What's your Leadership Superpower?

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Quiz Questions

1.
You are welcoming a new member to your team! How do you proceed with their onboarding experience?
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- A.
  I sit with them for the first few hours to ensure they can keep up with the department's pace then I allow them to work independently.
- B.
  I invite them to a meeting with other department team members. I want them to get comfortable with their colleagues!
- C.
  I let them dive right in! I believe doing is learning. I'll have my best team members stay with them the whole time to ensure they are comfortable.
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My team calls me their...
- A.
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  Supervisor
- B.
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  Friend
- C.
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  Manager
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  Guide / Facilitator
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Reaching goals is important right? How would you say you help your staff or team members reach their set of identified goals?
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- A.
  I tell them what is needed from them, then I tell them again. They know if they fall short, there will be consequences.
- B.
  I let them know that we're all in this together. I believe teamwork makes the dream work!
- C.
  I operate with an open door policy. I make myself available to provide my team the guidance they need to exceed their goals. I believe supporting my team is the best way!
- D.
  I like to delegate tasks to help my team reach their goals. I like to let my team know we are all equal and everyone has to play their part.
4.
On a scale from 1-10, how much trust do you have in your team when it comes to making decisions?
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  1-4 — I make all the big decisions, and my team takes care of the secondary tasks. When they prove themselves responsible, then I'll consider trusting them with big decisions.
- B.
  5-7 — It makes me nervous trusting others, but I do let my team take charge sometimes. I am working on building more trust in my team, so they know they're very important to the department.
- C.
  8-10 — I like to empower my team by giving them opportunities to exercise their decision-making skills often.
5.
It's time to create a new workplace policy for the office. What do you do?
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  I create it all by myself. I know what works and what doesn't.
- B.
  I ask my team for their insights before finalizing anything.
- C.
  I tell my team to completely take the wheel!
- D.
  I assign a different task to everyone on my team – I know their work will come together in the end.
6.
Ever since COVID, a member of your team has been underperforming, what do you do?
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- A.
  I invite them into my office for a cup of coffee, then I share how I have been struggling too. If they know I am struggling too, it'll let them know they are not alone.
- B.
  What's happening off-the-clock in their lives is truly none of my business. I encourage my team to block out their personal issues while at work.
- C.
  I encourage their closest colleague to have a chat with them. I am probably not the best person to handle my teams' personal issues.
- D.
  I invite them into my office, and, together, we come up with a plan to get them on track. I am always willing to give my team whatever they need to bounce back from challenging circumstances!
7.
One of your team members did an amazing job on a recent project! How do you reward them?
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  I rarely reward my team. They don't need rewards to perform at the top of their game.
- B.
  I reward them with more freedom! They're allowed to take more initiative and continue to think outside the box.
- C.
  I encourage and support them in playing a larger role on the team and helping others as needed.
8.
Oh No! Two team members are having constant disagreements and it seems to be getting worse. How can you help?
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- A.
  I tell them to leave their personal issues out of the office.
- B.
  I would speak to them both separately to get a better sense of their conflict. Then I guide them towards a resolution that works for both of them.
- C.
  I assign them to different projects – I figured if they are not working together anymore, the conflict will solve itself.
- D.
  I set up a meeting for the three of us, so we can figure out the issue.
9.
Geez! Your team is way behind schedule on one of your biggest projects – what's your plan to catch up?
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  I send everyone on my team a list of tasks to get done ASAP. I ask them to give me a daily status update.
- B.
  I communicate the status of the project to the team and trust them to get it done. I continue to encourage them and answer all questions when needed.
- C.
  I collaborate with my team for their opinions and strategy. I do not mind admitting I don't have all the answers.
- D.
  I am too frustrated to create a plan right now! I cannot understand how my team got behind schedule on the biggest project of the year.
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Which of the following best describes you?
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  Newly promoted to leadership / executive role at work
- B.
  Seasoned senior leader managing a new department or team
- C.
