After being tasked with the completion of the Leadership Trait Questionnaire, Leadership Theory and Practice Questionnaire and Style Questionnaire, results from my self assessment in comparison to others assessment of me were fairly consistent. Perhaps not surprizing was how I was harder on myself than how other perceive me. My overall scoring was in the very high range which was not at all surprizing given that most of my life I have always felt like a leader and have also acted in a capacity of a leader. Perhaps the area where I’m most hardest on myself is in my ability to articulate and communicate with others. For this I scored myself as a three however in all responses by others they viewed me to be a good communicator. I guess in some respects I am a good communicator. I regularly meet with my staff and check in on them daily. I can get people excited and motivated about an idea rather quickly. In my self assessment however I believe why I scored myself lower is because in every organization there can be negative chatter. This can be derived from jealousy or a disgruntled employee. I pride myself on ensuring all employees are happy at work however it’s a task that is not always achievable. If I’m unable to succeed then I often ask myself what did I do wrong and how can I fix the situation. The other skill that I personally know I need to work on related to communication is my ability to public speak. Others tell me I’m a natural however they have no idea how much work I do to prepare and so they have no idea I’m actually faking it. I suppose though we all compensate for our areas of weakness and as leaders it’s important for us to continue to try and learn and do better.
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