Personal Leadership Assessment

Project 1: Personal and Professional Leadership Assessment

Introduction:

Many people work the majority of their career to ultimately become a leader at various levels; a leader of a team, department, or organization. In some instances, they are inspired to grow professionally and personally to acquire the traits, talents, and skills necessary to be more successful. In other instances, progressively successful people simply move up the ladder through meritorious advancement or promotion. While there are some right and wrong ways to lead, there is no single style that suits everyone. The purpose of this paper is to do an in-depth analysis of my own personal leadership style and preferences.

Part One:

Many of us have had at least one experience

Self-evaluation helps leaders see how far they are from achieving goals. It also provides a guide for planning what needs to be improved on personal and professional aspects. For a leader to evaluate oneself, there are several methods used like surveys and personality related questionnaires or tests. I chose the Grossman & Valiga Leadership Characteristics and Skills Assessment, The Leadership Q, and The Optimal Thinking 360-degree Assessment.

Grossman & Valiga Leadership Characteristics and Skills Assessment, Part One scoring indicates that I am likely mixing up the difference between management and leadership. Part Two suggests that I have moderately perceived leadership ability (Grossman & Valiga, 2017). I selected this assessment tool because there is a distinction between management and leadership. Leaders have people who follow them and managers have people who work for them. Leadership is about getting people to understand and believe in your vision and to work with you to achieve your goals. Managing is more about administering and making sure the day-to-day things are happening as they should (Wagner & Harter, 2006). According to the scoring, I need to improve my understanding of the differences that exist between the two

According to the results, I am achieving more than the average leader, but I am not optimizing my leadership role. In some areas, I am settling for second best. Otherwise stated, I am not employing optimal thinking to achieve my greatest mission, vision, values, guiding principles, strategy and best tactics. This assessment tool helps me realize that I have the potential to rise above the extraordinary into the realm of the highest and best. I could eliminate the "could haves," and "should haves" because I surround myself with the right people and choose the most constructive option in every circumstance (The Optimal Thinking 360 degree,