Senior Leadership Performance Requirements at the Executive Level

by Elliott Jaques, S. Clement, C. Rigby and T. Owen Jacobs

U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Research Report 1420
January 1986

This report deals with the changing nature and increasing complexity at the various GO/SES levels. A general theory of organizational structure is proposed which would facilitate leader development and provide information and decision systems support for executives. A program of action is posited based on findings from interview data which lays out major systematic leadership requirements for a hierarchy of levels of work. Higher level work (structured within a joint, com- bined, and unified command) is characterized as requiring an international perspective and collegiality. Professional development and competency requirements at the top-most levels are consistent with a time horizon of 20 years or more.

 

Major organizations and consulting firms that provide Requisite Organization-based services

A global association of academics, managers, and consultants that focuses on spreading RO implementation practices and encouraging their use
Dr. Gerry Kraines, the firms principal, combines Harry Levinson's leadership frameworks with Elliott Jaques's Requisite Organization. He worked closely with Jaques over many years, has trained more managers in these methods than anyone else in the field, and has developed a comprehensive RO-based software for client firms.
Ron Capelle is unique in his multiple professional certifications, his implementation of RO concepts through well designed organization development methods, and his research documenting the effectiveness of his firm's interventions
Former RO-experienced CEO, Ron Harding, provides coaching to CEOs of start-ups and small and medium-size companies that are exploring their own use of RO concepts.  His role is limited, temporary and coordinated with the RO-based consultant working with the organization
Founded by Gillian Stamp, one of Jaques's colleagues at Brunel, the firm modified Jaques;s work-levels, developed the Career Path Appreciation method, and has grown to several hundred certified assessors in aligned consulting firms world-wide recently expanding to include organization design
Requisite Organization International Institute distributes Elliott Jaques's books, papers, and videos and provides RO-based training to client organizations