Discover Your Inner Leader Quiz
A quiz by Embrace Change.
All too often, the unique and innate leadership skills of women of color and people of color are undervalued and overlooked. At Embrace Change, we're changing that.
Take this leadership quiz to discover your inner leader. The answers in this quiz will help increase your awareness around how you uniquely lead and give you language to describe––and showcase––your existing leadership skills.
It will also support your growth and development as a leader by giving you insight into how to work better with others––given what your leadership skills and strengths are.
The quiz should take roughly 15-20 minutes, so we recommend giving yourself some quiet time to devote to it. Try not to overthink your responses. For some questions, you may find that more than one answer applies to you. When that is the case, choose the response that best or most fits you, i.e., whatever is closest to what you would normally do or think.
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Disclaimer:
This is a free career and leadership resource designed to help women of color and people of color gain deeper insight and understanding into their leadership styles and preferences. It is not intended to be used as a professional assessment of your personality or to diagnose any psychological conditions. Neither this quiz nor its results are psychological, scientific, therapeutic, medical, or legal advice.
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Relational Leaders are highly skilled in building and nurturing relationships. They naturally build community wherever they go. They also excel at deep and empathetic listening, and are able to relate to, communicate effectively with, others.
Women of color may develop into this type of leader from being conditioned to prioritize the needs of others from an early age. They may also have experience as “cultural mediators,” taking on outsized responsibilities as a child helping their families navigate new cultures, languages, and norms.
These leaders are often the "glue" that holds their team or organization together, the pillars of their communities–mediating, connecting, and pouring into others. They may also be “super connectors” who have built broad networks.
Strategic Problem-Solving Leaders are known for effectively and efficiently tackling complex problems in their work and leadership. They can juggle multiple projects, departments, and priorities at once.
Many women of color develop into this type of leader from being socially conditioned to make something out of nothing (e.g., no time, no money, no resources to waste). Or from being used to processing multiple cost-benefit analyses at one time, like doing your job, plus that of 2 other colleagues, while weighing the pros and cons of speaking out about an injustice, while taking care of multiple family units.
This type of leader has strong analytical and critical thinking skills. They’re often quick on their feet, decisive, and proactive.
Agile-Versatile Leaders are strategic, flexible, and adaptable. They have the remarkable ability to hold both a high-level mission or vision–and be “in the weeds” with the day-to-day, nitty-gritty details. They also excel at adjusting nimbly to the ever-changing reality we find ourselves in.
Many women of color develop into this type of leader from being asked to do so many things, be so many things to so many people–with the rules constantly being changed on them. They, therefore, grow adept at continually evolving, adapting, bobbing and weaving.
Agile-Versatile Leaders tend to be innovative, gritty, and undeterred by obstacles, challenges, and barriers–whether expected or unforeseen–because they can pivot and modify strategies to achieve their goals.
Intuitive Leaders are especially adept at tapping into their instincts and generational wisdom. They are often able to understand and connect with others on an emotional, empathetic level. They can intuit the needs, feelings, and aspirations of others.
Women of color who are Intuitive Leaders are extremely culturally competent, skilled at navigating complex cultural environments that may require rapid or frequent code-switching, and thrive in diverse or cross-functional workplaces. They often have a deep appreciation of the cultural, historical, and societal context that created the world around them.
Consciously or not, Intuitive Leaders are likely to draw on the accumulated experience, insights, and lessons learned by previous generations, and will consider multiple viewpoints before making a decision.
