How Effective Are You As A Leader?

Great leaders build accountability, respect and trust in their organization. They know the ART of Communication™.  Because they are skilled at this and they empower others around them their departments and organization run smoothly. So how do you know how effective you are? Take this quiz and see. You must be truthful with yourself. Don’t answer the questions with what you HOPE you are doing but really think about the last month or so and answer them for what you ARE doing.

  1. In my meetings I sometimes feel people hold back from sharing their true thoughts or feelings.  (In your company this can result in people getting angry with each other or people being very polite and waiting for one person to speak up and take the lead.):

    True
    False

  2. At times I feel people tell me what they think I want to hear rather than being real direct with me:

    True
    False

  3. There are certain people or departments in my organization that I let “bend the rules” because it is just easier:

    True
    False

  4. When I have to give a speech to the employees or the media I usually struggle with what to say and how to say it so we get the best results:

    True
    False

  5. I sometimes let employee problems fester too long because I don’t enjoy confrontations:

    True
    False

  6. I find that people on my team let problems fester too long instead of tackling them right away:

    True
    False

  7. I find I often get emails that seem to be “CYA” or emails that shouldn’t be cluttering my inbox:

    True
    False

  8. I frequently find that projects I hand off don’t come back to me on time or if they do, they don’t come back in the format I like:

    True
    False

  9. I would like my direct team to be able to operate at a higher level and not expect me to solve their problems or issues:

    True
    False

  10. I find that messages don’t cascade down properly.  It is a bit like the “telephone game” where the message has changed by the time it gets to the front line:

    True
    False

  11. I find we have silos in our company that I would like to break through:

    True
    False

 

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