Adrienne Barker
Southern New Hampshire University
MBA 530
Module 1-3 Journal
November 16, 2025
Leadership competencies are crucial for the profitable operation of enterprises. The
Leadership Practices Inventory Quiz is an effective instrument for evaluating and
comprehensively understanding both the positive and negative aspects of my leadership roles.
This self-assessment exercise enabled me to evaluate my current leadership behaviors,
facilitating my development into a more proficient leader. It is imperative to provide open along
with genuine responses throughout the polling procedure, as opposed to responding based on
perceived expectations, to ensure the highest-quality results. While completing the assessment, I
would reflect on instances when I exhibited the specified characteristics in a position of
leadership.
My Assessment Results:
1. "Challenge the Process" at 55 points
2. "Encourage the Heart" at 55 points
3. "Inspire a Share Vision" at 53 points
5. "Model the Way" at 52 points
The comprehensive assessment significantly enhanced my understanding of my
personality characteristics and actions, both personally and professionally. The most significant
aspect of the outcome is that it has illuminated the importance I attribute to connections. Initially,
I prefer completing tasks independently, as I can ascertain the correctness of the solution without
external opinions. Nonetheless, through experience, I discovered that although self-directed
learning is essential, fostering trust through engagement with others, while simultaneously
learning and exceeding them, is of greater significance. In dynamic markets, cultivating
partnerships with peers and acquaintances is crucial for establishing alliances, forging
connections, and providing mutual support to confidently achieve our objectives. The self-
assessment has enabled me to recognize and identify areas for improvement. I consider myself to
be an achiever and consistently strive for excellence in all endeavors. This behavior may also
cause me to experience stress or excessive worry when the outcomes deviate from my
expectations. Particularly when the outcomes are unfavorable and others struggle to embrace the
challenge,
I experience disappointment and a sense of being overwhelmed. The LPI Assessment has
explicitly identified my weaknesses and offered effective strategies to address them, including
establishing boundaries, fostering self-encouragement and support for others, and learning from
mistakes without excessive self-criticism. Despite the challenges of competition in any industry,
maintaining a positive mindset is essential for success. This LPI Assessment is significant and
advantageous for comprehending my current leadership behavior and identifying avenues for
future enhancement. Leadership behaviors and skills are indispensable in every business,
irrespective of the career path we pursue. The LPI results will demonstrate how to become a
highly skilled as well as successful leader in a highly competitive sector. A successful leader
provides a competitive advantage to the company in hiring and promotion decisions. All
enterprises require robust, influential leaders to steer the organization towards success.
Consequently, regardless of our completing the questionnaire at present, we ought to persist in
administering the survey in the future to assess and enhance our management characteristics.
Upon completing the assessment, my highest score was "Challenge the Process" with 55 points.
This assessment accurately reflects my perspective, as I prioritize pushing individuals to foster
learning and achieving objectives to realize the vision, while also emphasizing the necessity of
cultivating robust partnerships. This aspect of my findings is significant because cultivating
relationships is essential for establishing relationships during the processes of acquiring
knowledge, connecting, and attending to others to comprehend their rationales and concepts.
"Encourage the Heart" received a score of 55 points.
I’m committed to exemplifying leadership to assist others in discovering their voice and
achieving their objectives with confidence. Occupying third place, I have "Inspire a Shared
Vision" with 53 points. I strongly assert that individuals ought to be acknowledged and
compensated for exemplary performance. Nevertheless, I’m only half introvert who prefers not
to be put in the spotlight, but likes being the center of attention. Although I embrace difficulties, I
feel disheartened and dejected when outcomes do not meet the expectations that I set forth for
myself and others. In 4th place with 55 points in "Enabling Others to Act." Encouraging others
alone isn't enough to exercise effective leading; one must also engage in self-leadership, which is
a deeper necessity. A leader encompasses more than merely the capacity to sway a group towards
the realization of a vision or a collection of objectives. Leaders must assess themselves to discern
their strengths and weaknesses, as perfection is unattainable in this world. I experience stress
when the outcomes deviate from my expectations and concern myself that others may
overanalyze when faced with challenges. My lowest score is "Model the Way" with 52 points.
Despite my constant pursuit of potential for improvement, I possess a tendency to taking to big
of a risk. Given the uncertainty of the coming days, I would probably be hesitant to entertain
choices or options provided I am assured of their safety and likelihood of success.
Self-assessment enables leaders to gauge their progress toward goal attainment. It also
offers guidance for planning improvements in both personal and professional domains. The self-
assessment tools facilitate the identification of strengths and weaknesses, highlight areas for
improvement, enhance consciousness of oneself, and ultimately boost performance as a leader
who succeeds.
