Leadership Effectiveness 360º Assessment

1. Communication Skills
Communication Skills examines how clearly and concisely you convey messages while remaining open to feedback. It asks: “How well do you design and send your messages, and then attentively listen to people’s responses in order to adjust your delivery and message?”

2. Decision-making
Decision-Making refers to your ability to systematically examine options; identify the limitations, outcomes, and risks that should be considered; weigh each possible alternative; and select the option that best meets the desired goals and standards.

3. Delegation
Delegation looks at the extent to which you give team members the freedom and space to determine how they will accomplish the work, tasks, or projects delegated to them. It asks: “To what extent do you create a climate of trust in which people feel they can take risks and make mistakes in order to learn and achieve things in a better or different way?”

4. Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence looks at your ability to recognize, understand, and harness your own feelings and the feelings of others. It asks: “How aware are you of your own emotional reactions and those of others, and how effectively do you put that information to good use?”

5. Managing Change
Managing Change looks at how well you anticipate and plan for future change and then manage yourself and others through it. It asks: “How effectively do you manage personal and widespread change to actively steer the process toward positive and beneficial outcomes for you, your team, and your organization?”

6. Setting Goals and Standards
Setting Goals and Standards refers to your ability to manage activities and projects using measurable goals and standards while working with others to establish best practices, develop understanding, and build commitment. It examines your ability to evaluate and prioritize goals, intentions, and action standards; eliminate barriers to the goal-setting process; evaluate goals against defined criteria; and use goals to motivate.

7. Team Building
Team Building looks at the extent to which you trust, coach, and guide your team members to help them take greater ownership of their work and results. It asks: “How well do you empower individuals and teams so they believe the consequences of their actions are their own?”

8. Visualizing the Future
Visualizing the Future requires creative leadership and examines the extent to which you think about the medium- and long-term future to identify a positive and compelling vision of what could be. It asks: “How well do you anticipate what may happen and find creative or inspirational ways to describe that future to team members?”