Books in the J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership) series

This book offers practicing leaders and managers with a more complete understanding of what character is; its importance in leading others; how it can be further developed in one's self and in others.

The book will provide readers with the comprehensive, multi-perspective look at evaluation of leadership development efforts. The language of the book is practical and relevant to a broad audience (both practitioners and researchers).

This is a book about leading dispersed teamsΓÇöteams that are made up of people who donΓÇÖt work in the same geographical area. Such teams donΓÇÖt often meet faceΓÇôtoΓÇôface. Usually their members are separated by time and distance, and they often bring different cultural views to bear on their work. Solving potential communication problems and devising processes for making decisions and managing conflict are challenges for leaders of dispersed teams. But before they can address those challenges, they need to analyze the support such a team will get from the organization as a whole. Dispersed teams are a necessary, strategic work unit in a world that continues to grow more interconnected every day. Guiding them to their full potential is a difficult challenge for even the most seasoned team leader.

Understanding how to cool down, slow down, and engage the naturally occurring conflicts among team members is critical to the ultimate success of a team. With this book, your team and its members will gain a deeper understanding of how conflict emerges and how to respond in ways that will leverage conflicts to their advantage.

Jennifer Deal explains the similarities and differences among the generations in the workplace and offers an understanding of what may be causing conflict. She identifies strategies to help managers work more effectively across generations and ensure the development of up-and-coming leaders.

This text interprets aspects of chaos and complexity theory into practical business and organizational terms. It points to methods for converting "turbulence" into an engine for innovation and change. It includes examples from a range of settings: from 18th-century Europe to the present day.

There is an increasing need to understand how women will prioritize or integrate the many roles and possibilities now available to them. This book looks at the fundamental pressures that influence the career and personal life decisions that high-achieving women make.