He also serves as Executive Education Professor of Strategic Leadership for The Smeal College of Business Administration at Penn State. He was the Smeal College's Associate Dean for Executive Education for nearly 12 years, leading that unit to international prominence as a center of excellence in executive development. He was the founding director of Penn State's Institute for the Study of Organizational Effectiveness (ISOE), and has earned several MBA "Excellence in Teaching" awards for his courses on strategic leadership.

Dr. Vicere is the author of several books and has published some eighty articles and professional papers in numerous leading journals including Organizational Dynamics, Planning Review, Training and Development Journal, and Executive Development. His latest books are, Leadership by Design,published by Harvard Business School Press, and The Many Facets of Leadership,published by FT Prentice-Hall. His observations on leadership can be found in his twice-monthly newspaper column, CEO Corner, syndicated by Scripps Howard News Service.

Albert Vicere argues that executive development is undergoing a fundamental shift away from conventional methods that benefit only a few chosen successors toward a strategy that drives the flexibility, commitment, and competitiveness of the entire organization. With his plan, Leadership by Design, he explains strategic leadership development: what it is, how it evolves, and how it is being addressed through both traditional techniques as well as revolutionary new practices. Vicere has synthesized the most influential ideas that shape the current thinking on organizational strategies for professional growth and executive education. This presentation catalogs the best practices and benchmark programs currently available, and offers a hands-on framework to help companies design unique - and effective - programs for inspiring and enabling their future leaders.

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