Shakti_Leadership_Styles_Assessment_Tool-FOR-WEBSITE (2).xlsx

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3			Shakti Leadership Styles Assessment & Ready Reckoner
4				(Derived from Shakti Leadership by Nilima Bhat & Raj Sisodia)
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7	Please enter the letter 'Y' in the appropriate cell based on your response for each of the items of this assessment tool
8	Masculine and Feminine are complementary styles, bearing complementary forces
9	Depending on your responses, your dominant leadership style would be indicated at the bottom of this assessment sheet
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13	Structure
14	(How you structure your team & work)
15	Masculine							Feminine
16			Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never		Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often
17		Hierarchy										Network
18		Levels & Status Matter										Relationships Matter
19		Clear / Separate Roles										Overlapping Roles
20		Top / Down Power / Info										Power / Info Shared
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26	Orientation
27	(What do you focus on to get the job done)
28	Masculine							Feminine
29			Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never		Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often
30		Goal / Result										Process
31		Push aside distracting										Gather multiple inputs
32		ideas										weigh related issues
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37	Influence
38	(How do you get others to do what is important)
39	Masculine							Feminine
40			Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never		Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often
41		Command										Persuade
42		Give orders / Tell										Make requests / ask
43		Direct / Clear										Indirect / Polite
44		Appeal to logic / prove										Appeal to emotion / Inspire
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50	Motivation
51	(What energises or drives you when you are working with others)
52	Masculine							Feminine
53			Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never		Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often
54		Competition										Collaboration
55		Work is game to be won										Opp to Co-create / Belong
56		Coming out on top is key										Involving team & sharing
57												power is key
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62	Conflict
63	(How you resolve disagreements and disputes)
64	Masculine							Feminine
65			Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never		Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often
66		Confront Directly										Approach indirectly
67		Facts have priority										Feelings & facts imp
68		Seek Closure										Seek healing
69		Transactional										Emotional
70		(Don't take personally)										(Go thru hurt / pain)
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76		Totals	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
77		Weightages	3	2	1	0		0	1	2	3
78		Weighted Totals	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
79		Leader Style Totals			Masculine	0		0	Feminine
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82							Your Overall Leadership Style is :	Balanced
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84							Your Structure Approach is :	Balanced
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86							Your Orientation Focus is :	Balanced
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88							Your Influence Style is :	Balanced
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90							Your Motivation Type is :	Balanced
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92							Your Conflict Management is :	Balanced
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96				Shakti Leadership Ready Reckoner
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99	Having understood your overall as well as domain-specific leadership styles (Masculine or Feminine or Balanced), you can use this worksheet as a Ready Reckoner to find solutions and resolutions to any leadership dilemma you encounter in everyday work-life. To give you an example, if your dilemma is around the "Conflict" domain (how you resolve disagreements and disputes) and if you tend to be more Masculine in how you typically handle conflict, then look at the opposite Feminine column and consider how you could apply some of those approaches. Could you approach the problem more indirectly? Could you understand and address the feelings involved instead of simply focusing on the facts of the matter? How about seeking healing instead of simply looking to close the issue? Would you be willing to engage the emotional aspect and if necessary, go through some hurt or pain? If you were to balance your dominant Masculine leadership style of handling conflict in this way, with some complementary Feminine behaviours as shown in the worksheet above, it is our premise that you would overcome the dilemma successfully. .............. Let us apply this Ready Reckoner right away: Think of a dilemma you are currently facing. Which of the five domains is it about? (Structure, Orientation, Influence, Motivation, Conflict). What style or energy do you need to dial up or down to resolve the situation? Please enter your response in the box below.
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