Are you a skilled leader? Read Admiral Burke’s quote below and then rate yourself on his list of required leadership characteristics.
Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose, selflessness, knowledge, skill, implacability, as well as determination not to accept failure.
—Admiral Arleigh A. Burke
Rate Your Leadership Characteristics
Rate yourself (honestly) on your strength level for these leadership characteristics, 5 being strongest.
| Understanding | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Involving | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Integrity | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Dedication | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Purpose | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Selflessness | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Knowledge | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Skill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Determination | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
How did you do? If you asked others to rate you how similar do you think the results would be?
We all benefit from continuous development and obtaining feedback that validates our self-perceptions.
Consider development options that would enable you to score a 5 in every category.
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