Self-Assessment Report and Adaptive Leadership Toolkit: LPI Self-Assessment Tool
Overview
For this assignment, you will be taking a more thorough look into your leadership self-assessment results that you reflected on in Module One. This assignment will help in the creation of your personal development plan, which will be submitted in Module Six.
Scenario
You work as a director of leadership and learning for an organization that makes prosthetics. The organization has been in business since 1999 and employs over 350 people in its Tampa, Florida, headquarters and three plant locations across the Southwest. While the business is currently based in the United States, the organization is exploring ways to move into Canadian markets within the next three years. This year’s employee engagement survey results for the organization show that some leadership practices were rated lower, while some practices were rated higher. The new chief human resources officer (CHRO) met with the team to discuss the general results. Everyone agrees that the company’s focus should be on both specific leadership development areas perceived as strengths and on those rated as areas for improvement, primarily regarding social intelligence, emotional intelligence, and the interpersonal skills of effective leaders.
To help this initiative, your manager, the vice president of leadership and learning, asked you to create an adaptive leadership toolkit that can be used throughout the organization. To begin this work, you conducted a personal leadership self-assessment, and now you will be taking a closer look at these results to produce a self-assessment report. You plan on exploring how this self-assessment would make a beneficial contribution to a personal development plan and adaptive leadership toolkit, which will help to resolve the leadership challenges the organization is currently facing.
Prompt
For this assignment, refer to your results from your self-assessment and use the LPI Self Percentile Ranking to determine where each of your five leadership behaviors rank.
Leadership Behaviors
Model the Way
Inspire a Shared Vision
Challenge the Process
Enable Others to Act
Encourage the Heart
For further information on each leadership behavior, please refer to The Ten Commitments of Exemplary Leadership
Self-assessment: In this part of your report, you will use the results from your self-assessment to identify leadership behaviors where you ranked highest and where you ranked lowest, and begin thinking about how this information impacts your ability to lead. This work will help to inform your personal development plan, which you will create in Module Six.
Identify the leadership behavior in which you ranked lowest and define what this behavior means to you.
For the leadership behavior in which you ranked lowest, describe the importance of developing this area to improve skills related to leading others.
Identify the leadership behavior in which you ranked highest and define what this behavior means to you.
For the leadership behavior in which you ranked highest, describe how this area helps support skills related to being an effective leader.
Adaptive leadership toolkit: In this part of your report, you will use your findings from the Employee Satisfaction Survey and the leadership behaviors you reviewed in the self-assessment to identify areas of leadership the organization should focus on developing. This work will help to inform the adaptive leadership toolkit that you will develop in Module Seven.
Based on your review of the Employee Satisfaction Survey, identify the leadership behaviors the organization’s leadership should focus on improving and explain how developing these areas will address the business problems the organization currently faces.
Based on your review of the Employee Satisfaction Survey, identify the leadership behaviors the organization’s leadership is currently successful in and explain how maintaining these areas can help in managing relationships between the leaders and their direct reports.
Guidelines for Submission
Submit your report as a 3- to 4-page Word document using 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.
Self-Assessment Report and Adaptive Leadership Toolkit
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* Introduction
This report is a self-assessment of the organization's performance based on the findings from the employee satisfaction survey. Its purpose is to evaluate the organization's current state, highlight areas that need improvement, and offer guidance for adaptive leadership. The organization's decisions are driven by its vision and mission, which prioritize employees and customers. The survey results indicate that the organization has improved job satisfaction, recognition, and working conditions over the past four years. Nevertheless, there is still room for improvement in the areas of diversity and inclusion, reward and glory, and training and development. The adaptive leadership toolkit is designed to assist leaders in addressing the organization's requirements and implementing necessary changes. By following the toolkit's recommendations, leaders can foster a favorable work atmosphere, boost employee satisfaction and retention, and guide the organization toward achieving its objectives.
* Self-assessment
The LPI self-assessment tool aims to assist individuals in recognizing their leadership capabilities and areas for improvement. The tool assesses an individual's leadership behavior across five domains; the results are presented as a percentile ranking. This ranking reflects how the individual performs compared to other leaders who have taken the LPI assessment, with scores ranging from 0 to 99. A score of 50 indicates that the individual's performance is average compared to other leaders who have taken the assessment.
Based on Kouzes and Posner's (2023) definition, my LPI self-assessment revealed that my weakest leadership behavior is "Inspiring a Shared Vision." This behavior involves communicating a clear and compelling vision for the future and motivating others to commit. It requires creating a sense of direction and purpose that inspires individuals and teams to work together towards a shared goal. Leaders who excel in this behavior possess a strong sense of vision and can communicate it with enthusiasm and clarity.
Developing the skill to inspire a shared vision is essential for effective leadership. Leaders who can communicate a compelling vision can motivate individuals and teams to work together towards a common objective, which can enhance their motivation and engagement levels. Enhancing this ability can help me engage and motivate my team better, resulting in improved productivity and performance. As Hoerudin (2020) notes, leaders who are adaptive and can inspire a shared vision can navigate complex and unpredictable environments more effectively and guide their organizations toward success.
Based on my LPI self-assessment, the leadership behavior that received the highest ranking is "Enabling Others to Act." This behavior centers around establishing a culture of trust and cooperation where individuals feel encouraged to take the initiative and work towards shared objectives. Exceptional leaders in this area create solid connections grounded in mutual trust and respect, which fosters excellent teamwork and collaboration among team members.
Enabling others to act is a crucial aspect of effective leadership. It creates an atmosphere of trust and cooperation that encourages creativity and innovation. By granting individuals and teams the authority to take charge of their responsibilities, leaders can increase engagement and job satisfaction, improving performance and productivity. Leaders who excel in this are...