ILM72 – The Integrated Leadership Model
Assess Leadership Style & Leadership Effectiveness in terms of Leadership behavior
What is the Integrated Leadership Model?
The ILM 72 is a reliable psychometric measure which assesses two important elements:
- Leadership Style
- Leadership Effectiveness in terms of Leadership behaviour
This is the result of a major study carried out by AQR in 2005. It looked at
over 50 leadership models and found that all had their origins in the same
components – 6 scales which represented different aspect of leadership
style. The ILM 72 can be used with almost every leadership model.
What does the ILM72 measure?
Leadership Style
All leaders adopt a preferred way of working. There is no right or wrong style. We know that style is situational. Usefully ILM 72 profiles can be aggregated to form a picture of the leadership style of a group which is an important aspect of culture. ILM 72 measures adopted style across six scales representing the six aspects of leadership style
Scales | Scale Description | Poles |
|---|---|---|
GOAL ORIENTATION | How important achieving goals is to the leader | The Means v. The End |
MOTIVATION | What the leader believes is the path to motivation | The Task v. The Person |
ENGAGEMENT | How leaders will engage with others | Flexible v. Dogmatic |
CONTROL | The extent to which leaders need to be in control | De-Centralised v. Centralised |
RECOGNITION | The leaders preferred approach to recognition | Reward v. Punishment |
STRUCTURE | How important structure is to the leader | Structured v. Organic |
Leadership Effectiveness – core leadership competencies
Further research showed that there were three core competencies which are crucial for leadership effectiveness. The ILM72 was developed to assess these three qualities too.
DETERMINATION TO DELIVER
This describes a single-minded determination to achieve. Most satisfaction – the individuals and the followers – is derived from this
ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIVIDUALS
This describes enhancing the capability, confidence and commitment of individuals to enable them to perform and to fulfil themselves.
ENGAGEMENT WITH TEAMS
The emphasis is on cross functional team working – a leader knows and supports how people work together across the organisation
Developing Leadership Style and Leadership Effectiveness
Both interplay in critical ways. Leadership Effectiveness describes what I need to do to offer effective leadership – Leadership Style describes how I might do that given my particular situation. Al Tafaouq and its international partner AQR has a programme of interventions which suits all applications.