Center for Creative Leadership Ranked Among Best in Financial Times Annual Executive Education Survey

The Center for Creative Leadership is ranked among the top providers of executive education worldwide in a new survey by the Financial Times. CCL is the only institution focused exclusively on leadership education in the survey, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools.

CCL, which has campuses in North America, Europe and Asia, was one of just a few international institutions to have both its open-enrollment and custom programs ranked among the Top 20 in the survey.

The Financial Times ranked CCL's open-enrollment programs in the Top 10 worldwide for the third straight year. The Center's open-enrollment programs also placed among the Top 5 in five categories: preparation, course design, teaching materials, faculty and aims achieved.

CCL's custom programs placed the Top 20 worldwide and earned Top 10 rankings in the categories of faculty and new skills and learning.

The Financial Times executive education rankings were based on surveys of organizations and individuals from around the world who rated leading executive education providers for quality and impact.

In 2003, BusinessWeek's biennial special report on executive education ranked the Center 1st worldwide in leadership education for the third consecutive time. The Center also ranked 4th worldwide among open-enrollment programs and 7th among custom program providers in that report. In a 2003 Financial Times survey, the Center ranked among the world's Top 10 providers of executive education open-enrollment programs. The Center was the only institution ranked that focuses solely on leadership education.

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Since 1981, the Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College has been delivering high-quality leadership training programs to organizations throughout the country and the world. Leaders at all levels of participating organizations have benefited from the uncommon blend of leadership research and real-world expertise delivered by the Institute.

Located on the scenic campus of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, LDI serves an international clientele including many Fortune 500 companies and top government and not-for-profit organizations.