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Leadership Capability Assessment

Define what good leadership looks like in your business, then assess current and emerging leaders against it.

First define what good leadership looks like in your business, then score each leader against it. A short, specific list of what leading looks like here beats a generic model.

Part A: Define the capabilities

CapabilityWhat it looks like here
Setting direction
Developing people
Making decisions
Communicating
Holding accountability

Part B: Assess each leader

Score each current and emerging leader against the capabilities, noting strengths and the specific gap holding them back. Include emerging leaders, not just current ones.

LeaderStrengths to build onSpecific gap to close

An honest assessment is uncomfortable but a flattering one develops no one. A leader strong on doing but weak on developing people is the classic promoted-operator pattern this pathway exists to fix. The gaps you name here become the development plans.

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Used at Steps 1 and 2; feeds the Leadership Development Plan. Back to the guide, or start over.