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Leadership Compass Inventory

Directions: Check the statements below that best describe your approach to completing assignments, working in teams, decision-making, and your overall personality traits.

_____ 1. Assertive, active, decisive

_____ 2. Allows other to feel important

_____ 3. Risk-taker, adventurous, spontaneous

_____ 4. Uses data to make logical and analytical decisions

_____ 5. Moves carefully, deliberately, and follows procedures and guidelines

_____ 6. Very idea oriented, focuses on future thought

_____ 7. Friendly, likeable team player

_____ 8. Likes to be in control and determine the course of events

_____ 9. Quick to act, expresses urgency for other to act quickly also

_____ 10. Supportive, nurturing, and caring towards colleagues

_____ 11. Innovative, creative, and sees the big picture

_____ 12. Provides planning and resources to others

_____ 13. Seen as practical, dependable, and thorough

_____ 14. Has insight into mission and purpose

_____ 15. Willing to trust others’ statements at face value

_____ 16. Enjoys challenging people and situations

_____ 17. Thinks in terms of the “bottom line” or saving money

_____ 18. Feelings-based, trusts own emotions and intuition as truth

_____ 19. Strong spiritual awareness, free spirited, unconventional

_____ 20. Works well with existing resources.

_____ 21. Careful, thoroughly examines people’s needs in situations

_____ 22. Appreciates a lot of information

_____ 23. Peace-loving, sympathetic, and helpful

_____ 24. Likes a quick pace and the fast track

_____ 25. Courageous, ambitious, and confident

_____ 26. Able to focus on the present moment

_____ 27. Looks for overarching themes and big ideas

_____ 28. Introspective, self-analytical, focused, reserved

_____ 29. Weighs all sides of an issue, balanced

_____ 30. Values the word “options” and “possibilities”

_____ 31. Values the words ”right” and “fair”

_____ 32. Perseveres; not stopped by someone saying “no”

_____ 33. Divergent thinker with an active imagination

_____ 34. Process-oriented, follows steps carefully to complete a project

_____ 35. Likes to experiment and explore

_____ 36. Values the words “objective” and “organized”

_____ 37. Generous, non-competitive, and likes to build on the ideas of others

_____ 38. Goal-oriented, ambitious

_____ 39. Values the words “do it now” and “I’ll do it”

_____ 40. Skilled at finding the fatal flaw in an idea or a project

North _____ South _____ East _____ West _____

North: The “Get It Done” Person

Approaches to Work/Work Style

• Assertive, Active, Decisive

• Likes to be in control and determine the course of events

• Quick to act, expresses urgency for others to act quickly also

• Enjoys challenging people and situations

• Thinks in terms of the “bottom line”

• Likes a quick pace and the fast track

• Courageous, Ambitious, and Confident

• Perseveres – Not stopped by “NO”

• Probes and presses to get at hidden resistances

• Likes variety, novelty, new projects

• Comfortable being in front

• Goal-centered, ambitious

• Hardworking leader who is comfortable being in front

• Value Words – “Do it now!” “I’ll do it.” “What’s the bottom line?”

Work Style Limitations

• Overlooks process and comprehensive strategic planning driven by the need to act and decide

• Can get defensive, argumentative, and tries to “out expert” others

• Can lost patience, pushes for a decision before its time, avoids discussion

• Can be autocratic, wants things their way, had difficulty being a team member

• Sees things in terms of black and white, not much tolerance for ambiguity

• May go beyond limits, act impulsively, and disregard practicality

• Not heedful of others’ feelings, may be perceived as cold

• Had trouble relinquishing control and to delegate (“If you want something done right, do it yourself!”

Best Ways to Work with a North

• Present your case quickly, clearly, and with enthusiasm and confidence

• Let them know they will be involved – their payoff and their role

• Focus on the “challenge” of the task.

