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Leadership Versatility Index® (LVI)

A patented 360-degree feedback survey based on a model that reflects the real complexities of leadership.

The Leadership Versatility Index™ (LVI) is the thinking manager’s 360 survey. It’s based on a leadership model that offers a simple, compact framework to account for the complexities of the manager’s job—the tensions and trade–offs, the balances to be struck. While based on research, the LVI came out of years of research and consulting to senior managers about their leadership.

DISTINCT ADVANTAGES

We all know that one way managers get themselves into trouble is by overdoing it—doing too much of a good thing, whether that be talking too much, pushing too hard, delegating too much authority, getting too caught up in the details, and so on. That’s how strengths become weaknesses.

Yet most 360 instruments do not directly measure overdoing. Their rating scales are only designed to pick up deficiencies. Our new rating scale captures both underdoing it and overdoing it, as well as effective performance.

We are all familiar with lopsidedness in managers. They do too much of one thing and too little of the opposite thing. For example, some drive hard for results but neglect the people side. To identify lopsidedness, a two–sided thing, the model of leadership must also be two–sided. Most aren’t. Ours is.

The LVI is built around the two most basic pairs of opposing dimensions in leadership. There are 12 pairs of forceful–enabling items and 12 pairs of strategic–operational items—as well as a brief measure of overall effectiveness.

While respondents rate items one at a time, the results are presented in pairs—for example, takes charge versus empowers. This provides a precise, behavior–specific read of where the individual is balanced and where the flat–spots are. So the road to expanded versatility is obvious.

OPTIONS

A deluxe version of the LVI includes behavioral interview questions to supplement the ratings with verbatim comments. The words bring the numbers to life. Items can also be added to tailor the LVI to fit an organization’s competencies. A customized instrument built on a foundation of innovation.

FULLY WEB-ENABLED
Purchasing, administering, scoring, and reporting the LVI® is done over the Internet.

Download information about the LVI® for printing or sharing with others here.

Download a sample report here.

See purchasing information for the the LVI here.

For more information about the LVI, contact the authors at .

The LVI® and the model of leadership it is based on was featured in an award-winning article written by Bob Kaplan and Rob Kaiser for the Summer 2003 issue of the MIT Sloan Management Review. The article was recognized for enhancing and advancing the practice of management by a panel of five CEOs and Chairmen.

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