What Leaders Need to Know AND Do

What Leaders Need to Know & Do: A Leadership Competencies Scorecard provides a competency-based framework that identifies and integrates a diverse array of characteristics described in scholarly and professional writings as being important for effective leadership. The scorecard identifies five major competency themes, each of which includes a number of specific competencies.

Personal Competencies refer to one's standards, character, and expression of values. Analytic Competencies are associated with thoughtful reflection on one's own and others' behaviors, and careful consideration of the consequences of alternative leadership options and strategies. Communication Competencies relate to the knowledge and skills necessary for effective interaction in interpersonal, group, organizational, stakeholder, and public settings. Disciplinary/ Technical Competencies include knowledge and skills related to the particular context, setting, field, or sector in which a leader is serving. Managerial Competencies include administrative capabilities that are viewed as important for leading in organizations of varying purpose, function, and size.

The Scorecard can be used to inventory and develop a profile of one's own or another person's leadership competencies, using 1-5 ratings for each of the 35 competencies.