The Formula 4 leadership Judgement Indicator

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The Original Authors

Michael Lock is one of the two original authors of the LJI and the leadership framework behind it. He is both a chartered occupational psychologist and a chartered educational psychologist so brings differing perspectives to bear on its development. His current work takes him into a range of organisational contexts, from manufacturers of chemicals to confectionery, usually engaged in the selection and development of senior managers. He has a particular interest in the ‘inner game’ of leadership.

Robert Wheeler is one of the co-founders of Formula 4 Leadership Ltd and was a joint developer both of the Formula 4 Leadership Model and the LJI. He graduated in law from Cambridge University, qualified as a barrister then worked in a range of increasingly senior human resources positions in industry for 15 years. He has run his own management consultancy since 1990 focusing upon the achievement of change and improving performance through people. In addition to leadership he has particular interest in negotiation, coaching and development.

Co-author of the computerised version

Nick Burnard started working with Formula 4 Leadership having being approached to computerise the scoring and report-generation process. Having initially been trained in systems analysis, he has worked in both computer application development and computer infrastructure management for the past 25 years in a variety of companies within the manufacturing and telecoms sectors. He has run his own IT Solutions company for the last five years, working on computer infrastructure and application hosting projects, with special focus on internet-based deployments. He has a particular interest in the development and deployment of automated testing applications using internet and web-based technologies.

Editor of the Manual

Colin Cooper is an academic psychologist at Queen’s University, Belfast, who undertook some psychometric analyses of the LJI in 2004. He has a PhD in Psychology and has published extensively in the areas of individual differences and psychometrics. His current work focuses on the links between general mental ability and reflex latency. He has a particular interest in test construction and validation.

Authors’ acknowledgements

We started thinking about and researching leadership as part of our own personal development in the context where we were running our own busy independent management consultancies. We came from different backgrounds and disciplines but shared certain values about effective leadership and its importance in the lives of people and organisations.

Our original perceptions had been hugely influenced by a wide range of past and present colleagues. As we progressed in this journey, colleagues and clients have continued to challenge, encourage, argue and help us to develop our own thinking.

While these people are far too numerous to mention individually, there have been a whole range of environments within which clients have contributed hugely to our own thinking. These have included individual coaching, workshops, recruitment and assessment centres. We cannot imagine having developed this Indicator and the other concepts of Formula 4 Leadership without their involvement.
The other acknowledgement is to our respective partners and growing families, who have also challenged, encouraged and supported us. They have, moreover, tolerated a massive amount of time, much of it taken from otherwise precious free time, when we have been locked away enjoying the development of this material.

Michael Lock
Bob Wheeler

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