For nearly 2 decades, the Financial Times has consistently ranked the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)® among the world’s top providers of executive education.
The rankings are based on direct feedback from organizational and individual clients who rated leading executive education providers, including Harvard, Wharton, IMD, and INSEAD, for quality and impact.
In most years, CCL received awards in both the custom leadership development and open-enrollment leadership training programs categories.
The Financial Times rankings of CCL in recent years include the following:
- 2018 – Top 10 overall, Top 10 for open enrollment leadership programs
- 2017 – Top 5 overall, Top 10 for open enrollment and custom programs
- 2016 – Top 5 overall, Top 10 for open enrollment and custom programs
- 2015 – Top 5 overall, Top 5 for open enrollment programs, Top 10 for custom programs
- 2014 – Top 5 overall, Top 10 for open enrollment programs, Top 5 for custom programs
- 2013 – Top 10 overall, Top 5 for custom programs
- 2012 – Top 10 overall, Top 10 for custom programs
- 2011 – Top 10 overall, Top 10 for open enrollment and custom programs
- 2010 – Top 5 overall, Top 10 for open enrollment and custom programs
- 2009 – Top 10 overall, Top 10 for open enrollment programs
- 2008 – Top 10 overall, Top 10 for open enrollment programs
- 2007 – Top 10 overall, Top 5 for open enrollment and Top 10 for custom programs
“CCL is focused on getting results for our clients, and these rankings demonstrate the critical difference that leadership development makes for individuals and organizations,” CCL President and CEO John R. Ryan said. “It is a privilege to partner each day with world-class clients around the globe and to be in the company of so many outstanding educational institutions in this survey.”
About the Financial Times
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. Based in Great Britain, its reporting focuses on global business and economic current affairs. Learn more about the Financial Times.
At the Center for Creative Leadership, our drive to create a ripple effect of positive change underpins everything we do. For 50+ years, we’ve pioneered leadership development solutions for leaders at every level, from community leaders to CEOs. Consistently ranked among the top global providers of executive education, our research-based programs and solutions inspire individuals at every level in organizations across the world — including 2/3 of the Fortune 1000 — to ignite remarkable transformations.
At the Center for Creative Leadership, our drive to create a ripple effect of positive change underpins everything we do. For 50+ years, we’ve pioneered leadership development solutions for leaders at every level, from community leaders to CEOs. Consistently ranked among the top global providers of executive education, our research-based programs and solutions inspire individuals at every level in organizations across the world — including 2/3 of the Fortune 1000 — to ignite remarkable transformations.
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