EmailMe Form - Leadership & Influence Critique

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Instructions

Below, you are going to critique yourself for the presence of negative/adverse leadership qualities. The more you agree with each statement, the more stars you should give yourself. Hover your pointer over the row of stars until you have highlighted a number that reflects your agreement. Then click to lock in your selection. Don't count the stars or take too long making your selection. Use your instincts. There are a total of 100 statements. Please be honest! At the end of the assessment, you will have an opportunity to share thoughts or feelings you experienced while taking this assessment.

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1. I need to feel in control: *

2. I struggle to earn my team's respect: *

3. I don't really like people: *

4. I wish I could just do my own thing: *

5. I become irritated when interrupted: *

6. I avoid people: *

7. I need to prove myself: *

8. I have a hard time being nice to people: *

9. I want my superiority admired: *

10. I don't actually enjoy being in charge: *

11. I become shaken when I disappoint my team: *

12. I feel an urge to fix other people's problems: *

13. I don't trust people to do things properly: *

14. I feel like an imposter: *

15. I avoid giving my opinions or advice: *

16. Open conversations make me nervous: *

17. I sometimes feel like I am putting on a show or playing a fictional role: *

18. As a leader or manager, I sometimes feel uncomfortable in my own skin: *

19. Being a leader or manager does not come easily or naturally to me: *

20. I like being able to exert power because it keeps things under control: *

21. Once I get talking, it is hard for others to get a word in: *

22. I take things personally more often than I should: *

23. I don't really care what others need or feel - we have a job to do: *

24. I can sometimes be careless with my words or behaviors: *

25. My workspace is disorganized or messy: *

26. I am frequently late or running behind: *

27. My email inbox is overflowing with incoming messages that I haven't yet acted upon: *

28. I often cause delays for others by not approving work or meeting deadlines: *

29. I do not allow the people I lead to have influence over me, my work, or my decisions: *

30. I am sometimes animated or overly-expressive when challenges or problems arise: *

31. Members of my team have a hard time trusting me: *

32. I have a hard time trusting the members of my team: *

33. I have a vision of the future, but I prefer to keep it to myself: *

34. I'm not really interested in the future because I am focused on today's priorities: *

35. I am not a very warm or approachable person: *

36. I believe that admitting that I don't know something or that I am wrong is a show of weakness: *

37. I feel inferior to others in many ways: *

38. I probably deserve more honor and respect than I receive: *

39. My upper managers tolerate me but don't fully trust or appreciate me: *

40. I have a tendency to hold grudges or obsess over past problems or behaviors: *

41. I sometimes shut down when I feel embarrassed, challenged, or my competence is questioned: *

42. During discussions with my team, I do most of the talking: *

43. When I am in a conversation, I like to keep my thoughts and opinions to myself: *

44. I often have a feeling of anxiety or panic as a leader or manager: *

45. I am probably not the best example for others to follow: *

46. I care about myself more than I care about my employer or my team: *

47. I sometimes exert authority or power to cover up my lack of competence: *

48. I am sometimes impulsive with my words and actions: *

49. Overall, I seem to have have a negative impact on people's energy and enthusiasm: *

50. I don't care much about culture or morale - it's everyone's job to look out for themselves: *

51. I tend to play favorites - there are just some people I like more than others: *

52. I sometimes overwhelm people with my energy and passion: *

53. I prefer working behind a closed door: *

54. I formulate ideas and solutions in my own head without involving others in the process: *

55. Conflict or serious disagreements make me uncomfortable: *

56. When a member of my team is performing poorly, I have a hard time making my thoughts and feelings known to them: *

57. I like to keep people so busy that they have no time to do anything else but their job: *

58. I feel like I'm a master over others and deserve to be treated like royalty: *

59. I earned my rank and stature in this organization. Luck had nothing to do with it: *

60. I sometimes like to speak ambiguously to see who "gets me" and who doesn't: *

61. Part of me likes to keep people uncomfortable because it's easier to keep them under control: *

62. When my team performs well, it irritates me to not receive credit for it: *

63. I am uncomfortable speaking in public: *

64. I like to imagine new projects and opportunities, but I get bored and don't see them to completion: *

65. Helping people enjoy their job is not important to me: *

66. As a leader, I prefer to do-and-direct rather than listen-and-learn: *

67. I often feel threatened when members of my team are good at what they do: *

68. I like to manipulate people and situations behind the scenes: *

69. At times, I am a bit of a bully: *

70. At times, I am a bit of pushover: *

71. I am often unavailable to others and, therefore, difficult to connect with: *

72. Making decisions is difficult for me: *

73. I sometimes give people the silent treatment to punish them for upsetting me: *

74. I don't like socializing personally with members of my team: *

75. I procrastinate too much: *

76. I don’t have a set system for communicating on schedule. I do it when I feel it is necessary: *

77. I don't seek the opinions or feedback of my team members: *

78. I don't ask members of my team what they think of my approach to things: *

79. I am chronically critical of others: *

80. I rarely praise people for a job well-done: *

81. I don't read books about leadership or influencing people - I'm not interested: *

82. I don't feel it's necessary for me to improve as a leader. I like how I am: *

83. I am willing to unfairly disparage someone behind their back if it protects me or makes me look better: *

84. I don't believe interpersonal relationships at work are an important part of a team's success: *

85. It is difficult for me to challenge or disagree with someone who has more rank or authority than me: *

86. I am angered when someone of lesser rank or authority challenges or disagrees with me: *

87. I spend a good bit of energy trying to make myself look good whenever possible: *

88. I make an effort to be intellectually superior to others: *

89. I make an effort to be morally superior to others: *

90. I like to be physically imposing or intimidating to others: *

91. I raise my voice when I am unhappy or want to make a strong argument: *

92. I throw things or have tantrums when I am very upset: *

93. I feel that if I talk too much or make myself too visible, people will see my weaknesses: *

94. I have a hard time thinking about the future or anticipating future opportunities or challenges: *

95. I don't believe that both sexes are equal: *

96. I don't believe that all races or ethnicities are equal: *

97. When someone calls in sick or takes medical leave, I am suspicious of their motives: *

98. I am a moody person: *

99. I am an arrogant person: *

100. I am apathetic person - I just don't take things very seriously: *

Please take a moment to share any thoughts or feelings you experienced while taking this assessment:

Note: This is a very important part of the assessment and helps your coach customize your program to help you meet your goals. Any thoughts or feelings that arose are valuable for understanding yourself and the opportunities you have to improve. Please take a moment to capture them here.