Convenience

Instructions:
Recall a situation in which you were
a member of a group or team that had a specific task
or project to complete. This may have been at work,
in a class, or in a church, club, or civic organization.
Now assess your behavior in each of the functions. For
each question, rate yourself according to the following
scale:
Rating Scale
Insert your score from one of the following five options
for each of the statements that follow.
•
5 Definitely true of me
•
4 Probably true of me
•
3 Neither true nor not true, or undecided
•
2 Probably not true of me
•
1 Definitely not true of me
I. Planning
_______ 1. I prepare an agenda for meetings.
_______ 2. I try to anticipate what will happen in the
future as a result of my current actions
and decisions.
_______ 3. I establish clear goals for myself and
others.
_______ 4. I carefully analyze the pros and cons
involved in situations before reaching
decisions.
_______ 5. I am quite willing to try new things, to
experiment.
_______ 6. I have a clear vision for accomplishing
the task at hand.
_______ 7. I put plans in writing so that others can
know exactly what they are.
_______ 8. I try to remain flexible so that I can adapt
to changing conditions.
_______ 9. I try to anticipate barriers to goal
accomplishment and how to overcome
them.
_______ 10. I discuss plans and involve others in
arriving at those plans.
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II. Organizing
_______ 1. I try to follow the plan while working on
the task.
_______ 2. I try to develop any understanding of the
different steps or parts needed to
accomplish the task at hand.
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_______ 3. I evaluate different ways of working on
the task before deciding on which course
of action to follow.
_______ 4. I have a clear sense of the priorities
necessary to accomplish the task.
_______ 5. I arrange for others to be informed about
the degree of progress in accomplishing
the task.
_______ 6. I am open to alternative, even novel,
ways of working on the task.
_______ 7. I adapt the sequence of activities involved
if circumstances change.
_______ 8. I have a clear sense of how the steps
involved in accomplishing the task
should be structured.
_______ 9. I lead or follow where appropriate to see
to it that progress is made toward
accomplishing the task.
_______ 10. I coordinate with others to assure steady
progress on the task.