Name Harold Schroder | ||
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Books Managerial Competence: The Key to Excellence, Education for Freedom |
Harold M. Schroder was professor of psychology at Princeton University who conducted research into the so-called 'High Performance Leadership Competencies'.
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Their validation across public and private organisations was carried out by Schroder and his colleagues initially while he was Professor of Management at the University of South Florida. and later in US and UK corporations, including RBS
Many leadership development consultancies utilize the so-called 'Schroder framework' he described as an objective measure of leadership behaviour critical for managing complexity and change.
His book 'Managerial Competence: The Key to Excellence' was featured in Personnel Today's seven must-read books in 2006.
Selected Bibliography
Cockerill, T.; Hunt, J.; Schroder, H. (1995). "Managerial Competencies: Fact or Fiction?". Business Strategy Review, 6: 1–12. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8616.1995.tb00095.x.