What is Leadership Development

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A combination of efforts implemented to enhance the quality of leadership and leadership potential in individuals, groups, and organizations. Learn more in: Leaders Are Born: Should Institutions Stop Investing in Leadership Development?

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Activities that enhance the quality of leadership with an individual or an organization. Learn more in: Building Capacity through Student Leadership Development and Practices

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The process of acquiring effective leadership behaviors. Learn more in: Applying the Full Range of Leadership: Developing Followers and Employee Engagement in the Workplace

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Approaches from higher education practitioners to intentionally facilitate learning for students in curricular and co-curricular experiences. Learn more in: Design Thinking: Pulling Back the Curtain on Student Leadership Learning and Development

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Teaching and training of leadership skills to members of an organization. Learn more in: The Impact of Emerging Technology on Leadership Development

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Formal development programs intended to provide theory and application training to individuals whose basic contribution role within an organization is shifting from follower to leader. Learn more in: Organizational Commitment: A Qualitative Assessment of Training Programs

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Training and professional human resource development initiatives that strengthen a leader’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and efficacy. Learn more in: What Motivates an Individual to Lead and Engage in Leadership Development?

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Assisting incumbent and emerging leaders with opportunities and resources to acquire the capabilities and competencies to lead institutions today and in the future (Madsen, 2012 AU32: The in-text citation "Madsen, 2012" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ). Learn more in: Women in Higher Education Administration Leadership and the Role of Institutional Support

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The process through which skills and knowledge relative to leadership are acquired and built upon, leading to a higher level of competency. Learn more in: LEADER.edu: Using Interactive Scenario-Based Simulations for Leadership Development

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The development of the capacity of groups and organizations for leadership as a shared and collective process balancing individual skill-enhancement and organizational capacity building. Learn more in: Developing Clinical Leaders: The Impact of a Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing MBA

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The process of developing those skills necessary to facilitate the movement of oneself and others through collaborative interaction towards a goal or vision. Learn more in: Online Collaborative Learning and Leadership Development

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An effort to enhance the leadership abilities and attitudes. Learn more in: Developing Leadership Talent for Success in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Defined by Allen and Roberts (2011) as “a continuous, systemic process designed to expand the capacities and awareness of individuals, groups, and organizations in an effort to meet shared goals and objectives” (p. 67). Learn more in: Strategically Preparing the Next Generation for Leading in a World of Social Change

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Expansion of a person’s capacity to be effective in leadership roles and processes is considered leadership development: those that facilitate setting direction, creating alignment, and maintaining commitment in groups of people who share common work. Learn more in: Developing a Clinical Leadership Pipeline: Planning, Operation, and Sustainability

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A process of expanding the capacity of current and future global leaders with the aim of improving leadership behavior within an organization. Learn more in: Global Psychological Capital and Sustainable Competitive Advantage

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Identifying and evaluating the factors that influence the success of a leader along with helping leaders to demonstrate necessary skill-building. Learn more in: Current Trends in Practicing Leadership: Evidence From the Harvard Business Review

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It refers to any activity formal or informal, direct or indirect like role plays, case studies etc. that enhances the quality of leadership within an individual, group or organization. Learn more in: Distinctive Leadership: Moral Identity as Self Identity

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A set of strategies that seek to improve individual’s leadership skills thus increasing their success. Learn more in: Women in Strategic Leadership and Management: Identifying Concerns and Implementing Strategic Gender-Specific Leadership Development

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The expansion of a person’s capacity to be effective in leadership roles and processes for organisational effectiveness. Learn more in: Succession Planning as a Developmental Tool for Sustainability