Headmaster's Internship Assignment #3
Leadership Styles Assessment

Note: before you begin, get your parents' input for question 4 so you'll be prepared to enter it in the form. There's no saving the form and coming back later!

Your name:

Your e-mail address:

(1) List your five strengths. (Point Range: 0-5)

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d.
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(2) List your five weaknesses. (Point Range: 0-5)

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b.
c.
d.
e.

(3) Which of the leadership styles best fits you and why? (Point Range: 0-2)

(4) Without letting them know what you have listed, ask your parents to evaluate you. Refer to question 5a before filling in the information. Ask your parents to do the following:

a. List your five strengths. (Point Range: 0-5)

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ii.
iii.
iv.
v.


b. List your five weaknesses. (Point Range: 0-5)

i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.


(5) Match your parents’ answers to your answers by doing the following:

a. Put the number for each of your answers, preceded by a dash, beside each of your parents’ answers above.

b. Conclude your self evaluation by analyzing what – if any – differences exist between how you perceive yourself versus how your parents perceive you. Why do you think there are discrepancies? Who is more accurate? (Point Range: 0-5)

(6) Following your personal interviews with three members of the FCDS administrative team, answer the following questions in evaluating their leadership styles:

a. What is the headmaster’s leadership style? (Point Range: 0-2)


b. Name each of the administrators you interviewed, and their respective leadership styles:

i. Administrator #1 (Point Range: 0-1)
ii. Administrator #2 (Point Range: 0-1)
iii. Administrator #3 (Point Range: 0-1)


(7) Itemize briefly (in bullet format) how each of their styles should mesh with the school’s headmaster and his style.

a. Administrator #1 (Point Range: 0-2)
b. Administrator #2 (Point Range: 0-2)
c. Administrator #3 (Point Range: 0-2)


(8) Then answer the following questions, in prose:

a. What are the ways in which their leadership styles fit well with the headmaster? (Point Range: 0-5)

b. Where do the challenges (based on their different styles) lie? (Point Range: 0-5)

c. What do each of the administrators say about how they deal with both the “fits” and the challenges?
(Point Range: 0-5)

d. Based on what you have learned, does the school’s management team have a smooth, effective working relationship? Why or why not? (Point Range: 0-5)