"In business, leadership at every level is a requisite for company survival. Yet the leadership pipeline -- the internal strategy to grow leaders -- in many companies is dry or nonexistent. Drawing on their experiences at many Fortune 500 companies, the authors show how organizations can develop...

Intro -- THE 2008 PFEIFFER ANNUAL -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: WHAT'S NEXT IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT? -- CHAPTER 1: WHERE WE'VE BEEN: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE 20TH CENTURY -- Post-War Leadership Development: Uniformity and Structure -- Change on the Horizon: The Debate...

"Many books have been written for new CEOs on what they need to do when they take charge at a new company, but few focus on what the rest of the organization has to do to set up the new leader--and the rest of the organization--for success. During any transition of C-suite leadership, the board...