Novel Assessment Tools for Empirical Determinants of Direct Leadership

The overall goal of this project is to improve the assessment, diagnosis, and prediction of direct leadership. To achieve these goals, the following two objectives will be addressed in Phase II. First, we will develop software tools to support an eventbased approach to assessing and diagnosing direct leadership performance. Second, we will conduct a detailed study to investigate the validity and usability of the resulting performance measures. The application of a principled approach to performancemeasurement should result in significant improvements in the diagnostic utility and construct validity of direct leadership measures. The resulting products should have broad potential for the assessment and development of leadership talent.