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Part I. Are You a Dynamic Leader?
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*Title
President, CEO, CFO, CTO, CIO, etc.
Vice President
Director
Manager
Professional Staff
*Industry/Area of Expertise
Business Services - Legal, Consulting, etc.
Creative - Artist, Design, Writer, etc.
Engineering, Technology, Telecommunications
Financial/Insurance
Health Care, Pharmaceuticals
Manufacturing
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*Sex
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*Age
Under 25
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65+
1. My leadership career progression:
Is excellent - I have been identified as a high potential leader and receive consistent promotional and growth opportunities.
Is good - my managers are invested in developing my leadership skills and I have been given some promotional and growth opportunities.
Is fair - while I receive some leadership and promotional opportunities, it seems that my potential is not often recognized.
Is diminishing - my leadership and growth opportunities are stalled.
Has not begun, I would like to be recognized as a potential leader.
2. I identify my leadership strengths and weaknesses through:
A recent performance evaluation, 360° assessment, personality and emotional intelligence measures have provided feedback to clearly identify my strengths and areas where I need to grow.
A recent performance evaluation and 360° assessment is available. I do not have recent personality or emotional intelligence data.
Basic performance evaluations and informal feedback are available. Self-assessment helps me to identify strengths and weaknesses.
In the absence of performance evaluation data, I utilize the results of personality measures and informal feedback to self-assess.
Formal feedback is not readily available; I use informal feedback and self assessment to identify strengths and weaknesses.
3. My leadership development efforts include:
A written development plan that identifies strengths and growth opportunities; mentoring and/or coaching; attending courses; reading.
A written development plan that identifies strengths and growth opportunities; attending courses; reading.
Informal ideas about strengths/growth opportunities, courses, reading.
Occasional courses and/or reading.
None of the above.
4. My leadership character is evidenced by:
A clear set of values and leadership philosophy that I follow consistently.
Clear values and a leadership philosophy that I follow much of the time.
Intent and effort to uphold values, undefined philosophy of leadership.
Positive intent; yet little thought to values or leadership philosophy.
5. My commitment to mentoring and developing my staff includes:
Hiring, coaching and mentoring high potential leaders who may become top leaders in the future.
Hiring, coaching and mentoring talented staff with special attention to those who may become my successor.
Utilizing naturally occurring opportunities to mentor and develop staff with formal developmental feedback and planning during performance reviews.
Occasional informal mentoring and coaching with formal developmental feedback and planning during performance reviews.
Little mentoring and coaching, this is not an area of strength for me.
6. My capacity to inspire others is evidenced by:
An atmosphere of collaboration with highly energized staff.
A majority of staff engaging in collaboration much of the time.
A core group of staff engaging in collaboration much of the time.
Some instances of collaboration with solid efforts on routine work.
Little collaboration, I would like to learn how to inspire others.
7. My capacity for perspective and leadership wisdom is:
Broad and deep, I can both participate in and observe the process.
Broad and deep, with a loss of perspective some of the time.
Growing in breadth and depth.
Beginning to develop; experience and feedback is needed for me to grow.
8. During high pressure and/or conflict situations, I:
Am generally aware of my own feelings, sense feelings of team members and actively work to support others and reduce tension.
Am generally aware of my own feelings and maintain emotional self-control.
Often become frustrated and withdraw from the discussion.
Am frequently unable to maintain emotional self-control and display behaviors such as obvious irritability and shortness with others.
9. My ability to lead teams toward discipline, execution and accountability is:
A major strength, my teams deliver high quality work according to timelines.
Generally strong, my teams' productivity and work quality are well above average.
Average, most of the time my teams deliver quality work in a timely manner.
A challenge, my teams struggle to deliver quality work on time.
Below average, my teams tend to be disorganized and inefficient.
10. Efforts I make to achieve lifestyle balance include: A) A healthy diet B) Regular exercise C) Taking adequate time off D) Quality time with family and friends E) Time alone to recharge energy.
All of the above.
Four of the above.
Three of the above.
Two or less of the above.

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