Developing Leadership: The Integrative Approach of Pro●Leader Intervention Program
The impact of leaders on organizational success has been widely documented, and consequently, the leadership training industry has expanded over the past decades. However, this investment has not consistently translated into better leaders. Leadership intervention programs have received notable crit...
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| description | The impact of leaders on organizational success has been widely documented, and consequently, the leadership training industry has expanded over the past decades. However, this investment has not consistently translated into better leaders. Leadership intervention programs have received notable criticism, including (a) lacking individualization (‘one size fits all’ approach), (b) an emphasis on pre-defined skills, and (c) insufficient consideration of context, disregarding other members’ and organizations’ characteristics. This paper introduces and discusses Pro●Leader, an intervention program based on the Leadership Efficacy Model (LEM), which aims to promote leadership through a comprehensive approach to training. In essence, LEM proposes that leadership efficacy increases if leaders are congruent in how they intend to exert leadership (conceptual cycle of leadership) and how they indeed implement the leadership (practical cycle of leadership), considering also the leadership behaviors they display when exerting influence (leadership styles), as well as their own, team members’, and contextual characteristics (antecedent factors). The Pro●Leader intervention program is structured according to the LEM and trains participants across these three components: leadership cycles, styles, and antecedent factors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c3e24fc5888840dd961aa9553fffd13f2025-08-20T03:47:50ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2025-04-0115560110.3390/bs15050601Developing Leadership: The Integrative Approach of Pro●Leader Intervention ProgramA. Rui Gomes0Catarina Morais1Psychology Research Centre, School of Psychology, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, PortugalResearch Centre for Human Development, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 4169-005 Porto, PortugalThe impact of leaders on organizational success has been widely documented, and consequently, the leadership training industry has expanded over the past decades. However, this investment has not consistently translated into better leaders. Leadership intervention programs have received notable criticism, including (a) lacking individualization (‘one size fits all’ approach), (b) an emphasis on pre-defined skills, and (c) insufficient consideration of context, disregarding other members’ and organizations’ characteristics. This paper introduces and discusses Pro●Leader, an intervention program based on the Leadership Efficacy Model (LEM), which aims to promote leadership through a comprehensive approach to training. In essence, LEM proposes that leadership efficacy increases if leaders are congruent in how they intend to exert leadership (conceptual cycle of leadership) and how they indeed implement the leadership (practical cycle of leadership), considering also the leadership behaviors they display when exerting influence (leadership styles), as well as their own, team members’, and contextual characteristics (antecedent factors). The Pro●Leader intervention program is structured according to the LEM and trains participants across these three components: leadership cycles, styles, and antecedent factors.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/5/601leadership trainingLeadership Efficacy Modelleadership stylesleadership planleadership cycles |
| spellingShingle | A. Rui Gomes Catarina Morais Developing Leadership: The Integrative Approach of Pro●Leader Intervention Program Behavioral Sciences leadership training Leadership Efficacy Model leadership styles leadership plan leadership cycles |
| title | Developing Leadership: The Integrative Approach of Pro●Leader Intervention Program |
| title_full | Developing Leadership: The Integrative Approach of Pro●Leader Intervention Program |
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| title_short | Developing Leadership: The Integrative Approach of Pro●Leader Intervention Program |
| title_sort | developing leadership the integrative approach of pro●leader intervention program |
| topic | leadership training Leadership Efficacy Model leadership styles leadership plan leadership cycles |
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