Constructing a leadership competencies development tool: a case study in a university

This paper describes the process used to define the leadership competencies necessary in a university and subsequently develop an instrument to evaluate these competencies. It begins with a brief overview of literature relating to competencies, then reviews the relationship between competencies and performance management. Focusing on the university that is the subject of the case study, it then outlines the university's performance management system, into which the leadership competencies instrument is to be incorporated. Next it describes the steps taken to develop and gain acceptance of the leadership competencies instrument, and finally it reflects upon the lessons learned through developing the instrument