PART V
A LEADERSHIP REALITY CHECK
YOU WILL MAKE NO PROGRESS WITHOUT SELF-AWARENESS.
1. As a leader, what is the most gratifying praise you could hear from a member of your team?
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2. What criticism of your leadership would be most painful to hear?
3. What aspect of leadership do you love the most?
4. What is your greatest fear as a leader?
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5. What single characteristic do you possess as a leader that someone would be well-served to emulate? Your most valuable asset?
6. What characteristic do you exhibit that a potential leader would be wise to avoid?
7. If you wrote a book about your life and leadership, what would the title be? And the subtitle?
8. To this point, what is your greatest achievement as a leader?
9. What single personal asset would you like to acquire as part of your leadership skill set?
10. Which leader—outside of your company—do you identify with?
11. What trait do you most deplore in individuals?
12. What trait do you most dislike in yourself as a leader?
13. What is the most overrated virtue associated with leaders?
14. What is the most underrated characteristic associated with leadership?
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15. What is your greatest regret as a leader?
16. What part of leadership do you dislike most?
17. If you could change one thing you did as a leader, what would it be?
18. What is your response to team failure—coming up short?
19. If you were to die and come back as a leader in any occupation—business, military, religion, education, or otherwise—what would it be and why?
Ability may get you to the top, |
20. Which sports leader, present company excluded, do you most admire and why?
21. What, if anything, is inhibiting or stopping you from becoming the kind of leader you envision yourself being?
22. What is your definition of failure?
23. What is your definition of success?
24. What do you consider the four most important values for leadership?
25. What do you consider the four most important values in those you lead?