The Leadership Compass Assessment (Work Styles) gives us a vocabulary and a way of thinking about working with each other and within our teams. It provides us with:
• Deepen our appreciation of everyone’s different work styles
• Understand the need for a variety of work styles
• Reflect on our own individual work styles and identify areas for growth
• Understand the negative and positive impacts of each style taken to excess
• Learn the qualities we can develop to become better leaders
Read each of the statements and place a check mark in the box next to the statements that apply to how you make choices and decisions at work.
Each of these statements will apply to all of us some of the time; we are interested in knowing which of these statements represent you most of the time.
Count the total number of check marks on each section and place that number in the star shape to the right of the section.
The section with the highest number in the star shape is your dominant decision-making style. No style is considered “better” or “worse” than the other.
Explore your styles approaches and the impact when the style is taken to excess.
Complete your Leadership Reflection. Focus on your thoughts, concerns, and ah-ha moments related to your dominant style. Be sure to provide your result and examples of how your dominant style can be a strength but also a potential weakness if taken to excess.
This paper should not be written in a question-and-answer format. It should be written as a reflection paper with a proper introduction and conclusion.
The following writing prompts may help you explore your Leadership work style:
Were there characteristics or behaviors that you strongly agreed with or that “struck a chord” for
you? (Explain)
Were there characteristics or behaviors within your dominant style that you were unsure about or thought were wrong?
Ask someone who knows you very well to read an overview of your dominant style and ask them if they agree with your results? If so, How?
Discuss three strengths of your style and you feel it is an asset as a leader?
Discuss three weaknesses (opportunities) that you feel may hinder your effectiveness as a leader?
Your reflection submission must be at least 5 paragraphs minimum (APA format- double spaced, 12 pt font, 1-inch margins and title page). For this assignment, you do not need to reference page unless you choose to cite a source (then you must add a reference page).