highest PRA during their career (Retrieved from:
http://www.opm.gov/ses/performance/presrankawards/2012PRAGuidance.pdf)..)
PRA recipients role model effective leader (Yukl, 2010) characteristics. There are
discernible correlations between award criteria and desirable EI attributes. Excerpts of
the award criteria are as follows:
The President [confers] the ranks of Distinguished Executive and Meritorious
Executive on a select group of career members of the SES [Senior Executive
Service] who have provided exceptional service to the American people over an
extended period of time. These senior executives are outstanding leaders who
consistently demonstrate strength, integrity, industry, and a relentless
commitment to public service. Through their personal conduct and results-
oriented leadership, they have earned and kept a high degree of public confidence
and trust. The executive has also demonstrated the ability to lead people
effectively by fostering employee development, cooperation and teamwork, and
by constructive resolution of conflicts [emphases added] (Retrieved from:
http://www.opm.gov/ses/performance/rankaward.asp))
Stratified purposeful selection entailed administering a validated EI instrument to
PRA recipients who, based on an announcement provided by the Senior Executive
Association after informal written support was conveyed by an official from the Office of
Personnel Management, contacted the researcher to express interest in participating. The
purpose of an instrument is to identify those who possess high EI. The instrument used
was a modified version of the Personal Excellence Map (PEM) (Hammett, Nelson &
Low, 2011). As described in the PEM Interpretation and Intervention Guide, the PEM©
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