Focused Leader Profile - Starter Kit

HRDQ

Assessment

Variant

How It Works

The profile presents leaders with eight work situations and four possible responses. In scoring the instrument, they generate two profiles - one for style effectiveness and one for leadership flexibility. Next, leaders are introduced to the "Three Factors of Focused Leadership" and then learn how analyze these factors when choosing an effective task/relationship-oriented approach to address work group situations. Interpretation of Profile results and action planning help leaders apply their learning to a current work group situation.

To provide further practice in analyzing situations and choosing an effective leadership response, the facilitator guide also includes a complete three-hour workshop.

Uses and Applications

The Focused Leader Profile is appropriate for leaders of groups or teams at any organizational level. Flexible enough to be used as a stand-alone instrument or as a component in a larger leadership-training program, it's the perfect starting point in helping leaders to think in terms of the "situation-ality."

Focused Leader Profile has a variety of applications including:

• New supervisor/manager training: Use the profile as a baseline for new managers. Coupled with an explanation of the theory and the "Three Factors" of a situation, new managers have a foundation for developing and fine-tuning their management skills.
  
• Refresher training: Use the profile as a pre/post application. By taking the profile twice, managers gain a comparison and help in identifying areas of strength and improvement
  
• Component of a longer training system: Use the profile as part of a supervisory or leadership development curriculum.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand that leadership is situational
• Learn the three key factors leaders should use to analyze and respond to work group situations
• Identify appropriate task- and/or relationship-focused responses
• Develop personalized action steps for responding to a current leadership situation

• Relationships among the leader and the group members
• Clarity of the task
• Leader's power base

Facilitator Guide includes:

• Administrative guidelines
• Theoretical background
• Rationale
• Reliability and validity
• Experiential learning methodology
• Description of the "Three Factors of Focused Leadership"
• Complete three-hour workshop design
• Alternative training designs
• Blank training outline
• Five optional activities
• FAQ
• Sample copy of participant guide
• CD-ROM containing Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and reproducible masters, including a certificate of achievement, training evaluation and overhead transparency master, which are tear-out pages from the back of the facilitator set that you can copy to create your own overhead materials
• Convenient binder format

Participant guide includes:

• Eight-item assessment
• Pressure-sensitive response form
• Description of the "Three Factors of Focused Leadership"
• Interpretive information
• Action planning

Product Type
Assessment

Time Required
3 hours

What to Order

Order one facilitator guide per trainer and one assessment per participant.

The HRDQ Development Team creates soft-skills learning solutions that help to improve the performance of individuals, teams, and organizations. At HRDQ, we believe an experiential approach is the best catalyst for adult learning. Our unique Experiential Learning Model has been the core of what we do for more than 40 years. Combining the best of organizational learning theory and proven facilitation methods with an appreciation for adult learning styles, our philosophy initiates and inspires lasting change.