Personal Leadership Test: lead your own life and inspire others

This interactive test covers the future, projects, attention, decisions, rumination, responsibility, commitments, consistency, control, speaking up, empathy, mood, recognition and readiness to change. What the test asks, for example The future If your planner doesn't go beyond the end of the week, with no longer-term view. If you can describe in just a few sentences where you want to be in the long term. Projects If, looking at your week, everything you did was about putting out that day's fires. If you have set a long-term deadline and written down the steps to get there. Attention If you start on your priority for the day and soon switch over to your messages. If, after a day full of decisions to make, you reach the evening still full of energy. Decisions If a decision waiting for you stays on hold because you have not made the call. If, when you are asked for a quick answer, you give it within the time frame requested, without dragging your feet. Rumination If a choice you made in the past comes back to you in the evening with the question “what if…”. If, when your choice turns out to be wrong, you say so in front of the people concerned and announce the new one. Responsibility If, when a project goes off track, you first look for the person who passed on the information badly. If, after a failure, the first question you ask is about your own part in the outcome. Commitments If you forget to get back to someone you promised to call. If, once you've accepted a responsibility, you carry it through to the end, even when it weighs on you. Consistency If people have pointed out to you that your actions contradicted the rules you had set. If you pay for your ticket even when there are no inspectors and no one is watching. Control If you take back a task you handed to someone instead of letting that person finish it. If you have persuaded a reluctant group to give something a try, by explaining rather than imposing. Speaking up If, in a group discussion, you keep your idea to yourself. If you have announced a decision the people around you were rejecting, and stood by it. Empathy If you explain the task and forget to say what it is for. If, before sending a tense message, you think about who will read it and how. Mood If your good mood for the day depends on the weather, the traffic and other people's moods. If, faced with a setback, you draw up a list of what you can still do rather than complaining. Recognition If, when something fails, you start by explaining what worked against you. If, when you are congratulated on a team effort, you name the person who actually did the work. Readiness to change If what you have just described matters in how you function day to day. If you want to get better at working with this way of functioning.