Quick Leadership Assessment

This is a leadership assessment. The idea is that by identifying and strengthening these items, you will reduce stress, increase your energy, and increase leadership opportunities for greater role satisfaction.

Instructions: Start by checking the box preceding the statements which are true for you. 

  Empowered Leadership
I have a strong vision for my team; all team members know what it is and have bought into it.
I encourage creativity and innovation; I actively seek and use others’ ideas.
The team culture is cooperative vs. adversarial.
The team regularly sets goals, and everyone is excited about reaching these goals.
I am qualified by experience, motivation, and personal skills to lead the team.
I initiate HUGE requests and trust my team to deliver on them.
I am developing leaders from among my team members.
Team members are proud of their role on, and the work done by the team.
The team is customer-sensitive and customer-driven…really.
I encourage team members to make decisions and take appropriate risks.
  Management
Employee accountabilities are clear and are in writing.
I conduct “Employee Success Conferences” at least quarterly.
I know my Key Performance Indicators and monitor them regularly.
I have self-managing systems in place to address common work situations.
Each employee is in the job that best uses his/her strengths; there are no mismatches.
Consequences are imposed for non-performance.
Employees are fully competent and skilled or a training plan is in place to get them there within a year.
No one is coasting or being “carried” by the team.
Everything has a deadline or promised completion date and deliverables are reviewed regularly.
I am visible and accessible to my team.
  Team Work
I know how to be a great team player and I am one myself.
The team is set up to maximize strengths not cover for weaknesses.
Every team member has a mentor or a work buddy.
I trust all the members of my team.
We get along well and respect our individual needs.
I schedule regular time for the team to focus on the process and practice of being a team.
I focus on people and results; not just results.
I do not gossip or talk negatively about others, either inside or outside the team.
I use the team as a resource to address problems that arise. I behave as if “none of us is as smart as all of us.”
I share positive stories about my team members as a way to communicate success.
  High Productivity
All paperwork is touched only once.
Routine tasks are automated. We leverage technology, always.
We have very few “problems.” When they occur they are handled immediately.
I tell my team exactly what I want from them to be productive.
My team has the equipment and training they need to do their jobs.
Team members get the training they need to increase their productivity every year.
Daily “huddles” are incredibly productive and support daily success.
Every team meeting accomplishes something specific.
The team does complete work; nothing thrown together or substandard.
Team members communicate what is getting in the way of their being productive and know how to make requests versus complaints.
 
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