Your Score

On the score sheet at the end of this chapter, add up the columns to determine your relative tendencies in the eight leadership and personality categories. The higher your total within a particular column, the more intense is that trait in your leadership style and personality tendency.

By understanding your own personality traits, you can determine where you may fit in best as a team leader or team member. You can also locate areas of experience where you may tend to be “deaf” to the feelings or opinions of others. Finally, by understanding your own leadership and personality traits, you can predict with considerable accuracy the kind of people you may find difficult or hard to understand. A Self, who enjoys working alone, for example, ...

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