An Analysis of Leadership Competency Models

Abstract

The role of leaders is exceptional within an organisation; success in our accelerated world depends on their leadership skills, suitability and aptitude. Therefore, organisations need competent leaders that are able to operate the organization in an efficient and effective way in a changing environment. Competency models endeavour to collect the most important criteria of outstanding leadership: those personal characteristics that define their success. In our study we present three general leadership competency models in detail. We analysed the corporate applicability of these models based on their measurability, context dependence and their planning aspect.