Mindful Works for Leaders – Let's Start Where We're at Assessment

This assessment is designed to serve two purposes:

To provide an opportunity for you to bring into focus how you currently experience the conditions of your day-to-day working life.
To ensure that content and processes for the Mindful Works for Leaders program meets your needs and the needs of your team.

The value of the assessment depends on your willingness to be honest with yourself. The questions are not about who or how you would like to be, or be seen to be, but how your know yourself to be now.

Your responses will be treated as strictly confidential

Allow 20–30 minutes to complete.

Don’t overthink it. There is no ‘right’ answer. There’s just what’s true for you at this time.

On submission of your completed assessment you will receive a copy of your responses for your records and reflection. These will form the foundation for your bonus one-on-one confidential conversation with Dr Sharn Rocco.

Mindful Works for Leaders is informed by and the publications and programs derived from the research of Brene Brown. The assessment includes a link to Brene Brown’s Daring Leadership Assessment.

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Email address:

Role title/Position held:

Employer:

Years of Service

1-4 years

5-9 years

10+ years

What do you find is most rewarding about your job?

What are the biggest challenges and frustrations in your working day?

What would you like more of in your working day?

What would you like less of in your working day?

What’s the number one outcome you’d like from Mindful Works for Leaders program?

The following questions are about your relationship with, and the impact of, the demands of your workload. Please rate on a scale of 1– 5 how often the experiences listed below ring true for you.

1 = Always, 2 = Often, 3 = About 50/50, 4 = Rarely, 5 = Never

I struggle to balance the demands of work and family

I work more than 40 hours a week, take work home and work on weekends

Constantly juggling competing demands messes with my head

I put off what feels like it needs to be done but isn’t urgent

Work often gets in the way of family or social relationships, even if only in my head

I feel well qualified for the work I need to do

I know first hand the meaning of ‘compassion fatigue’

It is difficult to set boundaries that protect my energy, focus and personal time

I rush to meet important deadlines

Meetings feel like a waste of time

I often resist delegating because it seems easier to just do it myself

Work is often the first thing I think about when I wake and/or the last thing on my mind when you go to bed

The amount of messages in my inbox is oppressive

When I feel overwhelmed or uncertain at work I am reluctant to talk about it with colleagues

I eat lunch at my desk or skip it altogether

Total – Personal Work Relationship (PWR)

How to interpret your Personal Practice PP score:

< 40 Indicates that you are at risk of burnout and in need of adjusting priorities, and establishing routines and boundaries that better serve your personal wellbeing and relationships. Counselling, coaching or mentoring will be a valuable support for much-needed change.

Please answer on a scale of 1–7 the following questions about the culture, practices and expectations of your team.

1 = Strongly Disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Slightly Disagree, 4 = Neither Agree nor Disagree, 5 = Slighty Agree, 6 = Agree, 7 = Strongly Agree

Working with members of this team, my unique skills and talents are valued and utilized

No one in this team would deliberately act in a way that undermines our efforts

If you make a mistake on this team it is not held against you

Members of this team are able to raise problems and tough issues

No one in this team ever rejects, disrespects or ignores others based on their gender, race, ethnicity or because they are different

Total – Psychological Safety PS

< 21 Psychological safety is low
> 30 Psychological safety and potential for innovation is high

Our team welcomes tough conversations, even if it might cause some social friction

We are a team that challenges each other when we disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting

Team members don’t hesitate to express concerns about practices or behaviours that are detrimental to the team or its purpose

Our team makes decisions based on objective data and facts rather than on individual opinions, position, or egos

We have a culture of candid debate, and people are expected to provide and receive frank criticism as they defend their ideas and proposals

Total – Intellectual Honesty IH

< 21 Intellectual honesty feels risky
> 30 Intellectual honesty feels energising and respected

Overall score – Workplace Culture

Interpreting your overall score

PWR < 45, PS < 21, IH < 21 = Distressed Culture

PWR < 45, PS < 21, IH > 30 – Anxious Culture

PWR 45, PS > 30, IH < 21 = Comfortable Culture

PWR > 45, PS > 30, IH > 30 = Innovative Culture

All other combinations = Neutral Culture

Do you have any previous experience of learning and practicing mindfulness:

Yes

If yes, please explain:

Do you want to book a consultation with Sharn to discuss the results of your assessment and/or other work related leadership concerns?

Yes

Thank you for your honesty.

Click ‘Submit’ to confirm your registration and a link to book your one-on-one bonus consultation with Sharn will be on its way to your inbox.

Optional: Click here to access The Daring Leadership Assessment opens a new window.

If you answered YES to the question above, please bring a copy of your responses and the results of your Daring Leadership Assessment to your bonus one-on-one consultation.

Mindful Works for Leaders – Let's Start Where We're at Assessment

Your responses will be treated as strictly confidential

How to interpret your Personal Practice PP score:

Interpreting your overall score

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