Critical Review of Leadership Assessment

Select one of the listed leadership assessments (or request permission to explore one not listed). Complete the assessment for yourself.

Write a 1700 word essay critically examining the assessments assumptions, validity/reliability, contributions, and limitations to helping leaders clarify why and how they lead. Include reflection on your personal results related to the assessment.

• The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner (Leadership Practices Inventory)
• The Complete Enneagram by B. Chestnut (The Enneagram)
• The 16 Personality Types: Profiles, Theory and Type Development (Myers-Briggs)
• Please Understand ME (II) (Keirsey Temperament Sorter)
• The 8 Dimensions of Leadership: DiSC Strategies for Becoming a Better Leader (DISC)
• Contemporary Leadership and Intercultural Competence (Intercultural Discovery Inventory (IDI))
• Situational Judgment Tests: Theory, Measurement, and Application (Casper SJT)
• StrengthsFinder Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow (StrengthsFinder)
• The Birkman Method Technical Manual (Birkman International)
• Test of Implicit Associations in Relationship Attitudes: Manual for a New Method (TIARA)

Submission Requirements:

• Submit your essay as a Word document or PDF.
• Ensure your essay is well-organized, with clear structure and transitions.
• Use APA formatting.
• Include at least 3 citations from our course texts, at least 3 citations from scholarly journal articles, and at least 2 citations from trade journal articles/books.