  Business owner expanding my team / company

Quiz Outcomes

1.
Your superpower is... Dominance!
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As an assertive, forward-thinking leader, you can be powerful and decisive, enlisting others to work quickly toward ambitious goals. You are confident in your approach and take action to move work forward. You have a direct style that drives results. What Does This Mean?You tend to focus on bottom-line results and winning at all costs. You lead your team through assertiveness and competition. You typically keep the group moving forward and provide clear direction. You are great at creating new systems and making decisions, even though the organization has historical boundaries that seem to prevent you from making changes. You work well in environments that vary and change often. You aim for achievable results and are not afraid to take responsibility. Dominant leaders, like you, are task-orientated leaders. Your authoritative leadership style is direct and to the point. You are known for not mincing words and you tend to look for others to communicate in the same, direct manner. You are concise, decisive, and tend to make quick decisions. Your focus is on the solution, not the problem or the process. You perform well in a crisis. You tend to exert pressure by setting demanding goals. Focusing on the “what”, one of your favorite questions is: “What's the main point?"Areas of opportunity for this leadership style are: PatiencePolitenessSensitivityListening skillsLooking at detailsAllowing for collaboration and deliberationBuilding a trusting relationship with your teamWant More Resources to Develop your Leadership Style? Read on!Before We Go Any Further – Let Me Introduce Myself!Hi there, I’m LaToya Jordan Ph.D., founder, and CEO of Lead By Design Lab (LBDL). If you're new to leading at a senior level, leading a new team, or a subject matter expert now responsible for leading others, I’m passionate about leadership development and helping you honor your unique leadership style! I built LBDL to support leaders in the areas of leadership coaching, team development, and organizational effectiveness. With over 20 years of experience in both the corporate and university settings, I’ve trained countless leaders of all types - executives, university senior leaders, small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and emerging leaders. You can be next! Let me help you leverage your superpower!Additional Resources...1) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog where we highlight four tips for being more present with your team! ⁠Hint: positive workplace relationships are impossible without spending quality time with your team members!2) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog, where we discuss seven ways to show gratitude to your team! ⁠3) Book a free 30-minute consultation with me! We’ll chat about the struggles you might be facing and how you can optimize your Dominance Superpower to become a more effective leader!
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Your superpower is... Influence!
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As an influential leader, you shape your environment through the art of persuasion! You are people-oriented and value friendship and building relationships. You tend to be a positive, energizing leader, who is upbeat and encourages new ideas. What Does This Mean?Your charismatic, inspirational approach influences others to follow your lead. You create a relaxed, comfortable environment. You believe strongly in personal connection and optimism as a part of your leadership arsenal. You prefer to align everyone together to get it done. You gravitate to creative problem-solving and enjoy facilitating discussions. As an influential leader, you offer lots of assurance and encouragement when developing others. Your friendly style makes you approachable with questions or feedback. A key mantra for how you lead your team is that people need the enthusiasm to reach their goals. Your style brings a high level of energy and fun to any situation. You are comfortable in social situations and interact with others openly and honestly. You like to see the best in others and accept their faults. On the flip side, you can be viewed as seeing little need for consistency. You tend to avoid negative issues and are not always direct in your approach to communication. Your favorite line of questioning incorporates the “who” of the situation such as: “Who else is involved?”; “Who are our stakeholders?”Areas of opportunity for this leadership style are: Follow-through on commitmentsSpeaking directly and candidlyResearching all the factsThoughtful analysisDecisive decision makingRelying too much on peopleWant More Resources to Develop your Leadership Style? Read on!Before We Go Any Further – Let Me Introduce Myself!Hi there, I’m LaToya Jordan Ph.D., founder, and CEO of Lead By Design Lab (LBDL). If you're new to leading at a senior level, leading a new team, or a subject matter expert now responsible for leading others, I’m passionate about leadership development and helping you honor your unique leadership style! I built LBDL to support leaders in the areas of leadership coaching, team development, and organizational effectiveness. With over 20 years of experience in both the corporate and university settings, I’ve trained countless leaders of all types - executives, university senior leaders, small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and emerging leaders. You can be next! Let me help you leverage your superpower!Additional Resources...1) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog where we highlight four tips for being more present with your team! ⁠Hint: positive workplace relationships are impossible without spending quality time with your team members!2) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog, where we discuss seven ways to show gratitude to your team! ⁠3) Book a free 30-minute consultation with me! We’ll chat about the struggles you might be facing and how you can optimize your Influence Superpower to become a more effective leader.
