At the heart of LeaderShift is the LeaderShape, a diagnostic of 9 capabilities common to leaders at all levels and from all sectors. The LeaderShape is the physical representation of the LeaderShift Capability Framework, developed for the Centre for Workplace Leadership by the University of Technology Sydney. This framework was developed after a meta-review of existing leadership literatures, a series of industry consultations with Australian leaders, a quantitative pre-test and a large quantitative pilot study. It builds on and extends existing models of leadership in three main ways.
Following an extensive literature review, nine capabilities were identified for inclusion in the instrument. The draft instrument contained several items to measure each of the nine capabilities. Most items were taken from already established scales in leadership and psychology and adapted for improved readability and for consistency with the LeaderShift survey format.
Industry focus groups were conducted in order to provide feedback on the survey design, and to enhance the construct validity of the instrument.
A pre-testing phase and pilot were undertaken using a group of more than 600 subjects. On the basis of this pilot phase, the questions in the diagnostic were tested for internal consistency and test-retest reliability. A confirmatory factor analysis was run using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach. Model performance was evaluated according to the PLS literature (Fornell and Larcker, 1981).
The development plans have been designed by Paige Williams of The Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne, in line with Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle.
Doing / Having an experience
Reviewing / reflecting on the experience
Planning / trying out what you have learned
Concluding / Learning from the experience
Kolb D.A. (1984) 'Experiential Learning experience as a source of learning and development', New Jersey: Prentice Hall
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