Strong leadership is critical for building and sustaining a successful organization. I speak often about leading with vision, simply because it’s the easiest way to galvanize your people and set the course.
But many of you aren’t yet seated in the position to establish your organization’s vision, and you still want to develop your leadership skills. Being a strong leader is a valuable career asset; every CEO I know wants to have strong leaders in their key management positions.
Strong leaders are always driven by a sense of purpose, and also have the ability to:
- Empower others
- Build team orientation
- Develop organizational capability
- Create change
- Promote organizational learning
- Emphasize customer focus
- Work to reach agreement
- Manage and coordinate integration
- Define strategic direction and intent
- Define goals and objectives
- Establish core values
As you’re reading these 12 essential skills of a strong leader, I’m sure you’re thinking about which of these areas you excel in, and which need work. It’s natural.
If you’re interested in taking a more holistic approach, I strongly encourage you to take our Emotional Intelligence 360 Assessment. This will measure your performance on the above 12 leadership behaviors that are directly linked to high performing business cultures.
The assessment is a simple online survey of 144 questions that takes about 20-25 minutes to complete. It will benchmark your leadership and management skills to those of leaders in other organizations. You will receive a tabulated graphical profile–represented in a Summary Report–that conveys your results in percentile scores.
Your report will provide:
- Reports that compare your self-ratings to the ‘Combined Other’ group of boss, peers, direct reports and others
- Line item data showing individual scores on each of the questions, and a Line Item report summarizing the 10 highest and lowest scoring items according to the ‘Combined Other’ category
- A Gap report outlining strengths, weaknesses, and under- and over-estimated capabilities
- A Comments Report
Value to Individuals
The EQ Leadership Development 360 is a developmental tool. By providing data-based feedback, this instrument allows you compare your own ratings to those of coworkers and to identify gaps in perceived strengths, weaknesses and capabilities. It’s a blueprint for becoming a solid, well-rounded leader.
Value to Companies
Organizations use the EQ Leadership Development 360 to help their leaders to:
- Identify specific areas of individual strength and weakness, and establish an action plan for leadership development
- Understand group-level leadership strengths and weaknesses
- Learn how specific skills and practices impact their leadership performance
- Develop leadership skills necessary to adapt to a changing environment
- Understand their role in creating a high-performance culture
- Successfully develop their teams
The assessment isn’t expensive – it’s one of the best investments you can make in yourself or your people. Connect with me if you’d like to get started.