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Your superpower is... Support!
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As a supportive leader, you are seen as a sincere leader who works to create a respectful, positive environment. You tend to use an empathetic, patient approach to leading others. What Does This Mean?You have a calm, modest, and laid-back approach. You are one of the team builders of the world as you typically focus on everyone else. You value cooperation, sincerity, and dependability. You tend to strike a respectful balance between tasks and people. You are known to be a humble leader who doesn’t like to be rushed in your work and tends to avoid change. You are reliable and stable with an emphasis on cooperating with whoever is in charge to carry out tasks. You aim to see all sides of the situation and create an inclusive atmosphere. You ensure tasks are completed and support others to complete their work. You are methodical, prefer routine, and lead teams to establish clear processes.Instead of large goal accomplishments, you tend to look for small improvements as wins and don’t make hasty decisions. Within your role as a leader, you tend to remain on task to ensure a meaningful contribution to the work. You prefer to collaborate with others to make decisions where everyone wins. You are typically seen as a great facilitator and guide but prefer to listen more than you talk. As a supportive leader, your line of questions focuses on understanding “how” things will happen. So, a question like: “How are we going to do this?' is important to you.Sometimes you can be seen as a passive, overly trusting leader who lets others take advantage of your supportive, patient nature. You may also have received feedback that you are indirect and conflict-averse, failing to hold others accountable. While there are lots of positive things to be said about being methodical, it can also be viewed as too slow, stuck on the status quo, stubborn, and indecisive.Areas of opportunity for this leadership style are: MultitaskingDecision makingConfronting othersAdapting to changeFocusing on the big pictureWant More Resources to Develop your Leadership Style? Read on!Before We Go Any Further – Let Me Introduce Myself!Hi there, I’m LaToya Jordan Ph.D., founder, and CEO of Lead By Design Lab (LBDL). If you're new to leading at a senior level, leading a new team, or a subject matter expert now responsible for leading others, I’m passionate about leadership development and helping you honor your unique leadership style! I built LBDL to support leaders in the areas of leadership coaching, team development, and organizational effectiveness. With over 20 years of experience in both the corporate and university settings, I’ve trained countless leaders of all types - executives, university senior leaders, small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and emerging leaders. You can be next! Let me help you leverage your superpower!Additional Resources...1) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog where we highlight four tips for being more present with your team! ⁠Hint: positive workplace relationships are impossible without spending quality time with your team members!2) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog, where we discuss seven ways to show gratitude to your team! ⁠3) Book a free 30-minute consultation with me! We’ll chat about the struggles you might be facing and how you can optimize your Support Superpower to become a more effective leader!
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Your superpower is... Conscientiousness!
