Toward a Leadership Development Model

Abstract

While leadership development is an important area, many researchers acknowledge the lack of effective programs to develop leadership skills and practice. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to present an effective leadership skills development framework. Although the framework of leadership development in this study was literature-based, ten managers from several private oil companies in Iran were interviewed to develop and validate the framework of the proposed leadership development. Obviously, there is no best combination of skills in a leadership development mix for all organizations. Therefore, more research is needed to explore whether the framework and proposed skills are appropriate for other organizations with different cultures and structures. However, the proposed framework can help the organizations to expand their leadership development programs more effectively and efficiently.