing Jobs

    By Cynthia D. McCauley

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    This book is modeled after "Eighty-eight Assignments for Development in Place," one of CCL's most popular publications. In the years since that report was published, we have learned more about development in place--from research, from working with managers and organizations that are making use of developmental assignments, and from our colleagues in the field. We believe it is time once again to consolidate our knowledge into one tool to help leaders add developmental assignments to their own jobs and help others do the same. The tables inside this book are full of assignments. You'll also find cross-references to CCL's assessment tools: 360 by Design, Executive Dimensions, Benchmarks, Prospector, and Skillscope. If you want to target the development of specific competencies as a result of receiving feedback from any of these, the cross-references will direct you to appropriate assignments.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCenter for Creative Leadership
    Release dateFeb 15, 2006
    ISBN9781604916829
    Developmental Assignments: Creating Learning Experiences Without Changing Jobs

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      Developmental Assignments - Cynthia D. McCauley

      DEVELOPMENTAL ASSIGNMENTS

      Creating Learning Experiences without Changing Jobs

      The Center for Creative Leadership is an international, nonprofit educational institution founded in 1970 to advance the understanding, practice, and development of leadership for the benefit of society worldwide. As a part of this mission, it publishes books and reports that aim to contribute to a general process of inquiry and understanding in which ideas related to leadership are raised, exchanged, and evaluated. The ideas presented in its publications are those of the author or authors.

      CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP

      WWW.CCL.ORG

      Cynthia D. McCauley

      DEVELOPMENTAL ASSIGNMENTS

      Creating Learning Experiences without Changing Jobs

      CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP

      Greensboro, North Carolina

      CCL Stock No. 189

      © 2006 Center for Creative Leadership

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America.

      Published by CCL Press

      Martin Wilcox, Director of Publications

      Peter Scisco, Editor, CCL Press

      Karen Mayworth, Associate Editor

      Joanne Ferguson, Production Editor

      Cover design by Joanne Ferguson

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      McCauley, Cynthia D. (Cynthia Denise), 1958–

      Developmental assignments : creating learning experiences without changing jobs / Cynthia D. McCauley.

          p. cm. — (CCL ; stock no. 189)

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 978-1-882197-91-0 (print) — ISBN 978-1-932973-67-9 (ebook)

      1. Executive ability—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Career development—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Needs assessment—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. Leadership—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title. II. Series: Report (Center for Creative Leadership) ; no. 189.

      HD38.2.M3932 2006

      658.4'07124—dc22

      2005033642

      CONTENTS

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Chapter 1: Background

      Chapter 2: Development in Place

      Chapter 3: Challenge-Driven Assignments

      Chapter 4: Competency-Driven Assignments

      Appendix A: Resources

      Appendix B: Developmental Assignment Plan Template

      Appendix C: 360 by Design Cross-References

      Appendix D: Executive Dimensions Cross-References

      Appendix E: Benchmarks Cross-References

      Appendix F: Prospector Cross-References

      Appendix G: Skillscope Cross-References

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      This fieldbook is based on a stream of research and application on learning from job assignments that involved numerous colleagues over many years. In particular, I have drawn heavily from the work of Kerry Bunker, Maxine Dalton, Bob Eichinger, George Hollenbeck, Mike Lombardo, Morgan McCall, Patty Ohlott, and Marian Ruderman. More recent conversations with Ed Betoff, Bill Howland, Sharon Lamm, Stephanie Lischke, and Joe Toto about their use of the Job Challenge Profile also sparked ideas for the book. Thanks go to Pete Scisco and Kelly Lombardino for their encouragement to undertake this endeavor. Finally, I am grateful to Stephanie Lischke, Steve McMillen, Clare Norman, and Joe Toto for their careful review and feedback on earlier drafts of the book.

      INTRODUCTION

      The purpose of this fieldbook is to help you as a leader more intentionally seek out and design your own developmental assignments (and to help others do the same). It focuses in particular on how to shape your current job and nonwork pursuits so that these activities will provide opportunities to continuously stretch and grow as a leader. We often refer to this approach to learning as development in place

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