A
PERSONAL ASSESSMENT of YOUR ATTIBUTES and SKILLS
Attributes, Skills and Responsibilities represents one of four
disciplines of LEADERSHIP. The other three disciplines are:
VALUES/BELIEFS, LEADERSHIP STYLE and RELATIONSHIPS/UNDERSTANDING
POWER, CHANGE and CONFLICT. The four disciplines together form one
way for viewing LEADERSHIP.
To personally assess your strengths regarding the seven most
important Attributes and Skills, please follow these
directions:
1. Review LESSON 4 on LEARNHUB/INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
- ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERS
2. From the research of Calzi, Denig and Iannarelli -- Seven ( 7 )
Attributes and Skills were identified by 176 respondents to
represent leader effectiveness. These attributes and skills in
order of frequency as identified by the participants in the
research were:
a. Judgment
b Leadership Role
c Relationship/Others
d. Sensitivity
e. Ability to Motivate Others
f. Educational Values
g. Organizational Ability / Others
For those of you who wish to personally assess your strength in
each of these areas, please use the following performance rating
scale. Place your personal rating from a low of 1 to a high of 10
on each of the attributes and skills in the score area. Then review
the questions before you complete the INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN that can be found in LESSON 11.
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10
Unsatisfactory
Superior
Performance
Performance
1 JUDGMENT Rushes to Sporadic,
Thoughtful Good Excellent
SCORE _______ judgment has made but
never judgment judgment
without
some quite sees usually
very few
thinking things
bloopers the whole sees the
mistakes
through
along the picture whole
way
picture
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10
Unsatisfactory
Superior
Performance
Performance
2 LEADERSHIP No Recognizes
Recognizes Recognizes Recognizes
ROLE SCORE ___ recognition public role role
and executive responsibility
of executive's but shy
away wants to fill responsibility and relishes
it
public role or from
it. May out obligation. and it
as an
wish to fill.
veto ideas contributes.
opportunity.
that might
Displays
lead to taking
active
it.
leadership.
1 2
3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10
Unsatisfactory
Superior
Performance
Performance
3 RELATIONSHIP/ Does not Understands Shows
Frequently Consistently
OTHERS understand the
minimal encourages participates
SCORE ______ the importance
participation other's in self
reflection
importance of of
interacting in the thoughts,
regarding the
interacting with
others, interactive ideas, and the
relationships
with others.
however, process. beliefs and
with others
appears begins to
and self. Good
unable to
incorporate street smarts.
participate in self
reflection.
the process.
1 2
3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10
Unsatisfactory
Superior
Performance
Performance
4 SENSITIVITY Obtuse, can't Slow on the
Picks up Anticipates Master at
SCORE _____ read people's uptake.
feelings and responses sensing
faces or
Dimly reads body and picks up
feelings,
their feelings
perceives movements. groups
anticipating
between the
feelings, but feelings.
them, and
lines of what most
often
taking them
they say.
after the fact.
seriously.
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10
Unsatisfactory
Superior
Perfomance
Performance
5 ABILITY TO Inability to Recognizes the
Ability to Ability to Ability to
MOTIVATE recognize the importance of
effectively provide empower
Others importance motivating
communicate leadership by others. Inspires
SCORE--------- of motivating others, though
to others and example. and energizes
others to is
incapable of able to move Capitalizes on staff to
become
meet goals
communicating them to action the strengths a high
identified in this
need to only on and
performing
team
the school others.
occasion. commitment in the
plan.
of
staff to achievement of
achieve goals goals identified
identified in in the school
the
school plan.
plan.
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10
Unsatifactory
Superior
Performance
Performance
6 EDUCATIONAL Chameleon. Variable.
Ethical, but High standards. Beyond
VALUES Can't really Usually
sometimes Struggles with reproach.
SCORE______ be trusted. responsible,
rationalizes ethical gray
but may give decisions in areas.
in under favor of bottom
bottom line line. Sometimes
pressure. moves the line.
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10
Unsatisfactory
Superior
Performance
Performance
7 ORGANIZATIONAL Needs to keep Can handle Can handle
vague Can work with Can tolerate
ABILITY focus on one several
guidelines, but unspecified ambiguity
for
OTHERS defined projects but
must always be goals and years,
SCORE_____ project at a with stress. be
anchored to uncertainty as does'nt
get
anxious
time.
concrete structure long as he/she
waiting for
or method. is
able to long-term
occasionally plans to
come
return to a to fruition.
concrete point.
As you analyze your strengths in the seven ( 7 ) essential
attributes/skills areas, the following questions are being offered
to assist you in this process.
1. Which two ( 2 ) attributes/skills did you rate the highest?
_________________________, ______________________.
What evidence did you consider to determine these ratings?
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
2. Which attribute/skill was not rated as highly as those from
above in question one ( 1 )?
_________________________,
What evidence did you consider to determine this rating?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
3. Which of your personal attributes/skills strengths are most
related to improving the quality of teaching and learning?
__________________________,
___________________________,__________________________.
4. Which of your personal attributes /skills strengths most likely
will result in improving student achievement?
__________________________, ___________________________,
__________________________.
5. Based on the results of this self assessment, which
attribute/skill do you propose to focus on for professional
leadership development?
( See INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN associated with
this LESSON. THE FORM is in LESSON 11.
Note: For those following an NCATE/ELCC Program, please
include a selection of a related Standard ).
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