LEARN:
Leadership Evaluation and
Awareness Resource Network
Purposes
Leadership is a key to the success of any organization. To
succeed, an organization requires leaders with the vision and the skills to guide it
through the treacherous waters of the complex environment in which we live. LEARN is based
on a set of assumptions about what effective leadership is and what effective leaders do.
LEARN is a tool to help leaders develop the skills they will need to succeed in this vital
role.
Description
- LEARN helps leaders improve their effectiveness. LEARN
focuses on leadership behavior and how it is perceived. It allows leaders to assess how
they are performing their various functions. These assessments let leaders think about how
they may want to change, while the material in the LEARN Resource Network allows leaders
to develop those skills best suited to their specific learning needs.
- LEARN provides users with several tools to enhance
learning: diagnostic and feedback tools, learning tools, and planning tools. The
diagnostic and feedback tools help leaders identify areas they may want to enhance, the
learning tools help individuals learn new ways of leading, while the planning tools help
leaders create and implement an action plan. LEARN consists of several interrelated parts:
- The LEARN Upward Feedback Questionnaire, a questionnaire
consisting of a number of statements describing aspects of leadership behavior.
Individuals evaluate current effectiveness in executing each of these behaviors, as well
as how you need to be in order to be a better leader.
- The LEARN Leadership Evaluation Report, which provides a
summary analysis of the assessment data by leadership dimension. Users can examine: the
mean response to each of the items on the questionnaire as well as the distribution of
responses to each item; the five highest and the five lowest rated items; the implications
of what each item and dimension measures; why the item is important to leadership
effectiveness; how effective the individual is perceived to be and; most importantly, how
you can go about increasing competence.
- The LEARN Resource Network, a knowledge base concerning the
practice and development of effective leadership behaviors.
Applications
LEARN is a tool that enables leaders to:
- Evaluate how effective leadership behavior is perceived to
be.
- Increase understanding of how to improve effectiveness as a
person who has leadership and managerial/supervisory responsibilities
- Receive feedback about behaviors associated with leadership
effectiveness in your specific organizational culture
- Develop awareness of their strengths and weaknesses as a
leader
- Form mentoring relationships that will facilitate their
personal growth and development
- Have a framework for measuring the success of leadership
development efforts
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