Leadership Survey

The Leadership Survey is designed to provide managers with feedback about how the people who report to them perceive their leadership behaviour and to measure the overall satisfaction of work-unit members, both personally and with the group. The purpose is to help managers learn how to improve their leadership performance and to positively influence their work unit's satisfaction and productivity.

Measurement Overview

The Leadership Survey measures the following factors:

	Work-Unit Satisfaction. Personal and group satisfaction
	Mission. A sense of purpose or reason for being
	Goals. Clarity about the results toward which efforts are directed
	Feedback. Information about progress toward accomplishing goals
	Rewards. Consequences that are linked to performance
	Support. Help in removing obstacles to desired performance

The five leadership factors are scored two different ways. The practice score reflects the work unit's perception of how the factor is applied or implemented. The emphasis score is a measure of the appropriateness of the amount of time a manager spends on that factor.

Feedback
Individual Feedback

	Strengths and weaknesses of a manager relative to the five leadership factors measured
	Whether opportunities for development are primarily skill or time issues
	The impact a leader has on the personal and group satisfaction levels of the work unit

Organizational Feedback

	The organization's need for training in specific leadership areas
	Comparisons of leadership performance and work-unit satisfaction for specific subdivisions within the organization
	The effects of leadership performance and work-unit satisfaction on bottom-line productivity
	Monitoring leadership development over time

Components

The following items are available as part of the Leadership Survey and accompanying programs:

	Survey to obtain perceptions from direct reports
	Individual feedback to a manager on the practices and emphasis of leadership behavior, as well as a measure of work-unit satisfaction
	Organizational tables to describe the survey results of various work units within the organization
	Special reports to relate leadership performance to productivity measures

The Leadership Survey is designed to be used either in combination with the Wilson Learning leadership program, The Leader-Manager, or as a stand-alone measurement system.