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Leadership competencies and models provide guidance which KSAO make an effective leader

Dr. Annette Towler

Leadership competencies and leadership competency models: What they are and why they matter

This CQ Dossier describes leadership competencies and why they are an important foundation for organizational effectiveness. We describe some core models and also provide practical examples of leadership competencies profiles developed in different industries.

Leadership, Leadership competencies, Leadership effectiveness

Leadership failure is preventable with the right approach in leadership selection and development

Dr. Annette Towler

Leadership derailment and incompetence: How to avoid leadership failure

When individuals engage in destructive leadership behaviors, this can lead to mistakes within the organization and, ultimately, the leader derails. This dossier describes leadership incompetence and derailment and focuses on the root causes of why leadership fails through an examination of traits and behaviors that describe leadership incompetence and derailment.

Leadership effectiveness, Evidence-based Leadership, Dark traits

Shared leadership is leadership approach with a strong track record of improving team performance

Dr. Annette Towler

Shared leadership: Fundamentals, benefits and implementation

In this CQ Dossier we define shared leadership, outline how it works and what benefits it brings, and introduce practical tips on how to implement shared leadership in organizations.

Evidence-based Leadership, Leadership, Leadership effectiveness

Humility is a concept of increasing importance in management and leadership

Dr. Annette Towler

The benefits of humility in business and leadership

This CQ Dossier examines the benefits of humility within the workplace. Most research on human behavior in the workplace has focused on the more popular personality traits such as the Five Factor Model of personality.

Humility, Leadership effectiveness

Leadership skills are not just for CEOs but for every professional and knowledge worker

5 reasons why you should start to build your leadership skills today

Leadership skills are somehow seen as magic skills only relevant for a executives, senior managers and CEOs. We argue that this understanding of leadership is outdated and that leadership skills are...

Leadership, Leadership effectiveness, Leadership style

The Five Factor Model of Personality describes personality differences which have the potential to predict job performance, job satisfaction and other work related outcomes up to a certain extend

The Five Factor Model of personality: What does the evidence tell us in terms of job performance, job satisfaction, and leadership?

Organizations utilize personality inventories such as the Five Factor Model of Personality for a range of purposes including selection and recruitment and employee management. Over the last twenty...

Five Factor Model (FFM), Leadership effectiveness, Management performance, Personality, Transformational Leadership

Organizational culture plays an important role when it comes to performance and performance management. This CQ Dossiers provides evidence-based practices on how to cultivate a culture that supports hight performance.

Dr. Annette Towler

How to Cultivate an Organizational Culture that Encourages Effective Performance

For organizations to have an effective performance system, they must cultivate a culture that encourages effective performance. This CQ Dossier describes those characteristics of organizational culture that promote effective performance and makes recommendations on how organizations can create interventions to promote a culture that values high performance.

Organizational culture, Performance management, Competing Values framework, Leadership effectiveness