Technique 1.145 Change Leadership Questionnaire
Introduction
The below questions/statements are looking at 6 different qualities, ie leadership, 3 Cs (communications, community and collaboration), human focus, 3 Rs (readiness, resilience, resistance), agile and personal qualities.
Questions/statements:
Tick the appropriate answer, ie 'never', 'sometimes' or 'always', to the below 25 questions/statements
Please answer what is rather than what should be!
| Question/statements | Answer | ||
| never | sometimes | always | |
| 1. You can take action without seeing the full picture or waiting for complete information | |||
| 2. You are willing to discuss your mistakes, failures, problems, challenges, etc so that everyone can all learn from them and you encourage others to do the same | |||
| 3. You spend time with different stakeholders to understand their perspectives | |||
| 4. You understand that resistance can be a natural reaction to change | |||
| 5. You work on your strengths and have employed others with strengths that complements your weaknesses | |||
| 6. You are curious and like to ask questions, especially if you don't know something | |||
| 7. You like to try and experiment with different ways of doing things | |||
| 8. You understand the power and impact of being vulnerable | |||
| 9. You are comfortable in not being the expert all the time | |||
| 10. You encourage people to improve their resilience | |||
| 11. You are comfortable engaging with those who are resisting the change | |||
| 12. You value co-creation, co-design and conversation over perfection | |||
| 13. You focus on the human aspect of change rather than just the technical aspects | |||
| 14. It is important to explore a process from the perspective of uncovering opportunities and pain points | |||
| 15. You realise the importance of key stakeholders, change champions, informal leaders, etc to activate and achieve change | |||
| 16. You encourage others who have different points of view from your own, to express them | |||
| 17. You encourage others to challenge the status quo, current thinking, etc | |||
| 18. You understand your organisational culture and the impact the change will have on it | |||
| 19. You encourage continual feedback during the change so you can understand what people are thinking and feeling | |||
| 20. As much as possible you delegate, grant autonomy, encourage engagement, empowerment and collaboration, etc during the change | |||
| 21. You understand the micro, eg project, and macro, eg organisation, elements of change readiness | |||
| 22. You adopt an approach that is adaptable and flexible to change | |||
| 23. You realise that inspiring is just as important as informing people during change | |||
| 24. You understand the importance of understanding the meaning of non-verbal responses | |||
| 25. You get engagement from other important stakeholders at the start of the change process |
(main source: Agile Change Leadership Institute, 2023)
The more 'always' answers, the better your style of leadership