Resources

Resources

• DOAJ: Directory of Open access Journals

  Covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
• How to Learn from Experience: A-O-R Model

  An explanation of the Action-Observation-Reflection model of leadership.
• National Visionary Leadership Project (NVLP)

  The mission of the National Visionary Leadership Project (NVLP) is to develop the next generation of leaders by recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of extraordinary African American elders–Visionaries—who have transcended barriers, shaped American history, and influenced the world through the rich African American tradition of social change.
• Performance Management: Team Effectiveness Leadership Model

  How can managers and team leaders improve poor team results? How can successful teams be even more effective? Dr, Robert Ginnett of the Center for Creative Leadership has developed the Team Effectiveness Leadership Model, which can be used to identify what is required for a team to be effective and point the leader either toward the roadblocks that are hindering the team or toward ways to make the team even more effective.
• TED Talks: Leadership

  TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.
• U.S. Office of Personnel Management

  This is the HR department for Federal employees. It provides useful guidance for managing any employee.

Competency Models

• American Nurses Association: Competencey Model

  The American Nursers Association’s Leadership Institute provides a competency model brochure for the profession.
• NCHL Health Leadership Competency Model

  To ensure relevance to leaders from across disciplines, the Model was developed and validated utilizing interdisciplinary subject matter experts, and was refined in collaboration with industrial and education psychologists.
• SHRM’s Competency Model

  SHRM’s Competency Model identifies what it means to be a successful HR professional- across the performance continuum, around the globe, from early to executive career levels. The competency model and the resources developed based on the model provide the foundation for talent management throughout the HR life-cycle.