Checklist: Effective Leadership 

1.  Do you have a written vision statement that you share with your team?                  

                                                 Yes                 No  

2.  Do you have a healthy passion for your business ?

                                                 Yes                 No

3.   Do you promote working as a team for common goals?

                                                 Yes                 No

4.   Are you ethical and honest in all of your dealings?

                                                  Yes                 No

5.   Do you place company interests above your own when making decisions?                                          

                                                   Yes                 No  

6.   Besides just knowing your craft, do you focus on management, engineering, salesmanship, and finance skills?                                

                                                   Yes                 No

7.  Do you spend time on the job with employees and customers, and are you active in the community?                                                             

                                                  Yes                 No

8.  Have you acquired superior decision-making skills?

                                                   Yes                 No        

9.  Can you make tough decisions before it is too late to save the job, customer, or business?   

                                                  Yes                 No

10. Do you know when it is best to manage by committee and when YOU must make the decision?                                  

                                                  Yes                 No

11. Do you show trust in your workers and support them in the decisions they make?                                

                                                  Yes                 No

 

Results

Total Number of Yes Responses: ________

    # Of Yes Responses                   Rating

   10 or 11                            Excellent

   8 or 9                              Good

   6 or 7                              Fair

  5 or less                           Help!

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