Leadership Competencies Questionnaire

Instructions: Please go through each competency and decide which skill level you have attained by checking one of the (up to) four buttons. Decide what your Improvement Strategy will be and enter your strategy in the box below your selection. Note: if confused by the wording, answer as best as possible.

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Competency:

Ability to Influence: ability to move others to act in a desired way.

Competency Level:

1. Actively attempts to sway others through direct commands to act in a desired way

2. Open to other ideas and listens actively to others before directing them to act in a desired way

3. Coaches others in desired ways to act

4. Influences others by acting in desired way themselves and delegates work in an organized manner which allows others to act in a desired way

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Competency:

Accountability: ability to establish in other team members a commitment to achieving results by making them accountable to the equal sharing of work, the regulating of their behavior and leading by managing in a situational specific manner.

Competency Level:

1. Is able to establish commitment through directly telling people what to do.

2. Listens to others ideas and then directs members to be accountable

3. Use well organized action plans and delegates tasks through collaboration and situational management to make people accountable

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Competency:

Achievement Orientation: desire to do well and work to a high standard.

Competency Level:

1. Sets own standard and works toward it.

2. Asks directly what is expected of him/her.

3. Collaborates with others and then sets standard to work towards

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Competency:

Analytical Thinking: ability to make formal and logical deductions using models and formulas, and scientific solutions. Prefers theory and method to data. Can make systematic comparisons of different features and sets priorities on a rational basis, identifying time sequences and causal relationships.

Competency Level:

1. Consistently uses formal and logical deductions successfully

2. Sporadically has ability to make formal and logical deduction

3. Uses formal and logical deductions but needs developing further

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Competency:

Applying Expertise: ability to gain, use, and disseminate knowledge to oneself, team members, and others.

Competency Level:

1. Acknowledged as expert in the field

2. Learning to apply expertise

3. Can sporadically apply expertise

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Competency:

Bias for Action: tendency to think over problem before taking action

Competency Level:

1. Can appropriately and consistently decide when to act and when to delay

2. Sometimes uses bias for action

3. Acts and thinks afterwards

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Competency:

Collaborating with Others: willingness and ability to work with others to achieve shared success.

Competency Level:

1. Can collaborate when needed

2. Sometimes has ability to collaborate in specific contexts

3. Works alone and prides themselves on their individuality

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Competency:

Communication: ability to utilize multiple communication modes and channels. Utilizing all technology available to keep the team high performing.

Competency Level:

1. Ability to increase resources by being trained in latest communication technology

2. Understands and utilizes present technology and maximizes technology as resource for the team

3. Utilizes some of available technologies but not completely trained in some of the technologies available

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Competency:

Conceptual Thinking: ability to think of new ways to look at problems and detect patterns in systematic reactions

Competency Level:

1. Innovative, creative and applys knowledge adeptly. Communicates concepts clearly and accurately

2. Shows some innovation and application of knowledge. Can communicate clearly and accurately

3. Shows some innovation and application of knowledge but not able to communicate concepts clearly and accurately

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Competency:

Dedication: ability to meet objectives under increasingly challenging circumstances.

Competency Level:

1. Thrives in challenging circumstances and can meet objectives

2. Has some stress in challenging circumstances and meets objectives

3. High stress level in challenging circumstances and doesn't meet objectives

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Competency:

Directiveness: the ability to set firm standards for behavior and through coaching and team building and maintenance hold other team members accountable.

Competency Level:

1. Excellent team leader

2. Learning to coach a team properly

3. Has innate skills to be come team leader but needs training

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Competency:

Flexibility: ability to adapt and work effectively within a variety of situations with other team members, and other individuals. Ability to understand and manage different perspectives on an issue, while using situation specific management skills to manage the team.

Competency Level:

1. Understands and expertly use situational specfic model of management

2. Has been introduced to situational specifci model of management and is practicing methods and uses tools

3. Has not been trained in situation specific model of management

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Competency:

Interpersonal Understanding: committing to understanding other team members by assessing their behavioral competencies.

Competency Level:

1. Is adept at using assessment tools to assess behavioral competencies

2. Is rained in using assessment tools but needs practice

3. No training in assessment procedures

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Competency:

Networking Ability: ability to build relationships and use them to accomplish the goals and objectives

Competency Level:

1. Expert at communicating information and building relationships with others

2. Uses networking to accomplish goals and objective but could do more

3. Does not network

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Competency:

Organizational Awareness: understanding the organizational culture and managing the influences to achieve the objectives. Ability to utilize informal communication channels and utilize decision-making models to achieve high performance.

Competency Level:

1. No strategic management training

2. Understands strategic management but has not been in position to apply knowledge

3. Understands culture of organization and how to identify and adapt to each cultures influences

4. Trained in strategic management, understands how to identify and adapt to changes in organizational culture

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Competency:

Self-Regulation: ability to regulate your own behavior and use emotional intelligence when faced with negative responses or actions when provoked, in times of conflict or while under stress.

Competency Level:

1. Does not deal with conflict well

2. Denies being in conflict with others

3. Knows conflict management techniques

4. Aware of different conflict styles and knows how to appropriately apply them to different situations

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Competency:

Strategic Orientation: ability to link long-range visions and concepts to daily work. Use of time management to keep the team high performing.

Competency Level:

1. Always worked alone

2. Managed other people while creating action plans for others

3. Worked as liaison between upper management and team members

4. Skilled in strategic management concepts and been a project manager in past

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Competency:

Team Leadership: ability to use different leadership styles that are situation specific to achieve high performance for the team.

Competency Level:

1. Directed groups of people

2. Been in collaborative settings where collaborated successfully

3. Been a team member on a high performing team

4. Trained in situational and shared leadership skills

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Competency:

Teamwork: ability to lead teams and be a team member who can share work and leadership.

Competency Level:

1. Never been on a team

2. Been in a directive working group

3. Been on a team as a team member but never shared leadership

4. Been a team leader where leadership was shared and there was equal distribution of work

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Competency:

Technical Skill Development: ability to assess technical skills in other team members and use them effectively to accomplish the task.

Competency Level:

1. Never assess technical skills before

2. Worked with others in work group and assessed skills using a directive approach

3. Worked on a team where cross-functional technical skills were needed

4. Been a team leader on technical team

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