How to prepare for an executive leadership assessment?

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How to prepare for an executive leadership assessment? Jun 14, 2021

How to prepare for an executive leadership assessment?

No matter what stage of your career you are at, leadership assessments can give you an objective idea of your abilities as a leader.

A leadership assessment lets you know in a constructive way just what kind of leadership you bring to the table, can help gauge your capacity to cope with different roles, and therefore guide your career.

But what are these executive leadership assessments all about? What kind of exercises are standard practice? And where can you find some examples of interview questions?

This brief article provides answers. In addition, it also outlines why many of those assessments do not, unfortunately, predict leadership effectiveness very well …

The problem: most assessments focus too much on behavior. Leadership assessment should focus also on understanding a person’s inner dynamics in order to match the right leader to the right context.

Because it’s not about how competent a leader is in one given context.
It’s about looking at what makes someone competent in any context.

Read the full article.

Stefan Peetroons
Accord Group partner