How effectively are you leading? How effectively are you "leader-ing" (making leaders of others)? Your responses to this leadership checklist will determine the answers you can give to these questions.

A Leadership Manifesto

1. I am striving to think better thoughts about myself, my work and other people.

2. I am looking for ways to exceed my previous "best" at work and at home.

3. I am searching for ways to make my work and home environments supportive and encouraging.

4. I am expressing appreciation to my coworkers, employees & family every day.

5. I am seeking ways to think more efficiently and accurately.

6. I am looking to identify beliefs I have that sap my energy and desire to move forward.

7. I am focusing on what's going right with me and with others at home and at work.

8. I am celebrating my successes and the successes of others on a regular basis.

9. I am learning the causes for our successes.

10. I am keeping my objectives and my organization's objectives clearly in view at all times.

11. I am helping clarify for myself and others the benefits of achieving our objectives.

12. I am searching for creative ways to move closer to our common objectives.

13. I am looking for reasons to say "Yes" rather than "No."

14. I am asking specific questions of myself and others to help us gauge how effectively we are moving forward toward our objectives.

15. I am asking specific questions of myself and others to help us focus on the positive.

16. I am allowing structured time for myself and others to think and to record our thoughts & ideas.

17. I am willingly sharing what I know with others.