Applying Leadership Self-Efficacy Theory: Understanding the Innerworkings of Assessments by Creating Our Own

Charlotte Norsworthy (recent Grady M.A. student, current instructor), Keith Herndon, Brittany Adams-Pope, Carolyn Turknett and Lauren Harris (June 2021). Distinguished Paper Award at the annual conference of the Association of Leadership Educators. Applying Leadership Self-Efficacy Theory: Understanding the Innerworkings of Assessments by Creating Our Own. Paper presented for the annual conference of the Association of Leadership Educators held virtually.   

Abstract: This innovative practice paper explores a theoretical framework supporting leadership self-assessments — leadership self-efficacy theory. The paper describes the theory’s application in an exemplar self-assessment instrument and explains our approach to understanding the inner workings of assessments by creating and testing our own. Note: This paper resulted from an academic-industry collaboration with the Cox Institute’s Levin Leaders program, UGA’s Fanning Institute, and the Turknett Leadership Group. For a web story about the collaboration, the paper and its award, click here: https://coxinstitute.grady.uga.edu/collaboration-led-by-cox-institute-wins-distinguished-paper-award-at-ale-conference/