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As a conscientious leader, you have a deliberate approach and are seen as an analytical, disciplined leader. You are exacting, logical, and concise. Put simply, you make an excellent analyst as you approach tasks systematically and take time to thoroughly think through things. What Does This Mean?You have strict standards and focus on providing high-quality outcomes through careful analysis and planning. Whether it’s working interdependently or on your own, you pay attention to accuracy and an objective process. You are typically viewed as an expert who is highly competent and uses objective reasoning to handle problems. You make decisions using logic, rather than being influenced by emotions, which makes you an excellent problem-solver. You are focused on tasks and ensure things get done correctly. You tend to take time to review facts and figures rather than make quick decisions. You gravitate to lots of data and ensure everything works the way it should. As a leader, you make sure all team members know what is expected of them. You are known to delegate tasks and responsibilities while giving others room to focus on their work. You prefer to ask questions versus making statements in order to gather more data. You are detailed-oriented and help keep the team focused on the topic. Because you are interested in the facts and details, understanding the “why” behind the information is key. So, questions such as: “Why are we doing this?” and “Why does it work that way?” are common to you.You may also be seen as a risk-averse, perfectionist leader who pays little attention to the human element. Given your pursuit of accurate outcomes, you can lean too far into detail gathering, challenging assumptions, and live in the world of analysis paralysis. Areas of opportunity for this leadership style are: CompromisingFocusing on perfectionMaking quick decisionsOpen to different ideasSeeing the big pictureTaking risksWant More Resources to Develop your Leadership Style? Read on!Before We Go Any Further – Let Me Introduce Myself!Hi there, I’m LaToya Jordan Ph.D., founder, and CEO of Lead By Design Lab (LBDL). If you're new to leading at a senior level, leading a new team, or a subject matter expert now responsible for leading others, I’m passionate about leadership development and helping you honor your unique leadership style! I built LBDL to support leaders in the areas of leadership coaching, team development, and organizational effectiveness. With over 20 years of experience in both the corporate and university settings, I’ve trained countless leaders of all types - executives, university senior leaders, small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and emerging leaders. You can be next! Let me help you leverage your superpower!Additional Resources...1) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog where we highlight four tips for being more present with your team! ⁠Hint: positive workplace relationships are impossible without spending quality time with your team members!2) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog, where we discuss seven ways to show gratitude to your team! ⁠3) Book a free 30-minute consultation with me! We’ll chat about the struggles you might be facing and how you can optimize your Delegation Superpower to become a more effective leader!
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Your superpower is - Dominance!
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As an assertive, forward-thinking leader, you can be powerful and decisive, enlisting others to work quickly toward ambitious goals. You are confident in your approach and take action to move work forward. You have a direct style that drives results. What Does This Mean?You tend to focus on bottom-line results and winning at all costs. You lead your team through assertiveness and competition. You typically keep the group moving forward and provide clear direction. You are great at creating new systems and making decisions, even though the organization has historical boundaries that seem to prevent you from making changes. You work well in environments that vary and change often. You aim for achievable results and are not afraid to take responsibility. Dominant leaders, like you, are task-orientated leaders. Your authoritative leadership style is direct and to the point. You are known for not mincing words and you tend to look for others to communicate in the same, direct manner. You are concise, decisive, and tend to make quick decisions. Your focus is on the solution, not the problem or the process. You perform well in a crisis. You tend to exert pressure by setting demanding goals. Focusing on the “what”, one of your favorite questions is: “What's the main point?"Areas of opportunity for this leadership style are: PatiencePolitenessSensitivityListening skillsLooking at detailsAllowing for collaboration and deliberationBuilding a trusting relationship with your teamWant More Resources to Develop your Leadership Style? Read on!Before We Go Any Further – Let Me Introduce Myself!Hi there, I’m LaToya Jordan Ph.D., founder, and CEO of Lead By Design Lab (LBDL). If you're new to leading at a senior level, leading a new team, or a subject matter expert now responsible for leading others, I’m passionate about leadership development and helping you honor your unique leadership style! I built LBDL to support leaders in the areas of leadership coaching, team development, and organizational effectiveness. With over 20 years of experience in both the corporate and university settings, I’ve trained countless leaders of all types - executives, university senior leaders, small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and emerging leaders. You can be next! Let me help you leverage your superpower!Additional Resources...1) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog where we highlight four tips for being more present with your team! ⁠Hint: positive workplace relationships are impossible without spending quality time with your team members!2) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog, where we discuss seven ways to show gratitude to your team! ⁠3) Book a free 30-minute consultation with me! We’ll chat about the struggles you might be facing and how you can optimize your Dominance Superpower to become a more effective leader!
