Leader Portrait.

The first component of a leader's self-construct is the leader portrait. This domain is made up of the leader's perceptions of his/her own characteristics, qualities, and behaviors related to enacting leadership, which is composed of leadership attributes manifested through the leader's behaviors. The leader portrait is basically one's image of oneself as a leader, based on self-construal as well as feedback received from other people over time. This aspect of the leader self-construct answers questions such aswho am I as a leader? And what are my strengths and weaknesses as a leader based on self-observation and others' opinions?

In addition to views of the self whether at one's best or otherwise, the leader portrait also contains goals for the leader self, such as future ideal, possible, hoped for, or even feared qualities that a leader may be trying to develop or avoid in him/herself. As leaders participate in more varied leadership episodes, they observe themselves and other people in leader and follower roles, and these experiences create more self-goals for their leader development. The implicit leadership theory questions in the sentence completion exercise elicit the trainee's assumptions about how leaders ought to behave (e.g. To

be a leader, one must be....?), what constitutes effective leadership (e.g. the most effective leader is one who is....?), and perceptions of his own leadership (e.g.My leadership is characterized by.....?).

Sentence Completion Exercise (Implicit Leadership Theory)

Please complete each phrase below with your own input. Please be sure to write clearly.

Explain your inputs as if the person who is going to read this does not know anything about the leadership at all.

1. To me, leadership is about

2. To be a leader, one must be

3. As a leader, one needs to take into consideration

4. My leadership is characterized by

5. The most effective leader is one who is

Five-Item Goal Setting Exercise

1. If I were to allocate how I spend my free time in future, I would allocate ___% to developing

myself as a leader.

2. My plan to develop myself as a leader is as follows:

3. The reasons why I developed my plan in the above manner is because

4. How much effort will you put to developing yourself as a leader? ___%

5. The main obstacles I foresee to me improving as a leader are