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Leadership Styles

No of years working with the current Manager:


Age of Manager:
Gender of Manager:

This questionnaire is to describe the leadership style of your Unit Manager, as you
perceive/observe it. Please answer all items on this sheet. If an item is irrelevant, or if
you are unsure or do not know the answer, leave the answer blank. Please answer this
question anonymously.

Thirty two descriptive statements are listed on the following pages. Judge how
frequently each statement fits the person you are describing. Use the following rating
scale by circling your desired option for rating. Please rate each statement as follows:

5 - Very often
4 - Quite often
3 - Sometimes
2 - Rarely
1 – Never

Very Quite
Sometimes Rarely Never
Often Often
3 2 1
5 4
1. My Unit Manager talks about her most
5 4 3 2 1
important personal beliefs and values.
2. My Unit Manager talks about the future
5 4 3 2 1
optimistically.
3. My Unit Manager questions assumptions to
5 4 3 2 1
see whether they are still appropriate.
4. My Unit Manager spends time supporting,
5 4 3 2 1
coaching and teaching others.
5. My Unit Manager provides others with help
5 4 3 2 1
in exchange for their efforts.
6. My Unit Manager focuses her attention on
5 4 3 2 1
mistakes and deviations from standards.
7. My Unit Manager waits for things to go
5 4 3 2 1
wrong before starting action.
8. My Unit Manager avoids getting involved
5 4 3 2 1
with major issues.
9. My Unit Manager tries and generates pride
5 4 3 2 1
in others in her area.
10. My Unit Manager talk enthusiastically
5 4 3 2 1
about what needs to be done
11. My Unit Manager asks for different
5 4 3 2 1
perspectives when solving a problem.
12. My Unit Manager treats people as
individuals rather than just as group 5 4 3 2 1
members.
13. My Unit Manager makes it clear who is
responsible for achieving specific 5 4 3 2 1
performance targets.
14. My Unit Manager tends to concentrate my
5 4 3 2 1
full attention on complaints and failures.
15. My Unit Manager shows that I am a
5 4 3 2 1
believer in “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.
16. My Unit Manager tries to avoid making
5 4 3 2 1
decisions.
17. My Unit Manager put the interests of the
5 4 3 2 1
group before her own self-interests.
18. My Unit Manager describes a compelling
5 4 3 2 1
vision of the future.
19. My Unit Manager gets others to look at
5 4 3 2 1
problems from many different perspectives.
20. My Unit Manager thinks of my peers as
individuals as having their own needs, 5 4 3 2 1
abilities and aspirations.
21. My Unit Manager makes clear the benefits
5 4 3 2 1
of achieving performance targets.
22. My Unit Manager keeps track of all her
5 4 3 2 1
mistakes and errors.
23. My Unit Manager believes that problems
5 4 3 2 1
must become major before I take action.
24. My Unit Manager put off responding to
5 4 3 2 1
urgent problems.
25. My Unit Manager displays a sense of
5 4 3 2 1
confidence.
26. My Unit Manager Show confidence that
5 4 3 2 1
goals will be achieved.
27. My Unit Manager suggests new ways of
5 4 3 2 1
looking at how to solve problems.
28. My Unit Manager helps others to develop
5 4 3 2 1
their strengths.
29. My Unit Manager expresses my pleasure 5 4 3 2 1
when others meet her expectations.
30. My Unit Manager directs her attention 5 4 3 2 1
toward failures to meet agreed standards.
31. My Unit Manager doesn’t tend to deal with 5 4 3 2 1
problems until they become serious.
32. My Unit Manager deal with problems when 5 4 3 2 1
they finally become urgent.

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