Lead with more confidence. Tell us the task or decision your team is stuck on, answer 10 questions, and this free leadership style assessment shows which style fits it. It takes about two minutes.
DemocraticYou guide, and the team shapes the decision.
Non-DirectiveThe team decides. You support when needed.
Three leadership styles. One fits this task best.
Directive leadership
High control and structure. You give clear instructions, set specific goals and make the key decisions. It suits moments that need quick decisions, or a team that needs clear direction to succeed.
Democratic leadership
Collaboration and shared decision-making. You guide the team toward a common goal and bring their input into the decision. It suits work where different perspectives and team ownership matter.
Non-Directive leadership
A hands-off approach. You give the team autonomy and trust them to make their own decisions, guiding only when needed. It suits highly skilled teams that need little supervision.
How the assessment works.
1
Describe the task or decision
A few words on what your team needs to focus on right now.
2
Answer 10 questions
About the task and your team: urgency, experience, collaboration, flexibility, trust.
3
Get the style it calls for
Directive, Democratic or Non-Directive, with what to focus on.
4
Take it again
A new task or decision can call for a different style.
What I loved most was that it didn't feel like a box-ticking exercise. It gave us shared language for how we communicate, make decisions, support each other and get the best out of each other as a leadership team.
HEAD OF COMMERCIAL & CLIENT EXPERIENCE
LEADERSHIP OFFSITE PARTICIPANT
Designed by an Organisational Psychologist.
The assessment comes from Rudy Crous's work on leadership styles and personality. No single style is right every time. Effective leaders shift between the three as the task and the team change.
Your Work Personality shows the leadership style you lean towards. This assessment shows the style the task calls for. Knowing both tells you when to flex.
Yes. It is a free leadership style assessment with 10 questions. It differs from most in one way: it assesses the task or decision your team is facing, and tells you which leadership style fits it.
No. Your natural leadership style comes from your personality, which the Work Personality assessment covers. This one looks at the task, the team and the timing.
Each answer scores 1, 2 or 3. The ten scores are added up. A total of 10 to 16 points to Directive leadership, 17 to 23 to Democratic and 24 to 30 to Non-Directive.
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