Purpose – The paper explores the potential of Mythodrama as a leadership learning intervention. It suggests that the new leadership capabilities required for future organizational success, can be built with this methodology. Design/methodology/approach – Henry V – Shakespeare's greatest...

Purpose – The paper explores problem‐based learning (PBL) as a useful methodology in leadership development during turbulent times. It identifies several pertinent action points for managers to lead through problems while understanding their capacity to empower themselves and others to face...

Purpose – With the increased importance of training in organizations, creating important and meaningful programs are critical to an organization and its members. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a four‐phase systematic approach to designing and evaluating training programs that...

Purpose – This case study paper has the purpose of showing that both processes of hardwiring and soft wiring together is essential for embedding corporate responsibility across a global organisation to achieve lasting change. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken in this paper is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to look at how an integrated program of formal learning, coaching, business mentoring and project work is delivering results for a television solutions company, NDS. Design/methodology/approach – Presents the comments of Philippa Davidson, human...

Purpose – This article examines a team and leadership‐development course based on the parallels between a shepherd and his or her dog and a manager and his or her employees. Design/methodology/approach – Draws on information provided in an interview with a farmer and international sheepdog...

Purpose – Shares the successful experience of Lilly Research Laboratories (LRL) in engaging senior leaders in developing the next generation of leaders. Design/methodology/approach – Describes LRL's major leadership development programmes, and in particular the course on inspirational...

Purpose – Describes the challenges faced by Visa Europe's leadership‐development program (LDP) in its fifth year and the approaches Visa Europe has taken to keep the program fresh, and to accelerate the development of a coaching culture in the business – one of the original objectives for...

Purpose – This paper seeks to understand what contributes to the transfer back to the workplace of soft‐skill leadership training. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws on information from a study carried out at Vancouver Island Health Authority, Canada. Findings – The paper...

Purpose – This paper aims to describe a leadership‐development program that is being conducted internationally with more than 500 partners at Ernst & Young. Design/methodology/approach – The paper looks at specific issues that relate to the Ernst & Young partner‐development program,...