TY - JOUR

T1 - Using creative techniques in leadership learning and development

T2 - an introduction

AU - Edwards, Gareth

AU - Elliott, Carole

AU - Iszatt-White, Marian

AU - Schedlitski, Doris

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - The Problem.Leadership development programs have become prolific in organizations in boththe public and private sectors, with new initiatives endlessly being developed.Empirical and conceptual work that challenges some of the mainstream approachesto leadership learning and development has led to initiatives increasingly becomingcomplex in nature and to the use of innovative and unusual approaches. There islimited knowledge, however, regarding the impact of such techniques.The Solution.This issue focuses on some core themes around enabling and enacting leadershipdevelopment in organizations through creative techniques using art, poetry, symbolism,theater, drama, and film, and is rooted in experiences of delivering such interventions in arange of countries, sectors, and professions. Each article explores how these techniquescan be translated into practice across a wide of variety leadership learning and developmentcontexts and is rooted in the contemporary and critical leadership literature.The Stakeholders.Human resource development professionals seeking to identify key considerationsin selecting creative techniques for effective leadership learning and developmentinterventions, and academics advising on such selections and teaching leadershipthemselves, will be interested in these articles, which will also set the basis for furtherempirical research and theoretical reflection on the topic.

AB - The Problem.Leadership development programs have become prolific in organizations in boththe public and private sectors, with new initiatives endlessly being developed.Empirical and conceptual work that challenges some of the mainstream approachesto leadership learning and development has led to initiatives increasingly becomingcomplex in nature and to the use of innovative and unusual approaches. There islimited knowledge, however, regarding the impact of such techniques.The Solution.This issue focuses on some core themes around enabling and enacting leadershipdevelopment in organizations through creative techniques using art, poetry, symbolism,theater, drama, and film, and is rooted in experiences of delivering such interventions in arange of countries, sectors, and professions. Each article explores how these techniquescan be translated into practice across a wide of variety leadership learning and developmentcontexts and is rooted in the contemporary and critical leadership literature.The Stakeholders.Human resource development professionals seeking to identify key considerationsin selecting creative techniques for effective leadership learning and developmentinterventions, and academics advising on such selections and teaching leadershipthemselves, will be interested in these articles, which will also set the basis for furtherempirical research and theoretical reflection on the topic.

M3 - Journal article

VL - 17

SP - 279

EP - 288

JO - Advances in Developing Human Resources

JF - Advances in Developing Human Resources

SN - 1523-4223

IS - 3

ER -