A Global Leadership Development Program and Research Assumptions

Abstract

After reviewing the literature relevant for evaluating leadership development programs, an empirical evaluation study was conducted. This chapter will introduce the research object, a leadership development program which is applied worldwide. This program was designed in the Western world but also takes into account the universality of the training contents. To ensure that this leadership training meets the needs of Chinese leaders, a needs analysis revealing the practices of Chinese leaders was also conducted in addition. This step acted as a preliminary test before the leadership training courses were applied in China. The results of this needs analysis will be presented in this chapter. At the end of the chapter, the research assumptions will be identified.