Take This Executive Leadership Assessment -- Discover Your Strengths And Weaknesses.    Are you satisfied with the velocity, quality and level of your achievements? Are you a respected leader who gets results? Are you reaping the benefits from all your hard work in the executive suite? Is there more you want from your career? This tool can help you quickly discover your executive strengths and pinpoint those areas you still need to work on. Take this 73-item executive assessment and discover what's holding you back from reaching your full life's potential.    875 words.

Take This Executive Leadership Assessment

Discover Your Strengths And Weaknesses

Bill Cole, MS, MA
Founder and CEO
William B. Cole Consultants
Silicon Valley, California

How do others perceive you as a leader? Do you command their respect? Their admiration? How effective are you as an executive? Are you a valuable asset to your organization? How quickly are you progressing up the executive ladder in your career? Are you achieving the utmost personal satisfaction you deserve from all your hard work in the executive suite?

This executive assessment tool will quickly provide you with the big picture in your business life. It will help you begin to identify your strong points, reveal your needed development areas and provide a focus for any coaching session. It will also serve as a launching point for understanding how the executive coaching process will unfold.

If you've hired me as your executive coach, please email this back to me before our first coaching session at: Bill@MentalGameCoach.com . You may also use this form for your own self-analysis, to begin working on your executive leadership skills.

Here is how you can complete the following 73-item Executive Leadership Assessment.

1. Review this list of executive topics and mark the number ONE in the space provided next to the items that seem MOST important and URGENT to you to be WORKED ON FIRST.

2. Mark the number TWO next to those that seem NEXT most important to work on.

3. Mark the number THREE next to those that seem to be in the THIRD TIER of importance.

4. Make NO MARK next to those which DON'T seem to be important now, or at all, or which DO NOT APPLY to you.

5. Place a QUESTION MARK next to those with which you are unfamiliar and would like clarification.

6. If there are any areas or concerns you would like to address NOT LISTED here, please write them in at the end of this form.

7. Please keep a copy for your own files. I have found that repeated review of this assessment is quite helpful in allowing you to continue to see new executive leadership vistas.

Here we go with the assessment.

Executive Leadership Assessment

Which of these executive leadership issues would you like to know more about, get under control and master? Which ones are holding you back from reaching your full potential?

1. ___ Improve Self-Confidence
2. ___ Better Mental Toughness
3. ___ Performance Consistency
4. ___ Executive Presence
5. ___ Rapport And Connection
6. ___ Enthusiasm, Passion And Engagement
7. ___ Persuasiveness And Influencing Skills
8. ___ Negotiation Skills
9. ___ Remove A Self-Critical Attitude
10. ___ Reduce Frustration, Fears, Or Worries
11. ___ Remove Mental Blocks
12. ___ Superior Focus
13. ___ Deal With Slumps, Brown-Out And Burnout
14. ___ Self-Motivation
15. ___ Get Into The Zone
16. ___ Build Mental Discipline
17. ___ Executive Mission Statement
18. ___ Self Awareness
19. ___ Better Relationships
20. ___ Physical Fitness And Health
21. ___ Retirement Planning
22. ___ Life Satisfaction
23. ___ Values Clarification
24. ___ Create A Life Vision
25. ___ Stop Nerves And Tension
26. ___ Risk-Taking And Adventure Skills
27. ___ The Art Of Delegation
28. ___ Handle Set-Backs And Adversity
29. ___ Quality Of Life
30. ___ Life Changes And Transitions
31. ___ Financial Success
32. ___ Spirituality
33. ___ Problem-Solving Skills
34. ___ Stay Relaxed And Focused Under Pressure
35. ___ Change Habits
36. ___ Create A Meaningful Life
37. ___ Remove Writer's Block
38. ___ Workplace Productivity
39. ___ Emotional Intelligence
40. ___ Team Building
41. ___ Presentation Skills
42. ___ Story-Telling Skills
43. ___ Work-Life Balance
44. ___ Listening Skills
45. ___ Leadership Skills
46. ___ Communication Skills
47. ___ Voice Quality And Articulation
48. ___ Negotiation Skills
49. ___ Organize Your Office
50. ___ Telephone Skills
51. ___ Executive Charisma And Charm
52. ___ Creativity And Innovation
53. ___ Sense Of Humor
54. ___ Deal With Workplace Politics
55. ___ Deal With Workplace Bullies
56. ___ The Art Of Small Talk
57. ___ Deal With Negative And Hostile People
58. ___ Goal Setting
59. ___ Stress Management
60. ___ Control Energy Levels
61. ___ Mental Stamina
62. ___ Reduce Self-Consciousness And Shyness
63. ___ Assertiveness Skills
64. ___ Networking Skills
65. ___ Self-Coaching Skills
66. ___ Reduce Self-Sabotage
67. ___ Minimize Perfectionism
68. ___ Stop Procrastination
69. ___ Time Management
70. ___ Visualization And Mental Rehearsal
71. ___ Positive Thinking
72. ___ Overcome The Fear Of Failure
73. ___ Overcome The Fear Of Success

If there are any other executive leadership issues that come up for you prior to your first coaching session, please write them down so they can be addressed. This is a fascinating, fulfilling journey you are about to embark upon, one which will have far-reaching effects on your career and on your life.

Copyright © 2011- Bill Cole, MS, MA. All rights reserved.

Bill Cole, MS, MA, a leading authority on peak performance, mental toughness and coaching, is founder and CEO of William B. Cole Consultants, a consulting firm that helps organizations and professionals achieve more success in business, life and sports. He is also the Founder and President of the International Mental Game Coaching Association (www.mentalgamecoaching.com), an organization dedicated to advancing the research, development, professionalism and growth of mental game coaching worldwide. He is a multiple Hall-Of-Fame honoree as an athlete, coach and school alumnus, an award-winning scholar-athlete, published book author and articles author, and has coached at the highest levels of major-league pro sports, big-time college athletics and corporate America. For a free, extensive article archive, or for questions and comments visit him at www.MentalGameCoach.com.

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