LEADERSHIP 360
Leadership Development Needs Assessment

 

Introduction:

Thank you for agreeing to help assess the leadership behavior of the administrator within your institution. By doing so you will provide this the administrator with valuable feedback on his/her leadership development needs. The primary goal of this program is to improve our institution's leadership. We appreciate your assistance in performing this vial task.

This online toll is being made available to all stakeholders involved with this institution for completion. By surveying up, down and across (360 degrees), we can provide participants with information unobtainable from conventional assessment instruments. Unlike some other 360 degree instruments, this activity is totally anonymous - we will not ask you for any personal information. The authors of this tool believe that anonymity facilitates honest, objective and user-friendly feedback. As you will note, we do not include space for written comments The authors have observed that a single written comment serves as a major distraction from the needs-analysis process.

Directions:

For each behavioral scale, please circle the bullet that best reflects the behavior of your administrator.

Example:

Thinks long term Thinks short-term

In this instance, the assessor thought that the person being assessed spends somewhat more time thinking short-term rather than long term. If the evaluator had thought that the person being assessed spent about the same amount of time thinking short and long term, the evaluator would have circled the middle bullet. A key to successful completion of this tool is to read each behavioral scale closely and then go with your first impression. If you encounter a scale covering behavior that you have not had the opportunity to observe, simply skip that scale. Thank You!

LET'S BEGIN!

STEP #1:

STEP #2: FILL OUT SURVEY BELOW

STRATEGY
Thinks long term   Thinks short-term
Lacks a vision for his/her institution   Has a vision for his/her institution
Spends time setting the direction for his/her institution   Spends time fighting fires and resolving crisis


COMMUNICATION
Is a good communicator   Is a poor communicator
Is cloistered   Is out and about in the institution
Communicates well with other organizations or institutions   Communicates poorly with other organizations or institutions
Tends to be non-communicative   Communicates frequently

KNOWLEDGE
Has a deep-rooted understanding of his/her institution   Does not try to understand the functions of his/her institution
Does not understand the functions of other organizations or institutions   Understands the functions of other organizations or institutions
Is "close to the business"   Is not "close to the business"
Takes the narrow view   Takes the broad view

LEARNING
Is curious   Isn't interested/doesn't have time
Resist change   Promotes/Embraces change
Is a quick study   Is a slow, deliberate study

INFLUENCE
Gets support   Fails to get support
Doesn't know how to sell   Knows how to sell
Get people on board   Fails to get people on board
Motivates people   Fails to motivate people
Is dictatorial   Is democratic
Is unassertive   Is assertive

RELATIONSHIPS
Does not talk to people   Talks to people
Is a good listener   Is a poor listener
Is good interpersonally   Is poor interpersonally
Is unable to deal with people   Is able to deal with people
Does not interact with people enough   Interacts with people

DELEGATION
Is a good delegator   Is a poor delegator
Is detailed-oriented   Is big picture-oriented
Is a nitpicker   Is not a nitpicker
Deal with important issues   Deals with inconsequential detail
Is a doer   Is a delegator

PRIORITIES
Is able to prioritize   Is unable to prioritize

INTEGRITY
Has integrity   Lack integrity
Isn't trusted   Is trusted
Is overly political   Is political only as needed
Takes responsibility for self   Blames others
Admits mistakes   Doesn't admit mistakes
Is honest, credible   Is dishonest, lacks credibility

CONFIDENCE
Is insecure   Is secure
Has guts   Has no guts
Is not willing to make enemies   Is willing to make enemies
Is decisive   Is indecisive
Communicates confidence   Communicates fears
Is not willing to make tough decisions   Is willing to make tough decisions

STEP #3

Before submitting, please check  if all the questions  have been answered.
 Once you submit this page, you will not be able to change or modify.  

  

The above (slightly modified instrument) was made freely available from Leadership-Tools.com