[Ailist] AI and assessments (?MBTI 2)

[Charlotte Henley]

Hi Carol,
I work with a leadership group in my community.  Below is a sample of
questions I use to develop the foundation of leadership in the group.  I
probably borrowed some of the statements from the book Encyclopedia of
Positive Questions, by Whitney, Cooperrider, Trosten-Bloom and Kaplin.  I
use True Colors personality tool, but have become less reliant on this tool.
I have always found the AI questions to be more poignant and personal. The
group is less likely to compare styles and find one style better than
another as they do when identifying traits.  Instead, with AI questions,
they share stories and find the common themes, truly celebrating everyone's
style of leadership.

Here are the questions I use:
Leadership comes in all forms and is within all people.  Whether you are
leading a company, department, committee, a family, or inspiring a personal
friend to take action, everyone provides leadership.  People work best in
the presence of inspirational leadership.  An inspirational leader brings
out the best in people and engages them as they work together towards the
future.  There is a compelling call to commit to and give one's best in the
presence of inspirational leaders.  With this in mind.. answer the following
questions.

Interview Guide
2.	Take a moment right now and remember a time when you demonstrated
leadership.  It could be a story related to your work, community, church,
school or family.  What did you do? Who was involved?  How did you feel?
How did others respond?  What was the outcome?

3.  What unique skills and gifts do you bring to your job and organization
that are reflected in the story you told?

Charlotte Denny-Henley
Open Door Consulting
www.opendoorconsulting.biz
605.352.4306



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[mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu]On Behalf Of Rob Voyle
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:24 AM
To: RICHMOND, CAROL; ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
Subject: Re: [Ailist] AI and assessments (?MBTI 2)


Hi Carol

I have used the MBTI 2 and find it very helpful.  I also use Kouzes and
Posners
Leadership practices inventory LPI which was based on an appreciative
inquiry
into leadership long before anyone knew what appreciative inquiry is.

Many of the EQ assessments I find give lots of information, but there are
too
many factors so that people can't hold them in consciousness when they are
going about their own work. After using several in my training programs I
did a
follow-up review.  While many people reported that the assessments were
helpful during the class time none reported making any changes in their work
practices as a result of the assessments. So I have eliminated them in favor
of
more experiential exercises that explore EQ rather than give people a
description
of an EQ facet

Rather than rely on instruments I rely heavily on th eparticipants
experience and
growing that. I spend a good piece of time getting the participants to
conduct an
appreciative inquiry into their own experience of leadership and use that as
a
basis for developing their learning and their development goals.
Discoverying
their personal "best leader" is an essential foundation for growing
leadership
competencies.

Rob

Robert J. Voyle, Psy.D.
Director, Clergy Leadership Institute
For Coaching and Training in Appreciative Inquiry
Author: Core Elements of the Appreciative Way
http://www.clergyleadership.com/
503-647-2378 or 503-647-2382

On 9 Mar 2009 at 21:33, RICHMOND, CAROL wrote:

> Hello Nancy and all,
> I am working on creating an AI session for middle  leadership as
> part of a conference on self awareness. I am looking for a
> personality assessment whose questions lead in the direction of
> identifying leadership strengths and builds on the AI topic of
> inspirational leadership. I am familiar with strengthquest and
> strengths finder and EQ. I heard of MBTI 2 but have not seen it. I
> am trying to move away of a model of leadership personality trait
> assessments that are based on the industrial society model with a
> problem or deficit based focus to one that identifies leadership
> potential for our information age and offer a post modern direction.
> II do like the process of 360 but it develops weaknesses you have
> used a personality/leadership values, skills, traint assessment that
> is consistent with AI principles. Please let me know.
> thanks so much for your help
> Carol Richmond
>
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