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Hidden Potential Embracing Conflict Can Pay Off for Teams

The Center for Creative Leadership
Leadership in Action.
Article by: Craig Runde and Tim Flannagn
VOLUME 28, NUMBER 2 • MAY/JUNE 2008

As more and more organizations rely on teams and teamwork, leaders
need to be aware of and ready to deal with the inevitability that
conflicts will arise among members of teams, especially dispersed
teams. If teams can not only learn to effectively resolve conflict but
also find ways to turn conflict to their advantage, the diversity of
perspectives and ideas among teammates can lead to discovery rather
than discord. Click here to read full article

Turning Conflict into Career Success.

LDI's own Craig Runde and Tim Flanagan were interviewed by the CareerSmart Advisor™ and were quoted several times in the article, Turning Conflict into Career Success.
Click here to read article

Lazy Teammates Compromise Team Performance

LDI's own Tim Flanagan and Craig Runde recent blog entry on Inc.com.
Posted by Craig E. Runde and Tim Flanagan on September 10, 2008 at 10:18 AM. Click here to read blog

Financial Times Survey Ranks Center for Creative Leadership No. 8 Worldwide in Executive Education

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) ranked No.8 overall in the 2008 Financial Times worldwide survey of executive education released today. CCL is the only institution in the survey focused exclusively on leadership education and research, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools. Read More ...

New Book by Leadership Development Educators Helps Teams Use Conflict to Their Advantage

[ ST. PETERSBURG, FL, June 16, 2008] – When at least two people are together for any length of time, conflict is inevitable. For teams, conflict can be destructive. Can that conflict be leveraged? Craig Runde and Tim Flanagan, educators at the Leadership Development Institute at Eckerd College, believe that every team can learn how to deal with conflict. After interactions with hundreds of individuals in the field, in the assembly line, and from every rung of the proverbial business ladder, Runde and Flanagan's new book, Building Conflict Competent Teams (Jossey-Bass, June 30, 2008), provides team leaders and members with the skills and confidence to engage conflicts in ways that work for the team's advantage.

Book Offers Tools to Become a Conflict Competent Leader

LDI's own Craig Runde and Tim Flanagan recently authored Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader, a new book in the Jossey-Bass CCL series. This book gives leaders an insight into the importance of handling conflict effectively. It also provides them with a roadmap of how to ensure that they and their organization become conflict competent. Read More . . .

Management: Deal With It

Do you have trouble dealing with conflict? Authors Craig Runde and Tim Flanagan have useful advice for leaders looking to become more emotionally intelligent.
Conflict is an inevitable part of leaders’ lives. Sometimes they are able to use it to develop new ideas and make better decisions. But often, conflict results in wasted time and energy, causing stress and frustration. Read More . . .

Communicate to get Colleagues Engaged

You got the message loud and clear. You're startled by the realization that not one co-worker on a key project is behaving as if he had anything invested in it. You feel dismayed. Your heart sinks. You vow that the next time you serve on a team, you'll find ways to avoid a recurrent situation.
Meanwhile, what can you do? Read More . . .

Financial Times Survey Ranks Center for Creative Leadership No. 7 Worldwide in Executive Education

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) ranked No.7overall in the 2007 Financial Times worldwide survey of executive education released today. CCL is the only institution in the survey focused exclusively on leadership education and research, placing it in the company of many of the world's elite business schools. Read more ...

Leadership Institute Makes Lasting Impression

In today’s complex business world where deals are seldom sealed with a handshake, and the workforce more resembles the United Nations than a Norman Rockwell painting, talented, versatile executives are a hot commodity. While the majority of executives possesses most of the necessary characteristics and attributes to lead, few, if any, come pre-packaged with the complete roster of skills to become stellar leaders. And even those with a proven track record can benefit from a refresher course now and then. Read More . . .

Learn to be a Conflict Competent Leader: Center for Creative Leadership - Building Relationships

Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader combines research, conceptual models, practitioner experience, and stories that highlight the core conflict competencies. The book underscores the importance for leaders to develop the critical skills they need to help them, their colleagues, and their organizations deal more effectively with conflict and move their organizations forward. Read More . . .

Executive Coaching: Performance Tool or Management Fad?

Published in Workforce Performance Solutions
May 2006, Tim Flanagan, Director of Custom Programs at LDI
Many corporations believe that executive coaching, when managed effectively, is a powerful employee-development tool. But is it just a fad? What is its value? And more importantly, if it does work, why? Read More . . .

Wall Street Journal: Teasing Out Leadership Talents In One Easy Management Seminar

by Jason Sandberg
A journalist's experience in the Foundations of Leadership Program at the Center for Creative Leadership. Part 1 | Part 2

Want More Attention in the Board Room? Pay More Attention to Your Health!

Research Conclusions Form Basis for New Executive Leadership Development Program
To be a more effective leader, executives need to pay more attention to their health according to research presented last month to the American College of Nutrition by Steven Masley, M.D., medical director, Carillon Executive Health (CEH). Read More . . .

Financial Times Ranks CCL Among Top 5 Worldwide in Executive Education

May 15, 2006 - Greensboro, N.C. - The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL^®) ranked among the overall Top 5 providers of executive education worldwide in a survey released today 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. Read More . . .

LDI Speaks Conflict in Computerworld Magazine

Craig Runde discusses conflict management for IT and technical managers. Read More . . .

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