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Egan, Toby – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2013
Executive coaching is a booming, but understudied, HRD-related practice. Given the limited number of available studies that have been deployed with rigor and systematic methods, the study by Nieminen et al. adds to our understanding of the impact of executive coaching and multisource feedback on leadership development. Explored in the context of a…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Management Development, Feedback (Response), Research
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DeGeest, David; Brown, Kenneth G. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2011
Goal-orientation theory and research offer a lens to better understand the mechanisms of experiential learning in developmental assignments for managers. This study presents a research model that depicts how goal orientations influence the development of leadership skills from experience. The model indicates how individual and situational…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Goal Orientation, Experiential Learning, Management Development
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Murrell, Patricia H.; Walsh, John P. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1993
The Federal Express Leadership Institute helps managers improve skills through a model emphasizing experiential and self-directed learning. The institute takes place within the context of Fed Ex as a learning organization. (SK)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Institutes (Training Programs), Leadership Qualities, Leadership Training
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Stoltz, Paul G. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1992
Forty-seven of 60 participants in 2 sections of Outward Bound completed pre- and posttests and interviews showing differences between the leadership skills intended to be developed, participant perceptions of skill development, and changes measured on the questionnaire. Neither group demonstrated positive changes in the areas where it was…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Training