The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the world's largest institution devoted exclusively to leadership research and education. For more than three decades, CCL has studied and trained hundreds of thousands of executives and worked with them to create practical models, tools, and publications for the development of effective leaders and leadership. This second edition of "The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development" brings together the wealth of practical knowledge that CCL has gained from this experience. It explores the essence of leadership development, reveals how individuals can effectively enhance their leadership skills, and demonstrates what organizations can do to help build leaders and leadership capacity. The book also includes a companion CD-ROM that contains a library of classic CCL Press publications. Opening the book is an introduction titled "Our View of Leadership Development." The book then divides into three parts and fifteen chapters. Part One, Individual Leader Development, presents: (1) Feedback-Intensive Programs; (2) 360-Degree Feedback; (3) Developmental Relationships; (4) Formal Coaching; (5) Job Assignments; (6) Hardships; (7) The Leader Development Process; and (8) Evaluating the Impact of Leader Development. Part Two, Leader Development in Context, continues with: (9) Leader Development Across Gender; (10) Leader Development Across Race; (11) Cross-Cultural Issues in the Development of Leaders; (12) Developing Leaders for Global Roles; and (13) A Lifelong Developmental Perspective on Leader Development. Part Three, Leadership Development, concludes the book with: (14) Organizational Capacity for Leadership; and (15) Exploration for Development. The book also contains: a foreword; preface; afterword; references; name index; and subject index. [This book was published by Jossey-Bass Publishers. For the first edition of "The Center for Creative Leadership Handbook of Leadership Development" (1998), see ED460421.]