Leadership Assessment Test

This assessment is based on Dr. Stephan R Covey's
definition of leader which I liked the most. 
Use your immediate instinct to select the best 
answer without spending time on thinking if you 
want to be honest to yourself.

Once you assess your degree of leadership and find
where you stand on the manager-to-leader ladder,
adjust the answers to get to 100% and see where you
missed to hit. Note that this is what I liked and
the qualities may vary based on one's perspective 
of leadership. I take Gandhi as the leader and Hitler
may be the leader for you.

And please help me and others by casting
your vote in the poll to the right of this assessment.
I welcome your suggestions.

Thank you and have fun -  Sridhar

Scenario

 Choice 1 Choice 2
Most of the times, I am ___ Proactive Reactive
Everybody enjoys to be followed. People follow me because of my ___. Personal Charisma Authority
I get motivated by the ___ I get from my work Money Excitement
Rules help to bring in consistency. I would like to ___ such rules Follow Make
Details cannot be ignored. I focus on ___ Details Vision
I feel the risk is to be properly ___ taken mitigated
Conflicts are common in teams. They are to be ___ for good output used resolved
Good work always yields the best. I enjoy ___ that credit taking giving
Risks are part of life. I always try to ___ search for new roads take existing roads
Teams fail sometimes. If my team fails, it's important for me to ___ the blame take give
Successful outcome is not an option. I look for ___ results achievements
I would like to have ___ first and then ___ in my job control, passion passion, control
When it comes to decisions, I like to ___ them facilitate make
Whenever I take up any activity, I focus on ___ Transaction Transformation
Application of head and/or heart is needed in any activity. I mostly work from my ___ heart head
When it comes to emotions, I always ___ them control undergo
While approaching me, my team will be ___ at ease cautious

    Your Leadership Quotient is %

ScoreYour Category
10%-25%You are a Manager
25%-50%You are a Good Manager
50%-75%You are a prospective Leader
75%-100%You are a Leader

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

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2 comments:

  1. KrishJuly 16, 2009 at 4:44 AM

    Too sad, the options are zero sum, I mean mutually exclusive. For instance I am driven by both money and excitement, but #3 allows me to check only one box. Similarly some emotions I would control (grife, frustration, jealousy), others I would like to undergo (joy,love and empathy). The test I guess could do with a lot of tweaking.

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  2. Sridhar BhaskarlaJuly 16, 2009 at 8:09 AM

    Krish - Thanks for using my script and for your comment too. I agree that we use both the options in our daily life. However, as I mentioned, you would need to choose the best choice available.

    Again, I used Dr. Kovey's definitions as I liked them lot. There are other books that I studied that define leader in a completely contrasting way.

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