Cognitive skills and leadership performance: The nine critical skills

Mumford, Michael D.; Todd, E. Michelle; Higgs, Cory; McIntosh, Tristan

doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.10.012

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“…Attempts to define and measure leadership performance are generally based on unavoidably inadequate analyses of key performance indicators (Parmenter ) which become even less informative in uncertain environments (Griffin, Neal and Parker ), especially considering the complexities of leadership (Mumford et al. ). Part of the challenge lies in the indirect nature of the links between leader behaviour and outcomes resulting from the complex interactions between leaders and their social and organizational environments (Day et al.…”

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Mindfulness and job performance: a study of Australian leaders

King

Haar

2017

Asia Pac J Human Res

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Mindfulness relates to being aware of the present reality and living in the moment, and, while linked to well-being, it has only recently been tested on specific leader samples. Despite attention, the links between mindfulness and job performance are scarce, with the performance of leaders especially so. The present study tests self-reported mindfulness from 84 Australian leaders towards two forms of leadership performance as rated by their immediate manager. Using structural equation modelling, we find mindfulness is positively related to leadership self-mastery and leadership organizational-transformation. The best fit for the data was a full mediation model: mindfulness predicting leadership self-mastery, predicting leadership organizational-transformation. Furthermore, we tested for the moderating effects of tenure duration and found that mindfulness was especially beneficial for leadership self-mastery at low tenure duration. Findings suggest that leadership performance may ultimately be enhanced by having leaders who are more mindful and present at work. Key points1 Mindfulness is positively related to leadership self-mastery and leadership organizational-transformation. 2 Findings support a full mediation model: mindfulness predicting leadership selfmastery, predicting leadership organizational-transformation. 3 Tenure plays a moderating role on mindfulness towards both performance dimensions. 4 Leadership performance is enhanced by having leaders who are more mindful and present at work.When the context of work is dynamic, complex and uncertain, leaders cannot rely on experience-based wisdom alone to guide them (Motowidlo and Van Scotter 1994). When the future is rapidly changing, performance results from a leader's capacity to respond Correspondence: Professor Jarrod M Haar,

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Mindfulness and job performance: a study of Australian leaders

King

Haar

2017

Asia Pac J Human Res

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“…The informal leader is considered a leader because of the power he possesses, power generated by knowledge, capacities and motivation (Masteralexis, Barr, & Hums, 2015, p. 39). Mumford, Todd, Higgs and McIntosh (2017) also describe key leadership skills such as planning, scheduling, wisdom, creative thinking, solution visualisation or evaluation of ideas. In order to evaluate social relationships and popularity among members of a social group, sociometric technique is generally used.…”

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Informal Leader’s Personality Traits And Anxiety Levels In Handball Teams

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2019

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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In the context of sport performance, informal leaders are those players that team members choose to follow and from whom everyone awaits solutions in challenging times that occur during training or competitions. Theories about personality describe leaders as having the ability to drive people toward a cause based on the sheer force of their personality. Another important factor influencing sport performance is anxiety. The high level of difficulty, the hard training and competition can be considered causes of the systematic stress, which can influence the behaviour of athletes. Handball is a competitive sport, its spectacularity being given by the dynamic game, with frequent and unexpected changes of situations. The aim of our research was to identify personality traits and anxiety levels which are associated with the scores obtained by the athletes, after performing a sociometric assessment, in terms of reputation. The participants were 30 female handball players, from the School Sports Club no. 6 Bucharest, aged between 14 and 15 years old. The instruments used in our research were: the Five Factor Personality Questionnaire (CP5F) and the Endler Multidimensional Anxiety Scales (EMAS), belonging to the computerised platform of psychological assessment CAS++, designed by Cognitrom. Following the application of Pearson correlation, statistically significant relations were revealed between the results registered by the athletes, for: personality traits, anxiety levels evaluated in different contexts and PSI (preferential status index). The results emphasise specific personality features of the informal leader, which reflect significantly upon social integration of the athletes in the handball team.

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“…High-level thinking needs to be trained through the provision of a stimulus that requires a person to think at a high level, the students desperately need the thinking skills to obtain and process their own information acquired [13] [14].…”

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“…Characteristics of a person have high-level thinking skills that are: a) can generate important questions and problems and formulate it clearly and precisely; B) may collect and assess relevant information and use abstract ideas to interpret them effectively; C) be able to conclude and provide a good solution, and test it based on relevant criteria and standards; D) have open-mindedness of thought, acknowledgment and other values; E) can communicate effectively with others to solve complex problems [13] [14] [15].…”

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Profile of Elementary School Pre-Service Teacher Based on High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) on Natural Science Subject

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Sajidan²,

Sunarno³

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the International Conference on Teacher Training and Education 2017 (ICTTE 2017)

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Scientific inquiry and project-based learning can foster the ability to think, work, and be scientific and communicate it as an important aspect of Life Skills. Science learning emphasizes the provision of direct learning experience through the use and development of process skills and scientific attitudes, so as to empower the high thinking ability of Elementary School Pre-Service Teacher (ESPT). The aim of this study to determine the competence profile of high-order thinking skills (HOTS) ability of 120 pre-service teachers in science materials at Universitas Sebelas Maret. Sources of data in the form of scores of test results of high order thinking skills that have been validated and tested its reliability. High order thinking skills tests include creative thinking skills and analyzing processes. The technique of data retrieval is done by giving written test instrument in the form of stuffing to the student, then corrected level of truth of answer based on predetermined criteria. The ESPT improvement on creative thinking skills can be seen from the average of N-Gain. The data obtained were analyzed descriptively quantitatively. This study shows that the competence of preservice teachers in HOTS has a mean of 33.2% (40 ESPT). This indicates that the high thinking skills of prospective elementary teachers are medium category, but still needed improvement on certain materials.

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Cognitive skills and leadership performance: The nine critical skills

Cited by 135 publications

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Mindfulness and job performance: a study of Australian leaders

Mindfulness and job performance: a study of Australian leaders

Informal Leader’s Personality Traits And Anxiety Levels In Handball Teams

Profile of Elementary School Pre-Service Teacher Based on High Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) on Natural Science Subject

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