APPENDIX: AND THE WORK CONTINUES…

Our growing understanding of how authenticity enriches leadership was born from practice. We have had countless conversations, from formal interviews to casual chats, with leaders living through significant organizational turmoil. We have worked with more than two thousand leaders in a feedback-intensive, weeklong training program titled Leading People through Transition. We have provided coaching to many individual managers trying to cope. We listened. They taught us. Through the lens of various models of leadership, organizational development, and adult learning, the current model has emerged.

There has been much anecdotal evidence to support the contention that the issues outlined in this book make a difference. However, consistent with CCL’s commitment to the study of leadership, we are engaged in continued research in this arena. There is an organizational impact study under way with one of the organizations that trained more than six hundred leaders with our program. Development of a 360-degree feedback tool is also under way. Items have been written and vetted with three hundred managers from around the globe. Research test sites are being set up with a variety of companies who are interested in joining us on our journey. We are collaborating with organizations, practitioners, and research colleagues who are also interested and doing similar work. If you are interested in having your organization participate in this research, please check the CCL Web site (www.ccl.org) for current information.