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The
Quick Leadership Analysis
An Assessment of Leadership
Qualities and Skills
Leadership Self-Assessment Part I
THE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP
Instructions: For each of the statements below, indicate how full
your cup is. That is, on a 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being full to
overflowing, how do you measure to your own sense of the optimum?
low to empty
half full full
to overflowing
1
2
3
4
5
a) I know myself, my values and skills,
my strengths and weaknesses.
a)______
b) I am confident of meeting most challenges and
emerging intact and feeling good about myself.
b)______
c) I have a vision of where we ought to be going as
a group, community, society, people.
c)______
d) I call my group, community or organization to act
out of values that transcend the day to day,
business as usual, garden variety norms of operation.
d)______
e) I possess above-average intelligence, I have lived
long and perceptively and use that intelligence to
create wisdom, and my actions are tempered by judgment.
e)______
f) I am constantly excited by the learning process,
which stretches out before me as far as I can see.
f)______
g) I am constantly renewed by what I learn and by my
interaction with others.
g)______
h) I am constantly amazed at how I pick out the very
broadest implications of enterprises and projects
which others see in narrow terms.
h)______
i) I see events today along a continuum in time, with
major trends and the sweep of history propelling change.
i)______
j) I see the way to success is through steady
coalition building.
j)______
k) I see great wisdom in building the capabilities of
others, empowering them, motivating them to do
their best.
k)______
l) I possess stamina, energy, tenacity, and enthusiasm
for my work.
l)______
m) I have the courage to take on what I know is right,
regardless of my critics and detractors.
m)______
n) I possess high integrity and intellectual honesty.
n)______
o) I have high moral character, I know what is right and
wrong, and act accordingly.
o)______
p) I am willing to take risks for something I believe in,
whether for people or ideals.
p)______
q) I am an active, effective listener; people seek me out
as a listener.
q)______
r) I present my ideas logically, forcefully, and effec-
tively; my ideas are often adopted.
r)______
s) I understand the nature of power; I exercise and
respect power.
s)______
t) I translate authority as responsibility and assume
my share of it.
t)______
u) I achieve results through concentrating on clear goals
over time; I build small success into something larger.
u)______
v) I have a healthy sense of humor, I laugh at myself
and keep cynicism and sarcasm in rein.
v)______
w) I keep perspective; I know where we are in a process,
how far we've come, how far we've got to go, what's
important in the short run and the long.
w)______
x) I am known for my flexibility, responding to a variety
of situations with appropriate skills, styles and
perceptions.
x)______
THE SKILLS OF LEADERSHIP
Leadership Self-Assessment Part II
Instructions: The following skills have been identified as
important to leadership. Use the scale to rate your skill level.
More importantly, you might wish to ask a trusted colleague or
friend to complete the same assessment on you. A comparison of
the two should yield insight on where to concentrate skills
development.
RATING GUIDE
Feel awkward when Usually practice
Frequent use
Moderate
use
Needs work
1 2
3
4
5
> A. Personal Relationship Skills (working with others)
l) I listen actively to colleagues and those with whom
I work; I hear their words and their feelings.
1)______
2) I maintain an open, warm relationship with others,
encouraging them with praise and genuine respect
of their views and feelings.
2)______
3) I provide others with clear feed-back, reinforc-
ing positive contributions, clarifying and confront-
ing as is helpful.
3)______
4) I elicit information and ideas by asking open-ended
questions.
4)______
5) I mediate for others, helping them find and rein-
force the common ground on which solutions can be built.
5)______
6) I facilitate interpersonal and group relationships,
teaching by example and by making these relationships
visible I provide both knowledge and skills about
productive behavior.
6)______
7) I help groups maintain discipline and direction to-
ward achievement, while suggesting ways in which all
members of a group can participate.
7)______
> B. Task Accomplishment Skills (getting the work done)
l) I initiate ideas, actions, solutions, and procedures.
1)______
2) I elaborate on ideas, using examples and definitions.
2)______
3) I communicate ideas effectively.
3)______
4) I coordinate ideas, activities, relationships,
making sense out of the piece.
4)______
5) I seek information and clarification to shed
light on ideas and suggestions.
5)______
6) I provide information, bringing a base of under-
standing to the subject at hand.
6)______
7) I analyze the idea, task or process, develop-
ing an understanding of each piece and its relation-
ship to the whole.
7)______
8) I diagnose the sources of difficulties.
8)______
9) I summarize for the group, restating progress
and offering a decision or conclusion for consideration.
9)______
10) I evaluate progress, process and products, holding
them up to comparison with standards or expectations.
10)______
11) I manage, using a combination of planning, task
assignment, and guidance to accomplish goals.
11)______
> ANALYSIS/FOLLOW-UP FOR PARTS I & II
If you have asked a colleague or friend to
complete an
assessment, first compare the score for each question for
discrepancies between what you feel is your skill level and the
assessment offered by your colleague. What was most surprising
to you? Note with an asterisk any areas that you or your
colleague scored with a 1, 2, or 3.
Review these, and under each section (the
qualities of
leadership, personal relationship skills, and task assessment
skills), underline three or four on which you wish to work. Use
these as one basis for writing goals and objectives of your
personal learning contract. With a colleague or mentor, discuss
each skill you have underlined to identify resources to help you
improve and practice this skill. The bibliography at the end of
each unit will provide published resources that may be of
interest.
Journal Exercise: If you keep a journal, consider making a short
list of the most important skill areas on which you wish to work.
As you go through the rest of the leadership curriculum, refer to
this list and enter in your journal any specific insights or
questions you have in each skill area. Use your journal as a log
for your own growth and accomplishment.
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