This year we connected with over 1,000 organizations to determine the best LD programs and practices based on seven criteria:
1. Vision/mission. Are these statements linked to strategy, meaningful to participants, and focused on target outcomes?
2. Involvement and participation. How broad is the involvement and how deep the participation?
3. Measurement and accountability. What ROI measures are made and reported and to what degree is accountability for performance and results part of the program?
4. Design, content, and curriculum. How well designed is the program? How credible is the content? How relevant is the curriculum? How customized is the program?
5. Presenters, presentations, and delivery. What are the qualifications of the presenters, how effective are their presentations, and how is the program delivered?
6. Take-home value. What do participants take away and apply to improve themselves, their families, their teams, and their volunteer work?
7. Outreach. What is the impact of the program on stakeholders?
We honor the following companies for their efforts and encourage them to keep enhancing their leadership programs and practices. —Ken Shelton
2008 - 2009 Top Leadership Development Programs
Large Organizations (over 2,000)
1. Ritz-Carlton Hotels
2. General Electric
3. Procter & Gamble
4. Boeing
5. General Motors University
6. Wachovia Corp.
7. Fed Ex/ELI
8. McDonald’s/HU
9. Microsoft
10. Qualcomm
11. Yahoo
12. Caterpillar University
13. Chevron
14. AXA Equitable
15. Farmer’s Insurance
16. MasterCard
17. Northrop Grumman
18. Direct Energy
19. Schwan Food Company
20. Allied Barton
21. AmTrust Bank
22. Bank of New York Mellon
23. Goldcorp
24. UBS
25. Black & Decker
26. Archer Daniels Midlalnd
27. Textron
28. Amazon
29. Disney
30. Medco
Small to Midsize Organizations (under 2,000)
1. Triage Consulting Group
2. Badger Mining
3. Carnival Cruise Lines
4. Wieland (Homes) University
5. Americredit Financial Services
6. Container Store
7. Equity Residential
8. Johnson Controls
9. Carilion Health System
10. InsureMe
11. Analytical Graphics
12. Simonton Windows
13. Acuity
14. Vulcan Materials Co.
15. Genecor International
16. Saltwater Institute
17. Conway Transportation
18. Cross-Country Healthcare
Education/Universities/Schools of Management and Business
1. Univ. of Michigan/Ross
2. Center for Public Leadership, JFK School of Government, Harvard
3. Univ. of Chicago/GSB/Leadership
4. UCLA/Anderson
5. USC/Marshall/CEO
6. Northwestern/Kellogg
7. Pennsylvania/Wharton
8. MIT/Sloan
9. Harvard Business/True North
10. Utah Valley Univ./CAL
11. Duke/Fuqua
12. Yale Leadership Institute
13. Stanford/GSB Leadership
14. Emory Univ.
15. BYU/Marriott/Leadership
16. Pepperdine/Graziadio/SBM
17. Carnegie Mellon/Tepper/Leadership
18. Alliant/MGSM
19. Ball State Univ./Ed. Leadership
Non-Profit Organizations
1. Center for Creative Leadership
2. American Society for Training & Development (ASTD)
3. Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
4. American Management Assoc. (AMA)
5. HCI
6. NYC Leadership Academy
7. International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
8. HR.Com
9. IQPC/Corporate University
10. National Management Assoc. (NMA)
11. Manchester Bidwell
12. Conference Board
13. Berkana Institute
14. Leader to Leader Institute
15. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
16. Baptist Leadership Institute
17. SoL
18. Healthcare Businesswomen Assoc.
19. Addison Avenue Fed. Credit Union
20. Rush University Medical Center
21. Best Practices in Leadership Devel.
Government/Military
1. Defense Acquisition University
2. U.S. Marine Academy
3. U.S. Air Force Academy
4. U.S. Army/Westpoint
5. FBI Academy
6. U.S. Navy Naval Academy
7. NASA/Leadership Alchemy
8. U.S. Army Rangers
9. ASQ Baldrige Award
10. U.S. Coast Guard
11. FAA
12. U.S. National Guard
13. National Defense University
14. U.S. Tactical/Seals
15. Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Independent Consultants/Trainers/Coaches
1. Zenger/Folkman
2. Goldsmith/Katzenbach Partners
3. Korn/Ferry/Leadersource
4. Jim Collins
5. Bluepoint Leadership
6. Ninth House
7. Human Performance Institute
8. Synthesis/Leaders Toolbox
9. Marcus Buckingham Company
10. Tom Peters Company
11. Guttman Dev. Strategies
12. Strategos
13. Maxcomm
14. Josh Bersin & Assoc.
15. Lebow Company
16. Liminal Group
17. Benchmark Communications
18. Table Group
19. Chip Bell Group
20. Leadership Challenge/KP
21. Authentic Leadership Institute
22. Leadership Development Services
23. iLeadUSA
24. Arneson Leadership Consulting
25. Sensei International
26. Right Management
27. ISB Global
28. The Prosen Center
Large Consulting Groups (over 6 employees)
1. Linkage/GILD
2. Results-Based Leadership
3. Accenture
4. Senn-Delaney Leadership
5. McKinsey/Leadership
6. HSM/World Business Forum
7. Vital Smarts
8. DDI
9. Lee Hecht Harrison
10. Adizes Institute
11. Richard Chang Assoc.
12. Dialogos
13. Booz Allen Hamilton
14. Hewitt/Leadership
15. Plante & Moran
16. BlessingWhite
17. Franklin-Covey
18. Ken Blanchard Companies
19. Integro Leadership Institute
20. Forum Leadership Development
21. Personnel Decisions Intl. (PDI)
22. Human Potential Project
23. Crowe Horwath
24. International Leadership Assoc.
25. Leadergrow
26. Kepner-Tregoe
Best Leadership Practices
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