Name. ID: Date: Introduction This assignment help you identify your leadership behaviors, in terms of strengths and weaknesses. Task 1: Your initial raw guessed score on 1. Your concerns for people (from 1-9) 2. Your concerns for task/production/goal achievement (from 1-9) Please indicate your score for each in the following grid. 8 7 6 5 Concern for people 4 3 2 1 Concern for task See the example below (Low) Concern for People (High 1,9 9,9 1,8 1,7 1,6 1,5 5,5 1,4 1,3 1,2 1,1 2,1 3,1 4,1 5,1 6,1 7,1 8,1 9,1 Concem for Production Low) High Task 2: Fill in the Blake and Mouton Leadership Styles Questionnaire Below is a list of statements about leadership behavior. Read each one carefully then, using the following scale, decide the extent to which it actually applies to you. For best results, answer as truthfully as possible. Never Sometimes Always 1. 2. 3 encourage my team to participate when it comes decision making time and I try to implement their ideas and suggestions Nothing is more important than accomplishing a goal or task. I closely monitor the schedule to ensure a task or project will be completed in time. I enjoy coaching people on new tasks and procedures The more challenging a task is, the more I enjoy it. I encourage my employees to be creative about their job. When seeing a complex task through to completion, I ensure that every detail is accounted 4. 5 6. 7. for 8. 9 10. 11 12. 13 I find it easy to carry out several complicated tasks at the same time I enjoy reading articles, books, and journals about training, leadership, and psychology, and then putting what I have read into action When correcting mistakes, I do not worry about jeopardizing relationships. I manage my time very efficiently. I enjoy explaining the intricacies and details of a complex task or project to my employees Breaking large projects into small manageable tasks is second nature to me Nothing is more important than building a great team. I enjoy analyzing problems. I honor other people's boundaries. Counseling my employees to improve their performance or behavior is second nature to me. l enjoy reading articles, books, and trade journals about my profession, and then implementing the new procedures I have learned 14 15 16 17 18. Task 3: Scoring Section After completing the questionnaire, transfer your answers to the spaces below. Plot your final scores on the graph below by drawing a horizontal line from the approximate people score (vertical axis) to the right of the matrix, and drawing a vertical line from the approximate task score on the horizontal axis to the top of the matrix. Then, draw two lines from each dot until they intersect. The area of intersection is the leadership dimension that you operate out of. 1.9 9.9 Socialite Concern for People 5,5 15. Authoritarian 2 1,1 Insation 9.1 People Question Task 1. Question Leadership Matrix 4. 2. 6. 3. 9. 5. 10. Team Leadership 7. 12. 8. 14. Middle of the Road 11. 16. 13. 17. Impoverished TOTAL 18. TOTAL X 0.2 = X0.2 Concern for Task (multiple the Total by 0.2 to get (multiple the Total by 0.2 to get your your final score) TASK 3: Plot your new score in this picture, as final score) shown here. Then mention, what is your leadership style? impoverished, socialite, authoritarian or team The Results leader? This chart will give you an idea of your leadership style: Impoverished (1,1 to 4.4); weak on both tasks and people skills Authoritarian (people - 1 to 4 and task - 5 to 9: strong on tasks, weak on people skills Socialite (people - 5 to 9 and task 1-4): strong on people skills, weak on tasks Team Leadership (6.6 to 9.9); strong on both tasks and people skills Middle-of-the-Road (5.5) in the middle of the chart, but with more experience and skills can display good team leadership However, like any other instrument that attempts to profile a person, you have to take in other factors, such as, how your manager and employees rate you as a leader, do you get your job done, do you take care of your employees are you helping to grow your organization, etc. You should review the statements in the survey and reflect on the low scores by asking yourself, "f1 scored higher in that area, would I be a more effective leader?" And if the answer is yes, then it should become a personal action item TASK 4a: On which items of People/Task questions your score is less than 2.5? People Questions Task Questions 4b. People Questions: Think and write about how would you improve on any TWO of people questions, where your marks is below 2.5? (Write about 2 questions) 3c. Task Questions: Think and write about how you would improve on any TWO of task questions, where your marks are below 2.5. (Write about 2 questions)