Complete the attached survey regarding your Leadership Orientation: Four Frames Assessment. This short survey indicates your dominant frame preference. Once you have completed the assessment, discuss why your dominant frame preference might make the most sense.

Leadership Orientation This questionnaire asks you to describe yourself as a manager and leader. For each item, give the number "4" to the phrase that best describes you, "3" to the item that is next best, and on down to "1" for the item that is least like you. Use the scoring key to add up your totals in the blanks that follow the questionnaire.

1. My strongest skills are:

____a. Analytic skills

____b. Interpersonal skills

____c. Political skills

____d. Flair for drama

2. The best way to describe me is:

____a. Good listener

____b. Skilled negotiator

____c. Inspirational leader

____d. Technical expert

3. What has helped me the most to be successful is my ability to:

____a. Build strong alliances and a power base

____b. Inspire and excite others

____c. Make good decisions

____d. Coach and develop people

4. What people are most likely to notice about me is my:

____a. Charisma

____b. Attention to detail

____c. Ability to succeed in the face of conflict and opposition

____d. Concern for people

5. My most important leadership trait is:

____a. Clear, logical thinking

____b. Caring and support for others

____c. Toughness and aggressiveness

____d. Imagination and creativity

6. I am best described as:

____a. A humanist

____b. A politician

____c. A visionary

____d. An analyst

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Score yourself. Tabulate your score by adding the number of your response for the following items: ST (1a, 2b, 3c, 4d, 5a, 6b) HR (1b, 2c, 3d, 4a, 5b, 6c) PL (1c, 2d, 3a, 46, 5c, 6d) SY (10, 2a, 3b, 4c, 5d, 6a) Scales are adjusted to represent percentile scores. The lowest number for each frame represents the 25 percentile; the highest number represents the 90 percentile. The table below shows percentiles for each frame, based on a sample of more than 700 managers from business, education, and government. For the structural frame, for example, 25% of managers rate themselves 12 or below, and only 10% rate themselves 23 or above. Structural Political In a sample of more than 700 managers: Human Resource Symbolic 22 24 17 21 10% rated themselves at or above: 19 22 13 17 25% rated themselves above: 50% rated themselves above: 16 19 11 14 12 16 9 11 75% rated themselves above