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Introduction Leadership Skills Self-Assessment

This is a personal assessment for you, the student, to self-rate your skills according to the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) - Health Leadership Competency Model 3.0 (www.nchl.org). The MHA leadership team has chosen this model for the comprehensive set of skills and the research that has been referenced to develop the model. 

Please read through the leadership skills and choose one answer that best describes your perception of your current skills. The questions are to be answered based on your self-rating or self-perception of current skills from the NCHL model, not where you hope to be by the end of the program or with more work experiences.  The answers do build upon each other so pick the highest number.  Example, if you feel you are practicing at level 3, you also are demonstrating levels 1 and 2 in your professional skills. If you do not have experience in the skill, mark the "1. Answer ..." as your selection

SAVE YOUR RESULTS: At the end of the survey, it will show your first set of results (approximately comparative answers to the first 15 questions), PRINT to PDF all of the results for use in classes. To save a copy of your specific results, you will need to record your answers on a blank copy of the survey provided in classes or by contacting mhaprogramdirector@mail.waldenu.edu. 

The results from this survey will provide useful information, not limited to, course-related activities and assignments, but can aid in personal/professional development opportunities and job/skills performance activities.

All answers are completely confidential and you will be provided a summary once the survey is completed.   Thank you for your time. 

Note: The NCHL model refers to the skills as "competencies", these are not to be confused with the Walden Competency Based Learning modality ("Tempo").  Although if you are in the MHA Tempo program, you will see that the skills listed here, do relate to the different competencies or courses in your program. 

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* 1. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Organizational Awareness. 

Skill defined as "The ability to understand and learn the formal and informal decision-making structures and power relationships in an organization or industry (e.g. stakeholders, suppliers). This includes the ability to identify who the real decision-makers are and the individuals who can influence them, and to predict how new events will affect individuals and groups within the organization." (www.nchl.org)

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* 2. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Relationship & Network Development.   

Skill defined as "The ability to establish, build, and sustain professional contacts for the purpose of building networks of people with similar goals and that support similar interests". (www.nchl.org)

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* 3. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Writing Communication.  

Skill defined as: "The ability to use written communications in formal and informal situations to convey meaning, build shared understanding, and productively move agendas forward." (www.nchl.org)

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* 4. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Communication through Speaking and Facilitating. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to use spoken communications in formal and informal situations to convey meaning, build shared understanding, and productively move agendas forward." (www.nchl.org)

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* 5. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Accountability.

Skills defined as: "The ability to hold people accountable to standards of performance or ensure compliance by effectively and appropriately using the power of one’s position or personality, with the long-term good of the organization in mind." (www.nchl.org)

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* 6. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Initiative. 

Skill defined as: "Identifying a problem, obstacle, or opportunity and taking action in light of this identification to address current or future problems or opportunities. Initiative emphasizes proactively doing things and not simply thinking about future actions. Levels of proficiency relate to the time scale of focus, moving from addressing current situations to acting on long-term future opportunities or problems." (www.nchl.org)

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* 7. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Analytical Thinking. 

Skill defined as: "Developing a deeper understanding of a situation, issue, or problem by breaking it down or tracing its implications step-by-step. It includes organizing the parts of a situation, issue, or problem systematically; making systematic comparisons of different features or aspects; setting priorities on a rational basis; and identifying time sequences, causal relationships, or if-then relationships." (www.nchl.org)

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* 8. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Process and Quality Improvement. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to analyze and design or improve an organizational process, including incorporating the principles of high reliability, continuous quality improvement, and user-centered design." (www.nchl.org)

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* 9. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Impact and Influence. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to persuade, convince, influence, or impress others (individuals or groups) in order to get them to go along with or to support one’s opinion or position. The “key” is understanding others’ interests and motivations, in order to have a specific impact, effect, or impression on them and/or convince them to take a specific course of action." (www.nchl.org)

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* 10. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Team Leadership. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to lead groups of people toward shared visions and goals, from forming a team that possesses balanced capabilities, to setting its mission, values, and norms, and holding team members accountable individually and as a group for results." (www.nchl.org)

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* 11. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Change Leadership. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to energize stakeholders and sustain their commitment to changes in approaches, processes, and strategies." (www.nchl.org)

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* 12. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Innovation. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to approach one’s work and the organization in new and breakthrough ways, including applying complex concepts, developing creative new solutions, or adapting previous solutions in promising new ways." (www.nchl.org)

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* 13. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Strategic Orientation. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to consider the business, demographic, ethnocultural, political, and regulatory implications of decisions and develop strategies that continually improve the long-term success and viability of the organization." (www.nchl.org)

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* 14. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Financial Skills. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to understand and explain financial and accounting information, prepare and manage budgets, and make sound long-term investment decisions." (www.nchl.org)

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* 15. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Self-Awareness.

