Leadership & Organization Development Journal: Volume 20 Issue 5

Leading through communication, conversation and dialogue

Kurt A. April

South Africa has gone through a period of unprecedented change in moving from Apartheid to democracy. These sociological changes have also infiltrated organisational life and…

Can emotional intelligence be measured and developed?

Victor Dulewicz, Malcolm Higgs

Emotional intelligence (EI) is a topic of growing interest. This article describes the design of a new tailored instrument to measure emotional intelligence, which was piloted on…

Identifying key characteristics of technical project leadership

Mohan Thite

This paper explores the nature and importance of leadership in technical projects. It argues that there is a need to develop a leadership model incorporating the distinguishing…

The advocacy approach to OD consulting: neutral is not enough

Gregory E. Huszczo, Maureen Sheahan

Conventional wisdom suggests that a consultant serving a joint union‐management organization development (OD) change effort acts as a third‐party neutral. However, this paper…

The role of trainee and environmental factors in transfer of training: an exploratory framework

A.R. Elangovan, Leonard Karakowsky

Organizational concerns over the cost and effectiveness of training programs have focused attention on the effectiveness of the transfer of training to the job‐site. This paper…

First IPD national training survey

Mission statements - What are they for and how effective are they?

Research shows real cost of meetings to UK business

Managing to innovate: business innovation still seeking sponsors