What Kind of Leader Are You?
Discover your dominant leadership strategy— that is, how you seek to create value as a manager — with this 20 question assessment by Sagely/Framework.
Indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each statement.
Then read on to learn about which of the Five Strategies most closely aligns with yours.
Take as long as you need — some questions may need more reflection than others. The average is about five minutes.
Note: there is no back button in this version, so take time before submitting each response.
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You believe value creation is fundamentally about innovation, and that team learning needs to be funnelled by an experienced hand.
The value you bring as a leader is that of a great teacher: someone who has a clear understanding of what good learning looks like, and guides the team accordingly.
Your challenge: to further unlock the power of the team by making members more personally accountable for results, driving an engaging sense of individual impact.
Sweet spot: taking a proven product or service into a new market.
Learn more about becoming an even more powerfully empathetic leader here.
You believe teams are structured as hierarchies for a reason. A team's prime directive is to deliver what the customer wants as efficiently as possible, which requires a strong hand at the tiller.
The value you bring to the table is speed: using your experience and expertise to keep the team focused.
Your challenge: to unlock the power of the team by making members more personally accountable for results, driving an engaging sense of individual impact, and to lean into the concept of value creation as a collective learning experience.
Sweet spot: established functions with proven processes, such as manufacturing.
Learn more about becoming an even more powerfully empathetic leader here.
You see value creation as the consquence of innovation, and aim to tap the power of your team by supporting their individual learning.
The value you bring to the table is unlocking collective discovery. You model "servant leadership" where your job is to support the team, rather than the other way round.
Your challenge: to ensure you are providing adequate structure around personal accountability for delivering results along the way, leaning into your leadership authority to keep the trains running on time without losing new ideas.
Sweet spot: professional services and creative teams.
Learn more about becoming an even more powerfully empathetic leader here.
You believe the prime directive of a team is to deliver results, which you shepherd by helping members learn how to implement effectively. The value you bring to the table: structure.
Your challenge is to ensure that innovation and the collective learning that drives it does not get lost in the mix, and that you leverage your own authority to keep the trains running on time. Teams need balanced leadership.
Sweet spot: sales and start-ups.
Learn more about becoming an even more powerfully empathetic leader here.
The most effective leaders help their teams strike the right balance between execution and learning, and between finding solutions themselves and following the boss's lead.
The key to this leadership style is empathy: understanding others' perspectives, aspirations and limitations.
This starts with team members themselves, ensuring that they understand their accountabilities and have the supports they require to execute.
It also extends to other stakeholders: from senior leaders keen to ensure targets are met, to customers waiting on the team's deliverables, inside and outside of the organization.
Empathetic leadership does not mean going soft. No one likes missed deadlines. Uncertainty needs direction. The best support is firm.
Fundamentally it's about two things.
One is communication — making sure everyone knows what they need to do, has a sense of their own value and impact, and knows where to go for help.
The other is balance, between the need to get things done and the equally important need to develop know-how, both individual and collective, to ensure the long term viability of the team and the business.
Sweet spot: almost anywhere.
Learn more about becoming an even more powerfully empathetic leader here.