Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Military Leader Influence

Technical Report 1281

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Military Leader Influence

Michelle Wisecarver, Rob Schneider, Hannah Foldes, and Michael Cullen Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, Inc. Michelle Ramsden Zbylut U.S. Army Research Institute

March 2011

United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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BARBARA A. BLACK, Ph.D. Research Program Manager Training and Leader Development

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Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, Inc.

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MICHELLE SAMS, Ph.D. Director

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1. REPORT DATE (dd-mm-yy):

March 2011

4.TITLE AND SUBTITLE

2. REPORT TYPE:

Final

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Military Leader Influence

3. DATES COVERED (from. . . to)

May 2008 to March 2010

5a.CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBER

DASW01-03-D-0016, DO# 0035

5b. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER

622785

6. AUTHORS

Michelle Wisecarver, Rob Schneider, Hannah Foldes, Michael Cullen (Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, Inc.); Michelle Ramsden Zbylut (U.S. Army Research Institute)

5c. PROJECT NUMBER

A790

5d. TASK NUMBER

333

5e. WORK UNIT NUMBER

7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)

Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, Inc 1300 North 17th Street, Suite 100 Arlington, VA 22209

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U. S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral & Social Sciences ATTN: DAPE-ARI-RK 851 McClellan Ave, Building 90 Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027-1360

1. MONITOR ACRONYM

ARI

11. MONITOR REPORT NUMBER

Technical Report 1281

12. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES

Contracting Officer's Representative and Subject Matter POC: Michelle Ramsden Zbylut

14.ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words):

Military leaders must effectively use influence across a variety of contexts and people. This report provides a comprehensive review of leader influence strategies and the factors that impact the influence process and influence outcomes. A detailed description is provided of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (KSAOs) related to successful influence, and measures currently available for these KSAOs are presented. This report also discusses the usefulness of different measurement approaches for the 64 identified KSAOs. Finally, training needs and approaches to develop a leader's influence KSAOs are discussed.

15. SUBJECT TERMS

Influence, persuasion, influence strategy, influence skills, influence outcomes, influence tactics, leadership, interpersonal skills, leader development

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16. REPORT

17. ABSTRACT 18. THIS PAGE

Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified

19. ABSTRACT

Unlimited

2. NUMBER OF PAGES

150

21. RESPONSIBLE PERSON

Ellen Kinzer Technical Publication Specialist 703-545-4225

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Technical Report 1281

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for Military Leader Influence

Michelle Wisecarver, Rob Schneider, Hannah Foldes, and Michael Cullen Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, Inc.

Michelle Ramsden Zbylut U.S. Army Research Institute

Fort Leavenworth Research Unit James W. Lussier, Chief

U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences 2511 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202-3926

March 2011

Army Project Number 622785A790

Personnel, Performance and Training Technology

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

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