Leader-Manager Self Assessment
Your Leadership-Management Assessment Report
This report provides an analysis, based on your self-assessment response to each of the 32 items, revealing your relative strengths in eight leadership and management competencies and your tendency toward leadership skills or management skills.
The four Leadership competencies are Vision, Action, Mobilization and Change and can be shown in the following formula:
V + A + M = C
The four Management competencies are Planning, Organizing, Directing and Stabilizing and can be shown in the following formula:
P + O + D = S
All eight competencies are essential for an organization to function well and yet each of us have different levels of experience, training and expertise in these competencies. The purpose of this assessment is to provide you a glimpse of your relative strengths and weaknesses in leadership vs. management along with each of their relative competencies.
Step 1: Your strongest Competencies—Leadership or Management
Review your Leadership and Management scores below to answer the following questions:
- Are you stronger in Leadership or Management Competencies?
- What is your score strength in Leadership?
- What is your score strength in Management?
My Ranked Leadership vs Management Scores (Highest to Lowest)
| Leadership vs Management | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Management | 0 |
| 2. | Leadership | 0 |
Total Scores can range from a low of 16 to a high of 80.
Scores in the 16-40 range: Begin developing your management skills
Scores in the 41-60 range: Continue developing your management skills
Scores in the 61-80 range: Share your management skills and experience with others
Step 2: Your strongest Leadership competencies
Review your Leadership competency scores to answer the following questions:
- What are your strongest Leadership competencies?
- What competencies need more development?
My Ranked Leadership Scores (Highest to Lowest)
| Leadership Competency | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vision | 0 |
| 2. | Action | 0 |
| 3. | Mobilization | 0 |
| 4. | Change | 0 |
Scores can range from a low of 4 to a high of 20
Scores in the 4-9 range: Begin developing your management skills
Scores in the 10-15 range: Continue developing your management skills
Scores in the 16-20 range: Share your management skills and experience with others
Step 3: Your strongest Management competencies
- What are your strongest Management competencies?
- What competencies need more development?
My Ranked Management Scores (Highest to Lowest)
| Management Competency | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Planning | 0 |
| 2. | Organizing | 0 |
| 3. | Directing | 0 |
| 4. | Stability | 0 |
Scores can range from a low of 4 to a high of 20
Scores in the 4-9 range: Begin developing your management skills
Scores in the 10-15 range: Continue developing your management skills
Scores in the 16-20 range: Share your management skills and experience with others
Step 4: Develop your Leadership competencies
Definition of a leader: A leader is a person who sees a vision, takes action toward the vision and mobilizes others to become partners in pursuing change.
V + A + M = C
Based on your ranked leadership scores in Step 2, write at least one specific, intentional and measurable (SIM) goal for each of the four competencies of leadership. Develop additional goals for competencies that require more development.
V = Vision – The ability to conceptualize a preferred future
A = Action – The power to do what needs to be done to move toward that preferred future
M = Mobilization – The influencing of people to voluntarily engage and move into the leadership process with you
C = Change – A result achieved through intentional action toward the preferred reality
Step 5: Develop your Management competencies
Definition: Management provides functions that include planning, organizing, directing the work of others and pursuing organizational stability
P + O + D = S
Based on your ranked management scores in Step 3, write at least one specific, intentional and measurable (SIM) goal for each of the four competencies of management. Develop additional goals for competencies that require more development.
P = Planning – The ability to strategically design a clear and specific pathway toward the vision. Involves strategic plans and budgets to guide the organization toward its goals.
O = Organizing – Collecting and coordinating all resources (things and people) needed to move toward the vision
D = Directing – Supervising the work of people as they fulfil their role in pursuing the vision. Goals, accountability and performance evaluation are provided.
S = Stability – Creating consistency and predictability so that the organization can function in the right way over time. Change is formalized into policies and procedures to insure that day-to-day functions are done and done right.
Step 6: Building Your Team
Those who aspire to leadership position should work to increase all of the leadership and management competencies. But, everyone cannot be strong in everything and since all of these competencies are needed for a healthy organization, you should work to find others who have the strengths you may lack.
Consider here the strengths you bring to your team (based on your strongest competencies)
Next, consider the skills that others may bring to complement your strengths and weaknesses to build a team that is strong in both leadership and management.
Use the OLA in your organization:
How healthy is your leadership and your organization from a servant leader perspective? Consider using the OLA (Organizational Leadership Assessment) to gain a complete and accurate perspective on the health of your organization and its leadership.