Development programs are practical, based on real business issues. Values Leaders proclaim organizational values, which are often superficial messages for the masses. Edge Professional trainers focus on time management and priority setting, not on tough decision making. Leaders themselves help people tackle such dilemmas as what to do with people who do not meet performance or value standards. Leadership Focus Leadership focuses on a collection of technical skills in strategy, finance, and so on.
Leadership focuses on hard and soft issues and on personal leadership stories.
Senior Executive Role Senior executives sponsor development programs, parading in and out of them periodically. Senior executives are active participants, leading all or substantial portions of leadership development programs. Noel M. Tichy is professor or organizational behavior and human resource management at the University of Michigan, and director of the Global Leadership Program, an executive-development consortium of 36 companies. He consults to corporations around the world and is author of numerous articles and books, including his latest, The Leadership Engine , with Eli Cohen.