Acknowledging the Paucity of Leadership Training Assessment across the Disciplines

Authors:

*  Jean Ostrom-Blonigen (North Dakota State Univ)

*  Mike Allen (Univ of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)

*  Sheri L. Erickson (North Dakota State Univ)

*  Susan E. Bornsen (North Dakota State Univ)

Abstract:

Millions of dollars are spent each year by organizations, communities and higher education in an attempt to enhance leadership skills. This meta-analysis of 36 studies measures the effectiveness of leadership training. The results demonstrate the importance of leadership training and reveal the lack of diligent post-training assessment. Overall, this study concludes that training is effective, but the glamour and funding has gone into training with minimal assessment effort. (*** Top Paper in Training & Development)