• Provide them with plenty of autonomy

• Establish timelines and stick with them

• Give them positive, public recognition

• Use them to complete tasks that require motivation, persuasion, and initiative

South: The Nurturer

Approach to Work

• Friendly, likeable team player, noncompetitive

• Allows others to feel important, integrates others’ input

• Supportive, nurturing and caring towards colleagues

• Willing to trust others’ statements at face value

• Peace-loving, sympathetic, and helpful

• Feelings-based, trusts own emotions and intuition as truth

• Receptive to other’s ideas and builds on ideas

• Able to focus on the present moment

• Process-centered, values-driven

• Generous, non-competitive and likes to build on the ideas of others

• Value Words: “Right” and “Fair”

Work Style Limitations

• Loses focus on goals when relationships or people’s needs are compromised

• Had trouble saying “No” so takes on a lot of work for the team

• Internalizes difficulty and assumes blame when something goes wrong

• Prone to disappointment when relationships are seen as secondary to the task

• Has difficulty confronting or handling conflict (own and others’); can over-compromise in order to avoid conflict

• Can be easily manipulated by emotions

• Immersed in the present or the now; loses track of time, may not take action or see long-range view

• Can become too focused on the process, at the expense of accomplishing goals

Best Ways to Work with a South

• Remember process, attention to what is happening with the relationship between you

• Justify your decisions around values and ethics

• Appeal your relationship with this person and his or her other relationships

• Listen hard and allow the expression of feelings and intuition in logical arguments

• Be aware that this person may have a hard time saying “NO” and may be easily steamrolled

• Provide plenty of positive reassurance and likeability

• Let the personal know you like them and appreciate them

East: The Visionary

Approach to Work

• Innovative, creative and sees the big picture

• Very idea oriented, focuses on future thought

• Risk-taker, adventurous, spontaneous

• Has insight into mission and purpose

• Makes decisions by standing the future

• Looks for overarching themes and ideas

• Appreciates a lot of information

• Strong spiritual awareness, free spirited, unconventional

• Likes to experiment and explore

• Value words: “Option” “Possibility”

Work Style Limitations

• Can put too much emphasis on vision at the expense of action or details

• Can lose focus on tasks and attention to detail

• Exhibits poor follow through on project

• Is viewed by others as undependable

• Not time-bound, may lose track of time

• Tends to be highly enthusiastic early in the project, then burns out over the long haul

• May lose interest in projects that do not have a comprehensive vision

• May become frustrated with self and overwhelmed when outcome are not in line with vision

Best Ways to Work with an East

• Show appreciation and enthusiasm for ideas

• Listen and be patient during idea generation

• Avoid criticizing or judging ideas

• Allow and support divergent thinking

• Provide a variety of tasks

• Provide help and supervision to support detail and project follow through

West: The Analyst

Approach to Work

• Seen as practical, dependable, and thorough

• Provide planning and resources to others

• Moves carefully, deliberately, and follows procedures and guidelines

• Use data to make logical and analytical decisions

• Weighs all sides of an issue, balanced

• Introspective, self-analytical, focused, reserved

• Careful, thoroughly examines people’s needs in situations

• Works well with existing resources – gets the most out of what has been done in the past

• Skilled at finding the fatal flaw in an idea or a project

• Value Words: “Objective,” “Organized”

Work Style Limitations

• Can be bogged down by information, collects unnecessary dates, mired in details

• Analyzes extensively at the expense of moving forward; analysis paralysis

• May appear to team mates as cold, withdrawn, distracted, distant, insensitive, or resistant to change

• Tendency toward remaining in the sidelines, watchfulness, observation

Best Ways to Work with a West

• Allow plenty of time for decision-making

• Provide data–-objective facts and figures that a West can trust

• Don’t be put off by critical “NO” statements

• Minimize the expression of emotion and use logic when possible

• Appeal to tradition, a sense of history, and correct procedures

Instructions to the Teacher

1. Have students take the inventory. Walk around an assist with unfamiliar words or concepts.

2. Provide students with the answers to each.

3. Have students tally their answers and determine which leadership style they are.

Sources:

The Personality Compass by Diane Turner and Thelma Greco, 1998.

The Medicine Way: A Shamanic Path to Self-Mastery. Kenneth Meadows. Element, 1991.

The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology. Sun Bear and Waburn. Simon and Schuster, 1980.

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