Leadership Self –Assessment Quiz 14-1
Are you a Strategic Thinker?
Instructions: Indicate your strength of agreement with each of the following statements: SD=strongly disagree, D=disagree, N=neutral, A=agree, SA=strongly agree.
1. Every action I take on my job should add value for our customers, our clients, or the public.
2. Let top management ponder the future; I have my own job to get done.
3. Strategic thinking is fluff. Somebody down the organization has to get the job done.
4. A company cannot become great without an exciting vision.
5. What I do on the job each day can affect the performance of the company many years into the future.
6. It is rather pointless to develop skills or acquire knowledge that cannot help you on the job within the next month.
7. Strategic planning should be carried out in a separate department rather than involve people throughout the organization.
8. It makes good sense for top management to frequently ask itself the question, “What business are we really in?”
9. If a company does an outstanding job of satisfying its customers, there is little need to worry about changing its mix of goods or services.
10. Organizational visions remind me of pipe dreams and hallucinations.