Promoting Realistic Self-Assessment as the Basis for Effective Leader Self-Development

Not Available "The proposed research effort has several intents. The first is to identify those cognitive and motivational processes that contribute to leader self development (enabling processes) and those processes, such as ego defensive and self-enhancement biasesthat interfere with effective self-learning (minimizing processes). Another is to identify and develop assessment tools for attributes that promote realistic self-assessment and self-evaluation as a foundation of an effective leader self-developmentprogram. The third intent is to design a leader self development support program that emphases enabling processes, bypasses minimizing processes, and targets (a) leader self-development skills, and (b) leader interpersonal skills. In military careers,and increasingly in civilian careers, change and adaptation to new environments, new jobs, and new responsibilities are increasing frequent. Adaptations require the openness and flexibility to develop skills, knowledge, and perspectives to meet newdemands successfully. In terms of personnel the fundamental unit is the individual. The abilities of individuals to pro-actively engage in self-development processes and assessment is the basis for organizational adaptation and organizational achievementunder dynamic, multi-dimensional environmental change. Understanding the pre-conditions for self-development to take place and the processes by which it can be enhanced and accelerated reliably appears to us to have substantial applications for individualand organization in and out of government which are knowledge based organizations."