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Your superpower is - Influence!
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As an influential leader, you shape your environment through the art of persuasion! You are people-oriented and value friendship and building relationships. You tend to be a positive, energizing leader, who is upbeat and encourages new ideas. What Does This Mean?Your charismatic, inspirational approach influences others to follow your lead. You create a relaxed, comfortable environment. You believe strongly in personal connection and optimism as a part of your leadership arsenal. You prefer to align everyone together to get it done. You gravitate to creative problem-solving and enjoy facilitating discussions. As an influential leader, you offer lots of assurance and encouragement when developing others. Your friendly style makes you approachable with questions or feedback. A key mantra for how you lead your team is that people need the enthusiasm to reach their goals. Your style brings a high level of energy and fun to any situation. You are comfortable in social situations and interact with others openly and honestly. You like to see the best in others and accept their faults. On the flip side, you can be viewed as seeing little need for consistency. You tend to avoid negative issues and are not always direct in your approach to communication. Your favorite line of questioning incorporates the “who” of the situation such as: “Who else is involved?”; “Who are our stakeholders?”Areas of opportunity for this leadership style are: Follow-through on commitmentsSpeaking directly and candidlyResearching all the factsThoughtful analysisDecisive decision makingRelying too much on peopleWant More Resources to Develop your Leadership Style? Read on!Before We Go Any Further – Let Me Introduce Myself!Hi there, I’m LaToya Jordan Ph.D., founder, and CEO of Lead By Design Lab (LBDL). If you're new to leading at a senior level, leading a new team, or a subject matter expert now responsible for leading others, I’m passionate about leadership development and helping you honor your unique leadership style! I built LBDL to support leaders in the areas of leadership coaching, team development, and organizational effectiveness. With over 20 years of experience in both the corporate and university settings, I’ve trained countless leaders of all types - executives, university senior leaders, small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and emerging leaders. You can be next! Let me help you leverage your superpower!Additional Resources...1) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog where we highlight four tips for being more present with your team! ⁠Hint: positive workplace relationships are impossible without spending quality time with your team members!2) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog, where we discuss seven ways to show gratitude to your team! ⁠3) Book a free 30-minute consultation with me! We’ll chat about the struggles you might be facing and how you can optimize your Dominance Superpower to become a more effective leader!
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Your superpower is - Support!
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As a supportive leader, you are seen as a sincere leader who works to create a respectful, positive environment. You tend to use an empathetic, patient approach to leading others. What Does This Mean?You have a calm, modest, and laid-back approach. You are one of the team builders of the world as you typically focus on everyone else. You value cooperation, sincerity, and dependability. You tend to strike a respectful balance between tasks and people. You are known to be a humble leader who doesn’t like to be rushed in your work and tends to avoid change. You are reliable and stable with an emphasis on cooperating with whoever is in charge to carry out tasks. You aim to see all sides of the situation and create an inclusive atmosphere. You ensure tasks are completed and support others to complete their work. You are methodical, prefer routine, and lead teams to establish clear processes.Instead of large goal accomplishments, you tend to look for small improvements as wins and don’t make hasty decisions. Within your role as a leader, you tend to remain on task to ensure a meaningful contribution to the work. You prefer to collaborate with others to make decisions where everyone wins. You are typically seen as a great facilitator and guide but prefer to listen more than you talk. As a supportive leader, your line of questions focuses on understanding “how” things will happen. So, a question like: “How are we going to do this?' is important to you.Sometimes you can be seen as a passive, overly trusting leader who lets others take advantage of your supportive, patient nature. You may also have received feedback that you are indirect and conflict-averse, failing to hold others accountable. While there are lots of positive things to be said about being methodical, it can also be viewed as too slow, stuck on the status quo, stubborn, and indecisive.Areas of opportunity for this leadership style are: MultitaskingDecision makingConfronting othersAdapting to changeFocusing on the big pictureWant More Resources to Develop your Leadership Style? Read on!Before We Go Any Further – Let Me Introduce Myself!Hi there, I’m LaToya Jordan Ph.D., founder, and CEO of Lead By Design Lab (LBDL). If you're new to leading at a senior level, leading a new team, or a subject matter expert now responsible for leading others, I’m passionate about leadership development and helping you honor your unique leadership style! I built LBDL to support leaders in the areas of leadership coaching, team development, and organizational effectiveness. With over 20 years of experience in both the corporate and university settings, I’ve trained countless leaders of all types - executives, university senior leaders, small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and emerging leaders. You can be next! Let me help you leverage your superpower!Additional Resources...1) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog where we highlight four tips for being more present with your team! ⁠Hint: positive workplace relationships are impossible without spending quality time with your team members!2) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog, where we discuss seven ways to show gratitude to your team! ⁠3) Book a free 30-minute consultation with me! We’ll chat about the struggles you might be facing and how you can optimize your Dominance Superpower to become a more effective leader!
