Use the Marshall Goldsmith Leadership Assessment as a powerful self-assessment tool to pinpoint where to invest your energy and build a clear, actionable plan for your future.
The Power of the Marshall Goldsmith Assessment. Another Discovery building block
The journey to becoming a truly impactful leader begins with introspection. Before you can lead others, you must first understand where you are and where you want to go. The Marshall Goldsmith Leadership Assessment is the essential self-assessment tool in your Discovery Sessions that helps you do just that.
As a core component of your free three-session Discovery Phase, this assessment is not just a questionnaire—it’s a structured way to turn personal reflection into a clear, actionable plan for your growth. While this assessment is a well-known 360-degree tool, we use it as a powerful self-assessment to give you the foundational insights you need for your journey.
A Structured Approach to Self-Reflection
Instead of a generic evaluation, this assessment asks you to reflect on very specific, future-focused behaviours. It provides a powerful framework for you to pinpoint the areas where you want to invest your time and energy to create the most value for yourself and your organisation. The questions guide you through a comprehensive review of your leadership capabilities, including:
- Creating a Shared Vision and Purpose: This section prompts you to evaluate your ability to develop, agree, and promote your team’s vision, purpose, and brand. It challenges you to consider if you’re not just executing tasks, but inspiring a collective mission.
- Driving Innovation and Results: The assessment asks you to consider how effectively you encourage creativity in others and translate those creative ideas into tangible business results. It also questions how you measure performance, clarify priorities, and ensure your team’s strategy aligns with the company’s.
- Building a High-Performing Culture: The questionnaire focuses on whether you’ve established clear principles for your team’s culture and whether you recruit, coach, reward, and manage people based on that cultural fit. This helps you reflect on how you build a resilient and values-driven team.
- Managing Key Relationships: A crucial part of leadership is managing up and out. This section asks you to reflect on how effectively you actively manage your manager and other key stakeholders who have a significant impact on your team’s success.
- Identifying Key Competencies for Growth: The final part of the assessment provides a comprehensive list of competencies, from “Anticipating Opportunities” to “Empowering People,” allowing you to pinpoint the top three areas you should work on to bring the most benefit to yourself and your organisation.
Access: The Marshall Goldsmith Self-Assessment Form
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About the Author
Michael Beale provides 1:1 NLP training and globally recognised MGSCC leadership and team coaching to unlock clarity, influence, and sustainable success. Read more about Michael and his expertise here: Michael Beale’s Bio.
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