Various Needs Assessments to Help Identify Leadership Development Goals

Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD

(This file is referenced from Leadership Development Planning.)

The following articles describe several, miscellaneous assessments that can be taken by learners to help them identify some knowledge areas and skills they might like to obtain during a development program (whether self-directed, or other-directed). Note that learners are most likely to obtain the knowledge and skills during the program if they are included as learning objectives in the program. Learners will not gain the knowledge and skills merely by taking the following assessments.

Your leadership style
Manager's Self Assessment
Leadership Self-Assessment
Assessment of Leadership Quality and Skills
Assessing your leadership style
Task versus Relationship Assessment
Five Tips for Accelerated Leadership Success

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Recommended Books

For Leading Yourself, See
Personal Development -- Related Books

For Leading Other Individuals, See
Supervision -- Related Books

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Facilitation and Teams -- Related Books

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Organizational Development -- Recommended Books

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Basics and General Information

Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision in Business: by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Includes step-by-step guidelines, tips and tools to effectively lead:
1. Yourself
2. Other individuals in the business
3. Groups and teams in the business
4. Business organizations
5. As well as all functions within the business organization.

Many of the Library's materials about business, leadership and management are adapted from this book. Just click on the title of the book above to see the Index and Table of Contents.

Field Guide to Leadership and Supervision With Nonprofit Staff: by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC.
Includes step-by-step guidelines, tips and tools customized for personnel in nonprofits to effectively lead:
1. Yourself
2. Other individuals in the nonprofit
3. Groups and teams in the nonprofit
4. Nonprofit organizations
5. As well as all functions within the nonprofit organization.

Many of the Library's materials about nonprofit leadership and management are adapted from this book. Just click on the title of the book above to see the Index and Table of Contents.

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