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Developing Leaders in China
October 8, 2008 10:36 AM
This case study describes how Agilent Technologies employed rigorous metrics to assess the leadership capabilities of managers in its operations in China. The company gears its China-specific leadership training toward improving three critical skills: strategic thinking, financial and business acumen, and the ability to influence others through coaching and communications. The article provides enough information to give other companies a starting place to develop their own leadership audits by defining the attributes of successful managers. Requires free registration.
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