Am I Really That Obvious?

For this part of the assignment I decided to take the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ).   After I took it, I decided to give it to one of my friends to answer the questionnaire according to how she perceives the way I act.  The results where very surprising because on purpose, I did not give it to a close friend yet almost all of the answers where the same if not they were off by one or two points.  I did not want to have someone that knows me very well answer the test because I wanted to see how much of my personality and leadership style is perceived in the eyes of others.

One example of a question that we had different answers was the one that says “I spend time teaching and coaching.” My result was a 1 and my friend’s was a 3.  I personally don’t think that focus my time on coaching, on the other hand, it is something that I need to work on.  My friend made me realize how I “teach and coach” more often than I thought I did.  I think I do it unconsciously.  She told me that I always share my experiences with her and especially when I learn from my mistakes and how I always tell her on the things that I should improve about myself, which is something that she should work on as well.  I think that most leaders have certain behaviors in them that they are unaware off therefore it is very important to have someone evaluate you form time to time.

There where several questions relating to the fact that should you or shouldn’t you wait to fix problems until they become serious. My answers to those questions where “Not at all,” and “Once in a while.” I strongly think that it is extremely easier to solve a problem or to fix a certain situation at the first stage when not so many people are involved and it has not gone out of proportion. Many times, when leaders don’t deal with issues unless they are of “extreme importance” they end up taking longer to fix the problem than if they would have just dealt with it in the very beginning.