The Importance of Qalb for Effective Leadership Competency in Organization

Literature Review

There have been many literatures trying to identify competencies which are essential to all leaders in driving the organizational performance. Boyatzis (1982) looked for the characteristic which seems to be associated with effective performance by managers. As a result of surveying more than 2,000 managers across 12 organizations, it was found that self-confidence, proactivity, efficiency, communication skill, self-control, impact orientation, etc. Gentry and Leslie (2007) conducted the study to determine what are the main leadership competencies by using the data which covers over 24,000 managers from 30 different industries and 101 organization. As the result of the study, the following main leadership competencies were identified: strategic thinking, innovation, risk-taking, communication, decision making, employee leadership, mentoring, listening, optimal talent allocation, management of change, talent allocation. Geoghegan and Dulewicz (2008) went investigating specific competencies that managers need to lead the Project Success by surveying 52 project manages and project sponsors from a financial services company in the United Kingdom. It was concluded that the managing resources, engaging communication, empowering, developing and achieving were found to be significantly related to the success in project management.