Leading Edges

Highlights preferences for a range of leadership environments, roles & modes

Our Leading Edges assessment will get you better acquainted with your preferred leadership environment, roles, and the unique blend of ways in which you tend to operate as a leader.

There isn't just one continumm in our sights here, there are several. For example we'll explore your preferred balance between structure and chaos, and collaborative versus directive leadership.

Choose this assessment if you want deeper insights into behaviours and other factors affecting leadership effectiveness.

US $75.00

What's being assessed?
Behaviours and other factors explored by this assessment

Structured

Organises self and others within a system, setting up standards, methods and procedures. Encourages cooperation but enforces understood rules. Prefers order, sense and unity.

Collaborative

Considers others' needs and views, encourages consensus and shared effort. Supports others, accepts help in return. Prefers situations where people are collaborative equals.

Flexible

Reacts to conditions as seen, sometimes meeting others halfway on issues, sometimes using pressure to get what is wanted. Enjoys fluid situations, flexibility and uncertainty.

Directive

Keeps firm control over situations and people, deciding what must be done and directing others' efforts. Overcomes resistance and enforces rules. Comfortable in situations requiring exercise of authority.

Strategist

Seeks best positioning, comparing the given and preferred environments, and looking for location, reach and status. Focuses on issues that bring strategic benefits, integrates everything into one effort.

Tactician

Seeks to influence events by focusing on a purpose, the tactics to use, and the way the action will develop. Gathers and uses intelligence to gain the best effect.

Situationalist

Adapts to issues as they emerge, responding to each situation by making the most of available choices. Exploits conditions for the greatest gain or to minimise loss.

Functionary

Gets things done through skills, attitudes, knowledge and experience relevant to the specialty. Contributes by adding value or reducing loss, balances risk to avoid reversals.

Leader

Makes interpersonal contracts with others and causes them to take the necessary action. Portrays effective behaviours, guides others to develop theirs.

Planner

Estimates prospects, determines objectives and the best course of action for self and others. Identifies steps to take, prepares the means of gaining the desired results.

Organiser

Finds resources, secures supply, brings them together for allocation. Structures and assigns usage, provides resources when and where needed. Ensures others have appropriate access.

Controller

Sets standards for consistency of operation and output, monitors progress, measures results, compares outcomes with aims. Corrects processes, stabilises activities.