Uncover your leadership strengths and blind spots with this structured 10-statement assessment. Covering decision-making, communication, delegation, vision, and accountability on a 1–5 agreement scale, this template gives leaders and their coaches rich, actionable data. An open-ended development goals field rounds out the picture with qualitative insight.
Leadership assessment is a cornerstone of professional development programs. Unlike trait-based personality tests, a behavioral assessment like this one measures observable actions — how a leader communicates, delegates, makes decisions, and develops their team — and compares them to a clear standard. The 1–5 Likert scale format makes it easy to score, aggregate, and track change over time.
This template is organized into four proven leadership dimensions that appear consistently in executive development research: decision-making and vision, communication and feedback, delegation and development, and accountability and results. Each dimension contains two or three targeted statements that reveal whether a leader's behavior is aligned with high-performance leadership norms or has room to grow.
formformform makes it easy to run this assessment at scale. Share it with a team of managers, an entire leadership cohort, or use it as a self-assessment tool in a coaching engagement. All submissions are stored, exportable, and timestamped — so you can compare scores before and after a training program and demonstrate real development ROI.
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Click 'Use this template' to open the leadership assessment in formformform's editor.
Customize the statement text in each section to match your leadership competency model or framework.
Add or remove sections and statements to align with the behaviors most important to your organization.
Update the intro paragraph with any specific instructions or context for participants.
Set up email notifications to receive each completed assessment in your inbox.
Share the link with participants or embed it in your leadership development portal or LMS.
label both ends of every Likert scale ('1 = Strongly Disagree' / '5 = Strongly Agree') so respondents interpret scores the same way across all questions.
frame statements around specific behaviors ('I delegate tasks based on strengths') rather than traits ('I am a good delegator') for more actionable results.
a leader's self-perception rarely matches how their team experiences them. Running the same assessment with direct reports reveals the gap.
administering the assessment at the start and end of a program quantifies skill development and justifies training investment.
open-ended reflection reveals priorities and motivations that Likert scores alone cannot capture.
section headings help participants understand what each group of statements is measuring, which reduces fatigue and confusion.
Yes. You can share the same assessment link with a leader's direct reports, peers, and manager and ask each group to rate the leader's behaviors. Collect all responses and compare self-assessment scores against team perceptions.
Each statement is rated 1–5. Sum the scores within each section (Decision-Making, Communication, etc.) to get a dimension score, then total all ten scores for an overall leadership score. Export responses to a spreadsheet to calculate scores across all participants.
Absolutely. Every statement is fully editable. Replace the default statements with the specific behaviors defined in your leadership framework, and update the section headings to match your competency categories.
This template provides a practical behavioral self-assessment structure. For clinical or high-stakes use, consider pairing the results with validated instruments like the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) or working with an I/O psychologist.
If you want anonymous responses, simply remove the name and email fields in the editor. Anonymous assessments are useful for 360 feedback where you want candid input from direct reports.
There's no limit. formformform allows unlimited submissions, so you can run this assessment with a small team or an entire enterprise leadership cohort without additional cost.
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