AN INTEGRATED LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT MODEL: INTEGRATING ZAT, LOA, AND VFC FOR MULTILEVEL IMPACT

Abstract

This paper introduces an ıntegrated leadership development model that integrates three frameworks—ZAT (psycho-developmental diagnostics), LOA (relational and strategic organizing), and VFC/VCBOM (competency-based organizational scaling). Each model emphasizes a different developmental role: ZAT emphasizes identity and emotional development; LOA (Community Organizing) describes relational power and public narrative; and VFC/VCBOM integrates leadership behaviours in institutional systems through KSAH-based competencies. Leveraging a conceptual synthesis approach, the study develops an integrated, modular framework for youth development, civic movements, and organizational reform. A case scenario illustrates the model in a youth-led education campaign, evidencing how it can help leaders to follow a pathway from personal formation to systemic transformation. Practical/theoretical implications The model provides strategic implications for developing world-class leaders in uncertain and high-context environments such as the Global South. It offers a replicable and scalable mechanism to unite purpose, strategy, and organizational learning—connecting personal development with collective impact and sustained capacity for the long haul.