Leadership Fulcrum Assessment

Welcome

Welcome to the Leadership Fulcrum Assessment©. Self-awareness is the first step to being a more effective leader and a key element of Fulcrum-centric Leadership™. In taking this assessment you will gain better understanding of your natural tendencies as a leader in each of the four essential leadership domains. Enjoy this journey—we look forward to helping you as you learn and grow.

Instructions

You are about to take the Leadership Fulcrum Assessment©. Before you start it is important that you understand this is a behaviorally based assessment. Answer how you have behaved in the past, not how you might behave in the future. Answering how you behaved in the past allows us to accurately evaluate your natural tendencies.

Look at the five different options provided, they represent a scale from 1 to 5.

Choose the option that best represents how the statement applies to you.

**Note: If you need a reminder of the values in this table, hold your cursor over the“HINT” link below each question.

Option	Description	Percentage
1	Never	0%
2	Sometimes	25%
3	Half of the time	50%
4	Usually	75%
5	Always	100%

Name

Age

Years of Experience in Your Field

Gender (optional)

Highest Education Level

During conversations, when someone else is talking, my thoughts are on what I am going to say next

When I have a thought or idea, it’s easy for me to share it

When given a choice between speaking and taking notes, I choose speaking

In conversation or on social media, I express my opinions no matter how controversial the topic

I proof-read all my emails, texts,” tweets”, etc. before I send.

During conversations, when someone else is talking, my thoughts are directed to understanding them

When I see or hear a word I don’t understand; I look at it in context to find the meaning

When given a choice between speaking and taking notes, I choose taking notes

In conversation or on social media, I don’t comment unless I have all the facts

In conversation, I maintain eye contact

When eating at my favorite type of restaurant, I order the same thing

Once I’ve made a decision, I stick with it

In evaluating my decisions, I look for confirmation that it was correct

I get my information from the same source

In assigning rewards and punishment my goal is consistency

I seek out feedback on decisions I’ve made

In the past when I’ve had to make a difficult decision, I continuously evaluated the outcomes

In evaluating my decisions I look for confirmation that it was the wrong decision

I get my news and information from multiple sources

In assigning rewards and punishment my goal is fairness

At group functions like a wedding or a conference where a meal is served buffet-style, I try to be one of the first to go through the line

When traveling on a bus or train, I keep my seat when people are standing

When the team fails, my first thoughts are “who’s to blame”

I have found my greatest success and happiness when doing what I want to do

I avoid confrontation

At group functions like a wedding or a conference where a meal is served buffet-style, I try to be one of the last to go through the line

When traveling on bus or train, I give up my seat when people are standing

When the team is successful, my first action is to acknowledge the contributions of others

I have found my greatest success and happiness in doing what others want me to do

When I have a peer or colleague who is having a problem or difficult time, I do my best to help them succeed.

When assigning tasks, I tell people what to do and the details of how to do it

Whenever there is a problem, I jump in to solve it

The process of completing a task is what I pay the most attention to

I make sure my team understands their daily tasks

I am the final approval authority for the decisions and actions of my team

When assigning tasks, I tell people what to do and why they are doing it

I give people the time to figure things out for themselves

The outcome of a task is what I pay the most attention to

I make sure my team understands my priorities

I approve plans and let my team execute the details