Barb refers to 16 competencies.

Boom refers to 5 (VOICE).

As a fellow ex-military person I'd go with the 5 - why? because you can remember 5 more easily, live by them more easily, model them more easily, and make sense of them more easily.

Don't overly complicate things - keep things as simple as possible, but no simpler!

Best wishes,

Martin

You should also check out the following white paper on executive competencies put together by DDI. They have done extensive research into success factors for senior leaders:

http://www.ddiworld.com/pdf/ddi_WhatSeniorLeadersDoTheNineRoles_wp.pdf

More easily remembered, more easily pursued, more easily accomplished. Martin, I agree with you 100%.

sf,
Boom