The Use of Assessment Centers as a Means to Develop Transformational Leadership

Today's workplace continually requires organizations to empower employees to go beyond their job description to help maintain a competitive edge in the market. Developing transformational leadership in an organization is one means in which a company can attempt to empower and inspire their employees. However, thus far there are a limited number of tools to assist in the development of transformational leadership. The following exploratory review sought to examine the potential use of an assessment center as a means to develop transformational leadership. The topic was examined by analyzing both the assessment center and transformational leadership literatures. The literatures were obtained via a search on Ebscohost and Google scholar databases. The intersection of the literatures was used to develop a proposed framework for the transformational leadership development center that includes suggested dimensions, exercises, and future approaches.