Leaders as Teachers (Paperback): Unlock the Teaching Potential of Your Company's Best and Brightest Paperback – 28 Aug. 2014

The best football teams do not park their star players on the bench. Your top executives are your star players. Now, make them play ball: Deploy their expertise by involving them in teaching and training. Learning expert Edward Betof describes how companies can create "leaders-as-teachers" programs, sharing the knowledge of their senior executives, top managers and in-house experts, and, thus, fully benefiting from their top people's expertise and savvy. Having served for 10 years as chief learning officer for Becton, Dickinson and Company, a leading medical technology company, Betof speaks with an insider's informed perspective. He made this program work in the trenches. getAbstract believes his book is well suited for learning and development officers, and for others who want to put teaching and learning at the core of their companies' success.

This book blends the academic with the practical. Mr. Betof not only provides a blueprint for implementing a leader-teacher program, but gives a reasoned analysis of why leaders must invest in employee development generally. Great references provided in an extenstive bibliography and resources list. While the references to BD's way of doing things do get a little repetitive, it serves to illustrate how a well-developed leader-teacher program works.

Recieved on time and happy with product. Ken Hogan