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Your superpower is - Conscientiousness!
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As a conscientious leader, you have a deliberate approach and are seen as an analytical, disciplined leader. You are exacting, logical, and concise. Put simply, you make an excellent analyst as you approach tasks systematically and take time to thoroughly think through things. What Does This Mean?You have strict standards and focus on providing high-quality outcomes through careful analysis and planning. Whether it’s working interdependently or on your own, you pay attention to accuracy and an objective process. You are typically viewed as an expert who is highly competent and uses objective reasoning to handle problems. You make decisions using logic, rather than being influenced by emotions, which makes you an excellent problem-solver. You are focused on tasks and ensure things get done correctly. You tend to take time to review facts and figures rather than make quick decisions. You gravitate to lots of data and ensure everything works the way it should. As a leader, you make sure all team members know what is expected of them. You are known to delegate tasks and responsibilities while giving others room to focus on their work. You prefer to ask questions versus making statements in order to gather more data. You are detailed-oriented and help keep the team focused on the topic. Because you are interested in the facts and details, understanding the “why” behind the information is key. So, questions such as: “Why are we doing this?” and “Why does it work that way?” are common to you.You may also be seen as a risk-averse, perfectionist leader who pays little attention to the human element. Given your pursuit of accurate outcomes, you can lean too far into detail gathering, challenging assumptions, and live in the world of analysis paralysis. Areas of opportunity for this leadership style are: CompromisingFocusing on perfectionMaking quick decisionsOpen to different ideasSeeing the big pictureTaking risksWant More Resources to Develop your Leadership Style? Read on!Before We Go Any Further – Let Me Introduce Myself!Hi there, I’m LaToya Jordan Ph.D., founder, and CEO of Lead By Design Lab (LBDL). If you're new to leading at a senior level, leading a new team, or a subject matter expert now responsible for leading others, I’m passionate about leadership development and helping you honor your unique leadership style! I built LBDL to support leaders in the areas of leadership coaching, team development, and organizational effectiveness. With over 20 years of experience in both the corporate and university settings, I’ve trained countless leaders of all types - executives, university senior leaders, small business owners, nonprofit leaders, and emerging leaders. You can be next! Let me help you leverage your superpower!Additional Resources...1) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog where we highlight four tips for being more present with your team! ⁠Hint: positive workplace relationships are impossible without spending quality time with your team members!2) Read this post from Lead By Design Lab's blog, where we discuss seven ways to show gratitude to your team! ⁠3) Book a free 30-minute consultation with me! We’ll chat about the struggles you might be facing and how you can optimize your Dominance Superpower to become a more effective leader!

What's your Leadership Superpower?

From dominant to influential, take this two-minute quiz to discover your most effective leadership style! To celebrate you taking the steps to learn more about yourself, I'll give you my TOP tips for creating a healthy work environment so you can lead a more inspired and effective team!

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