In the ever-evolving landscape of today's workforce, organizations of all sizes and missions need leadership that is prepared to handle current operations while strategizing for future expansion. This begins with providing leaders with the necessary skills, tools, and behaviors to lead confidently and enhance the performance of their teams or the organization as a whole.

The Comprehensive Leader is a 40-item assessment that allows participants to gain valuable insights into their unique strengths, preferences, and areas for development as leaders. The assessment is designed to foster a realistic comprehension of visionary leadership and provides insights on how to translate their vision into tangible strategies, inspiring their teams to work toward common goals.

The Comprehensive Leader is based on extensive research of both academic and practitioner literature on leadership. The Model of Comprehensive Leadership is based on the belief that active knowledge, or the continued act of gaining, building, and using knowledge, is at the center of strong, visionary leadership.

The Model of Comprehensive Leadership captures the four dimensions of leadership knowledge necessary for visionary leadership:

1. Know yourself
2. Know others
3. Know your organization
4. Know the world

Ultimately, HRDQ's study advocates that the key to successful, visionary leadership is both the knowledge and practical application of each of these dimensions. The assessment presents 40 statements regarding current leadership behavior. After scoring is complete, participants create a profile by plotting their sub-scores in the four dimensions of leadership on charts. Feedback scores provide a side-by-side comparison. Participants then review the 15 possible leadership profiles. Finally, thought-provoking questions encourage individuals to find insight from the assessment results and take action for improvement.

The Comprehensive Leader will help participants:

• Understand the concept of strategic and visionary leadership.
• Identify the organizational benefits.
• Put these leadership principles into practice.

This instrument can also be used as a complement to other leadership models. Ideas for building bridges between The Model of Comprehensive Leadership and other popular leadership models are presented in the Facilitator Guide. This is ideal for any type of workplace setting, from private companies and nonprofit organizations to education institutions and governmental agencies.

As with all HRDQ assessments, The Comprehensive Leader is effective as a standalone instrument or as a component of a larger training initiative.

Facilitator Guide: Order One Guider per Trainer

The Facilitator Guide makes preparation easy with comprehensive background information and workshop guidelines. The guide also includes sample participant materials. Facilitator support materials will be available to you as a digital download link in your order confirmation.

Paper Assessment 5-Pack: Order One Pack for Up to Five Participants

The print version is ideal for facilitators who prefer to oversee the scoring and administration of the assessment if you don't know who the participants will be before the class begins or if your learners do not have easy access to computers. It includes pressure-sensitive forms for scoring to aid manual tabulation.

Paper Feedback Forms 5-Pack: Provide at Least Three Forms per Individual (Recommended)

Feedback Forms submitted by peers provide the data to create a second – or "feedback" – profile for each participant. They include a 30-statement assessment and pressure-sensitive response form.

Online Assessments with Feedback: Order One per Participant

The 180-degree online assessment with feedback is administered to participants through the HRDQ Assessment Center and includes personalized reporting, full-color charts, interpretive information, worksheets, and action planning. A detailed report is delivered electronically to the facilitator/administrator when complete.

QuickStart Train-the-Trainer: 1-Hour Virtual Coaching Session for This Product

QST is a convenient, one-hour virtual coaching session for first-time facilitators of this product. You'll receive personalized, one-on-one coaching with a subject matter expert who will get you up to speed quickly and accurately so you can step into the onsite with confidence. We'll answer all your questions about the facilitation of the product. And you can add additional coaching hours as needed. Your coaching session can be provided by telephone or video call and at a time of your choosing.

Facilitators will also receive an HRDQ Certificate of Completion for completing the QuickStart session.

Laurie Ribble Libove is a specialist in strategic human resource management and organizational development. She has an MS from the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University and a BS in economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Eileen M. Russo is former vice president of research and development for HRDQ. She has a Ph.D. in social psychology with a minor in organizational behavior and an MS in social psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as a BA in psychology from Fairfield University. Her work includes research in social influence, group behavior, decision-making, and perceptions of control at work.