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Leadership self-assessment

Evaluate your current leadership capabilities and identify growth areas

Complete a comprehensive self-assessment of your leadership skills to establish a baseline for your development journey. This activity helps you identify strengths to leverage and areas for focused improvement.

45 minutes
reflection

Overview

Complete a comprehensive self-assessment of your leadership skills to establish a baseline for your development journey. This activity helps you identify strengths to leverage and areas for focused improvement.

Learning objectives

  • Identify your leadership strengths and development areas
  • Create a personal leadership development plan
  • Establish measurable goals for improvement

Instructions

Follow these steps to complete your leadership self-assessment:

1. Review each leadership competency area 2. Rate yourself honestly on a scale of 1-5 3. Provide specific examples for each rating 4. Identify patterns in your responses 5. Select 2-3 priority areas for development

Steps

1

Complete assessment questionnaire

20 minutes

Work through the leadership competency framework

2

Analyze your results

15 minutes

Review your ratings and identify patterns

3

Create action plan

10 minutes

Define specific development goals and next steps

Pro tips

  • Be honest with yourself - this is for your growth
  • Ask a trusted colleague for their perspective
  • Focus on behaviors, not just intentions

Example outcome

A completed assessment with 3 identified strengths, 2 development areas, and specific action items for the next 30 days

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