Skill defined as: "The ability to have an accurate view of one’s own strengths and development needs, including the impact that one has on others. A willingness to address development needs through reflective, self-directed learning, and by trying new approaches." (www.nch.org)

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* 16. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Self-Confidence. 

Skill defined as: "A belief in one’s own capability to successfully accomplish their work. This includes confidence in one’s ability as expressed in increasingly challenging circumstances, and confidence in one’s decisions or opinions." (www.nch.org)

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* 17. What is your self-rating for the following skill: Well-being. 

Definition coming soon from NCHL (www.nchl.org)

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* 18. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Community Collaboration?

Skill defined as "The ability to align one’s own and the organization’s priorities with the needs and values of the community, including its cultural and ethnocentric values, and to move health forward in line with population-based wellness needs and national health agenda." (www.nchl.org)

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* 19. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Achievement Orientation. 

Skill defined as: "A concern for surpassing standards of excellence. Standards may involve past performance (striving for improvement); objective measures (results orientation); outperforming others (competitiveness); and challenging goals, or redefining the nature of the standards themselves (innovation)." (www.nchl.org)

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* 20. What is your self-rating of  the following skill: Performance Measurement

Skill defined as: "The ability to understand and use statistical and financial metrics and methods to set goals and measure clinical as well as organizational performance; commits to and deploys evidence-based techniques." (www.nchl.org)

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* 21. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Project Management. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to plan, execute, and oversee a multi-year, large-scale project involving significant resources, scope, and impact. Examples include the construction of a major building, implementation of a new enterprise-wide information system, or development of a new service line." (www.nchl.org)

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* 22. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Collaboration. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to work cooperatively and inclusively with other individuals and/or teams they do not formally lead; working together, as opposed to working separately or competitively." (www.nchl.org)

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* 23. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Interpersonal Understanding.

Skill defined as: "The ability to accurately hear and understand the unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others, especially those who may represent diverse backgrounds and very different worldviews. Levels of proficiency relate to the increasing complexity and depth of understanding, as well as openness to perspectives very different from one’s own." (www.nchl.org)

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* 24. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Talent Development. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to build the breadth and depth of the organization’s human capability and professionalism, including supporting top-performing people and taking a personal interest in coaching and mentoring high-potential leaders." (www.nchl.org)

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* 25. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Information Seeking. 

Skill defined as: "An underlying curiosity and desire to know more about things, people, and issues, including the desire for knowledge and staying current with health, organizational, industry, and professional trends and developments. It includes pressing for more precise information; resolving discrepancies by asking a series of questions; and scanning for potential opportunities or information that may be of future use, as well as staying  current and seeking best practices for adoption." (www.nchl.org)

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* 26. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Professional and Societal Responsibility. 

Skill defined as: "The demonstration of ethics, sound professional practices, social accountability, and community stewardship. Acting in ways that are consistent with one’s values and what one says is important." (www.nchl.org)

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* 27. What is your self-rating for the following skill: Human Resource Management. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to implement staff development and other management practices that represent contemporary best practices, comply with legal and regulatory requirements, and optimize the performance of the workforce, including performance assessments, alternative compensation and benefit methods, and the alignment of human resource practices and processes to meet the strategic goals of the organization." (www.nchl.org)

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* 28. What is your self-rating of the following skill: Information Technology Management. 

Skill defined as: "The ability to see the potential for administrative and clinical technologies to support process and performance improvement. Actively sponsors the continuous seeking of enhanced technological capabilities." (www.nchl.org)

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* 29. Additional student details:  Are you currently employed?

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* 30. If "Yes, Full-time in the healthcare industry" or "Yes, Part-time in the healthcare industry" was the answer to the above question, which best describes your job title or position?

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* 31. Which one of the following best describes your type of employer, if applicable?

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* 32. What are your goals with achieving your MHA degree?

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* 33. What is your current income level? 

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* 34. Is this the first time you have taken the Leadership Skills Assessment survey?

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