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Jay A. Conger
Ronald E. Riggio
Foreword by Bernard M. Bass
Q The Practice
of Leadership
Developing the Next Generation
of Leaders
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Conger, Jay Alden.
The practice of leadership : developing the next generation of leaders /
Jay A. Conger.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7879-8305-5 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-7879-8305-5 (alk. paper)
1. Leadership. I. Riggio, Ronald E. II. Title.
2006
'092—dc22
2006031371
FIRST EDITION
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Q Contents
Foreword vii
Bernard M. Bass
About the Authors ix
Introduction 01
Jay A. Conger and Ronald E. Riggio
Part One: Leadership Development and Selection 09
1 Best Practices in Leader Selection 11
Ann Howard
2 Best Practices in Leadership Assessment 41
Manuel London, James W. Smither, and Thomas Diamante
3 Shifting the Emphasis of Leadership Development:
From “Me” to “All of Us” 64
Patricia M. G. O’Connor and David V. Day
4 Getting Leader Development Right: Compet