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research efforts directed on how innovation leaders can assess, design, and implement a new organizational culture that supports continuous innovation and sustainable growth stressed the need for innovation leaders to aim for sustained competitive advantage by creating new roles, promoting high performance, and implementing innovation-focused employee reward systems. While exploring the concept of followership, the different types of followers, and the traits that make a follower successful, he highlighted the role of interpersonal skills, including but not limited to active listening, transparent communication, and seeking help when required, and stressed the importance of innovation leaders fostering and sustaining productive relationships with their subordinates by offering constructive feedback and acknowledging their contributions.
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item‐total correlations, Cronbach's alpha coefficients, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis, and identified the factors accounting for the variation in the results, along with establishing the appropriateness regarding the model fit of the four latent factors or competency clusters of the LCI. In his further research, he updated the LCI to include a fifth competency cluster in 2012 to align with the U.S. Department of Labor's
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client relationships while taking into account situational factors and executing solutions through collaborative efforts in order to achieve success. Focusing his research efforts on developing internal programs for training and enhancing sales skills, his book
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Joon Yoon, Hyung; Hoon Song, Ji; Donahue, Wesley E.; Woodley, Katheryn K. (September 2010). "Leadership competency inventory: A systematic process of developing and validating a leadership competency scale".
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Joon Yoon, Hyung; Hoon Song, Ji; Donahue, Wesley E.; Woodley, Katheryn K. (September 2010). "Leadership competency inventory: A systematic process of developing and validating a leadership competency scale".
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Rothwell, William J.; Sullivan, Roland L.; Kim, Taesung; Park, Jong Gyu; Donahue, Wesley E. (2015). "Change
Process and Models". In Rothwell, William J.; Stavros, Jacqueline M.; Sullivan, Roland L. (eds.).
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presented a framework and adaptable methodology for fulfilling the organizational requirement of proficiently trained sales personnel by incorporating feedback from accomplished sales professionals.
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Donahue, W.E. & Park, J.E. (2004). The 5-S consulting approach to sales. In
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Boosting Employee Motivation and Engagement: A Competency-Based Approach to Increasing Employee Performance by Focusing on the Work Climate
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A descriptive analysis of the perceived importance of leadership competencies to practicing electrical engineers in Central Pennsylvania
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Kapli, Natalia; Wise, John; Litzinger, Thomas; Donahue, Wesley (June 2006). "Preparing Students To Compete In The Global Marketplace".
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Mastering Project Management: Controlling Time, Money, and Risk: Competency-Based Guidebook Focused on Project Business Management.
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Macko, P., & Donahue, W. E. (2018). Innovation leaders and followership. In Innovation Leadership (pp. 29–35). Routledge.
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Rothwell, William J.; Sullivan, Roland L.; Kim, Taesung; Park, Jong Gyu; Donahue, Wesley E. (2015). "Change Process and Models".
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Developing Strategies to Retain Talent : A Competency-Based Approach for Building a Positive and Inclusive Workplace Culture
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