Leadership, Ethics, and Motivation

A feedback-intensive leadership development experience can be a valuable antidote to this dilemma (Guthrie and King, 2003). At the heart of our work for more than 30 years, feedback-intensive programs are comprehensive assessments of an individual's leadership, using multiple frameworks and tools to view numerous aspects of personality and leadership behavior. These programs blend methodologies, including 360-degree feedback, experiential learning modules, direct teaching of content from leadership research, and peer and staff coaching. Interaction among participants is encouraged within a supportive learning environment created by program faculty. Most importantly relevant to our purposes here, the programs provide rich and comprehensive feedback from back home (peers, direct programs provide rich and comprehensive feedback from back home (peers, direct reports, and bosses), as well as from fellow participants, faculty and an individual coach. These various perspectives allow the participant to understand the impact he or she has on others in their environment, to appreciate that people have different views of one's leadership,