Abstract
The strategic thinking of organizational leaders at all levels is widely recognized as a requirement for organizational growth and profitability. Despite the consensus on the need for strategic thinking, it is often decried as lacking–yet there is sparse literature on what it requires and how it should be cultivated and measured. Building on literature that identifies practices in currently use in organizations to develop and assess strategic thinking, this paper discusses the steps involved in developing and testing the Individual Behavioral Assessment Tool for Strategic Thinking, including the use of a Delphi panel and initial administration to executive leadership program participants. Cronbach’s alpha and principal component analysis indicated that the instrument is internally consistent and unidimensional. Rasch analysis suggested a possible reduction in items that maintains good overall instrument performance. The instrument can be used by practitioners to identify gaps in an individual’s strategic thinking behaviors, specify a job-specific competency model, and direct professional development. The instrument fills a gap in the theoretical literature by extending the descriptions of strategic thinking to include a comprehensive set of required individual behaviors. As such, it is the first theoretically based instrument to detail the specific competencies required to think strategically.
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