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“The New Drivers of Leadership” Self-Assessment

The following self-assessment is adapted from the Casse (2014) article assigned this week. For each pair of items, select the one that is most typical of your behavior and preferences in the workplace.

I think I am good at:	Choice
1	Stimulating others’ views and actions	*
2	Setting up clear objectives

3	Avoiding procrastination or delay
4	Questioning the way things are done	*

5	Not taking anything for granted	*
6	Being selective in choosing my options

7	Moving things around	*
8	Adapting myself to evolving situations

9	Concentrating my actions on what can make the difference	*
10	Communicating with passion

11	Checking my assumptions from time to time
12	Responding quickly to opportunities	*

13	Avoiding being side-tracked
14	Appreciating healthy competition	*

15	Exploring new ways to get things done
16	Overriding others in implementation

17	Looking for quick wins	*
18	Getting people excited about new projects

19	Acting first and thinking next	*
20	Disagreeing with others openly and, when needed, forcefully

21	Enjoying moving at a fast pace	*
22	Mobilising people around some key tasks

23	Initiating lively discussions
24	Always looking for better ways to get things done	*

25	Being quick at solving problems	*
26	Accepting and exploiting conflicts

27	Achieving and then moving on	*
28	Inspiring people’s imagination

29	Investing time and effort in well-selected actions
30	Avoiding consensus and compromise	*

31	Leading by objectives
32	Getting bored with repetitive actions	*

33	Leading with stamina
34	Separating what’s critical from what’s trivial	*

35	Getting people to take initiative
36	Criticising traditional ways of performing	*

37	Avoiding the wait-and-see position
38	Making critical choices
		*
39	Enjoying work pressure (up to a point)	*
40	Resenting any form of conditioning

Once you have completed your selections, circle or otherwise indicate each number in the following table that you chose in the exercise. Then add up the number of items you selected for each Driver and note your score for each row. Please refer to the text of the article for more information about each Driver.

Driver 1	1	7	10	14	18	23	26	28	33	35	=
Driver 2	2	6	9	13	22	27	29	31	34	38	=
Driver 3	3	8	12	16	17	19	21	25	37	39	=
Driver 4	4	5	11	15	20	24	30	32	36	40	=

Reference: Casse, P. (2014, February). The new drivers of leadership. Training Journal, 27–30.