When it comes to leadership competency, more is not always better. Research shows that the most effective leaders know how and why to balance their skills--and to avoid overreliance on their comfort zones. At a December 15, 2008 webinar, PPI hosted author and researcher Rob Kaiser in a presentation of his work on Leadership Versatility. Kaiser explained why the ability to switch gears and exert different leadership skills at different times results in better business outcomes. You can view the Leadership Versatility webinar on our web site.
Rob Kaiser, coauthor of the book, "The Versatile Leader" (Pfeiffer, 2006), studied top leaders for more than ten years with Bob Kaplan of the consulting firm Kaplan & DeVries. Their work resulted in the Leadership Versatility Index® (LVI) a 360-degree assessment tool with a radically new rating scale. Not just cosmetic, the features they developed were awarded a U.S. patent and hailed as revolutionary by MIT's Sloan Management Review. Rob Kaiser is a partner with Kaplan DeVries and a thought leader with over 100 publications and presentations on leadership.
The webinar discussion includes:
1. An up-to-date leadership competency paradigm that you can put to work in your development programs.
2. The ways that traditional measurement scales can lead executives to counterproductive behaviors and a new alternative measurement scale.
3. Research that shows the relationship between leadership versatility and positive business outcomes.
4. Practical application of the leadership versatility model to reduce executive derailments.
We hope you find the webinar interesting and look forward to talking with you about how this research fits into your executive development efforts.
