Critical Leadership Skills Survey
Instructions
In answering these 30 questions, think about your behavior in a particular role or situation. For example, your frame of reference might be:
The way you demonstrate leadership as the formal head of a group or organization
Your peer leadership as a member of a work team
The way you lead and inspire yourself when dealing with personal or professional adversity
Please answer the questions about yourself using the following scoring categories:
1 = Never or almost never true
2 = Seldom true
3 = Sometimes true
4 = Often true
5 = Almost always true
If you have difficulty answering a question, choose the category that comes closest to describing the way you are.
Critical Leadership Skills Survey
STEP #1. Record your score for each question below. Each strategy is measured by three questions. Then total the scores for the three questions for each strategy.
Strategy 1:
Vision and Quick Victories
Questions |
Score |
1 |
_______ |
11 |
_______ |
21 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Strategy 2:
Symbolism and Personal Examples
Questions |
Score |
2 |
_______ |
12 |
_______ |
22 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Strategy 3:
Optimism and Reality
Questions |
Score |
3 |
_______ |
13 |
_______ |
23 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Strategy 4:
Stamina
Questions |
Score |
4 |
_______ |
14 |
_______ |
24 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Strategy 5:
The Team Message
Questions |
Score |
5 |
_______ |
15 |
_______ |
25 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Strategy 6:
Core Team Values
Questions |
Score |
6 |
_______ |
16 |
_______ |
26 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Strategy 7:
Conflict
Questions |
Score |
7 |
_______ |
17 |
_______ |
27 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Strategy 8:
Lighten Up!
Questions |
Score |
8 |
_______ |
18 |
_______ |
28 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Strategy 9:
Risk
Questions |
Score |
9 |
_______ |
19 |
_______ |
29 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Strategy 10:
Tenacious Creativity
Questions |
Score |
10 |
_______ |
20 |
_______ |
30 |
_______ |
TOTAL |
_______ |
Critical Leadership Skills Profile
STEP #2. Next, plot your profile below, using the “Totals” from Step 1, to create a graph.
Critical Leadership Skills Analysis Guide
1. Were there any suprises in your profile—low points or high points—that you didn’t understand?
2. If so, examine the individual questions that made up each of the ten dimensions (corresponding to the ten strategies) you have plotted. Does that help explain your profile?
3. Of the ten strategies, which are your strongest or most developed?
4. Which of the strategies need to be strengthened or further developed?