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From: Heyecan Giritli [mailto:giritli@itu.edu.tr]

Colleagues,

We would like to request inventories which can be used to measure
leadership skills of all who occupy managerial position in the context
of construction industry. We're especially interested in inventories
which are designed to measure project leadership skills.
Thanks in advance

Prof.Dr.Heyecan Giritli
Construction Management & Economics
Faculty of Architecture
Istanbul Technical University

From: Tom Sullivan [mailto:TJS@ProGrowthAssociates.com]

For a self-administered and self-scoring Leadership Assessment tool, check
out http://www.progrowthassociates.com/PDimension.cfm.


> We would like to request inventories which can be used to measure
> leadership skills of all who occupy managerial position in the context
> of construction industry. We're especially interested in inventories
> which are designed to measure project leadership skills.
> Thanks in advance
>
> Prof.Dr.Heyecan Giritli
> Construction Management & Economics
> Faculty of Architecture
> Istanbul Technical University

From: Frank Shipper [mailto:FMSHIPPER@ssu.edu]

At the following web-site you can find a listing of instruments for
assessing leadership/managerial/peer/team and other skills:
http://www.boothco.com/Surveys.htm#exec_leadership

At the next site you can find research on skills assessment and improvement:
http://faculty.ssu.edu/~fmshippe/home/biblist.htm

I hope that this helps.

Frank Shipper, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Perdue School of Business
Salisbury State University
Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone: (410) 543-6333
E-mail: fmshipper@ssu.edu
Home Page: http://perdue.ssu.edu/~fmshippe/home/welcome.htm


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From: Heyecan Giritli [mailto:giritli@itu.edu.tr]

Colleagues,

We would like to request inventories which can be used to measure
leadership skills of all who occupy managerial position in the context
of construction industry. We're especially interested in inventories
which are designed to measure project leadership skills.
Thanks in advance

Prof.Dr.Heyecan Giritli
Construction Management & Economics
Faculty of Architecture
Istanbul Technical University

Hi everyone,

Two questions for the group:

1) If core leadership behaviors like vision, decision-making, communication,
and results focus are considered to be soft skills, then how do you define
"softer" skills such as emotional intelligence, fairness, and developing
employees? I've heard the latter set referred to as "intangibles" of
leadership. How do you refer to concepts such as these?

2) I'm looking for a stat on how satisfied the general population is with
their work/job. Can anyone direct me to a good survey? A survey conducted
by the popular media (such as CNN) or even the Gallup organization would be
great!

Thank you,

Travis Bradberry


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Travis, you seem to be freely intermixing
management skills and leadership behaviours, a
common occurance. A list of Internet links is
at:
http://www.academy.umd.edu/ILA/links.htm
The best place to start is the GLOBE study:
http://mgmt3.ucalgary.ca/web/globe.nsf/index

Best wishes,
Romie Littrell

--- travis bradberry <tbradberry@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Two questions for the group:
>
> 1) If core leadership behaviors like vision,
> decision-making, communication,
> and results focus are considered to be soft
> skills, then how do you define
> "softer" skills such as emotional intelligence,
> fairness, and developing
> employees? I've heard the latter set referred
> to as "intangibles" of
> leadership. How do you refer to concepts such
> as these?
>
> 2) I'm looking for a stat on how satisfied the
> general population is with
> their work/job. Can anyone direct me to a good
> survey? A survey conducted
> by the popular media (such as CNN) or even the
> Gallup organization would be
> great!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Travis Bradberry
>
>
>
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> MSN Hotmail.
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Travis Bradberry wrote,

1) If core leadership behaviors like vision, decision-making,
communication,
and results focus are considered to be soft skills, then how do you
define
"softer" skills such as emotional intelligence, fairness, and
developing
employees?

Most of these concepts have been defined by Clark Wilson in his
Leadership Task Cycle and operationalized in his Survey of Leadership
Practices. You can find a description of it in Leslie and Fleenor's
Feedback to Managers, 3rd edition. You can find a brief description of
it at http://www.boothco.com/Surveys.htm#lead_practices. I am sure that
the Booth Company at http://www.boothco.com would be happy to send you
more information on it.

The one variable that is not directly measured by this survey is
emotional intelligence. However, the report generated from it does
provide multiple comparisons between self and others perceptions, a
major component of emotional intelligence.

I hope that this helps.




Frank Shipper, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Perdue School of Business
Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone: (410) 543-6333
FAX: (410) 546-6208
E-mail: fmshipper@salisbury.edu
Home Page: http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~fmshippe/home/

From: Joshua Joseph [mailto:joshua@ethics.org]

Travis,

On your second question, the "Families and Work Institute" conducts a
comprehensive, well-respected study called "The National Study of the
Changing Workforce" every five years.

It was last conducted in 1997 and is being run again this year. I know
satisfaction is among the data they track. The executive summary is
available at: http://www.familiesandwork.org/nationalstudy.html

Cheers,

Joshua Joseph
Research Manager
Ethics Resource Center (www.ethics.org)

-----Original Message-----
....

2) I'm looking for a stat on how satisfied the general population is
with
their work/job. Can anyone direct me to a good survey? A survey
conducted
by the popular media (such as CNN) or even the Gallup organization would
be
great!

Travis Bradberry