44 Statements to Determine which Team Zone You're Leading From

Achievement

• I love my team and I would do anything for them.
• I am excited about what the future holds in our organisation.
• I love optimising processes with my team and making things better.
• I get energised by solving problems with my team.
• We have a lot of hurdles to get through, but working with my team makes everything easier.
• I am motivated to get out of bed in the morning and go to work.
• I am in great health and have energy to burn.
• I reflect on how I lead my team each week and I modify my approach.
• I love learning and I’m always sharing new things I’ve read or seen to my team.
• People say I’m a positive upbeat person.

Anxiety 

• I often feel I work really hard to please my boss or customers.
• I often feel that I am not valued for all of the extra hours I work for the company.
• I get overwhelmed by extremes of emotions.
• I feel totally consumed by work pressures and find it hard to switch off.
• I often get sick either during or after high pressure work deadlines.
• I get upset when I see people slacking off in the team when I’m working so hard.
• The only social life I seem to have is with people from work.
• I often worry about not getting things done on time or to standard.
• I swing between being positive in my work to being really negative.
• I feel I am learning and growing on the job.
• I struggle to make timely decisions.

Abatement

• I feel directionless and that life is passing by.
• I have a fixed view of what I can and can’t do.
• No matter how hard I work, I don’t feel valued for who I am.
• I know I can be the best at something, but I’m not sure how to fulfil my potential.
• People tell me that I fake being positive.
• I have trouble finding the motivation to get excited about the company vision.
• I feel that I’m not being held accountable to hitting my team’s goals.
• Sometimes I secretly worry that our team’s successes are now in the past.
• I look forward to the weekend and I don’t like Monday mornings.
• I just do the work I’m expected to do, there is no point in doing anymore.
• I’ve learnt what I need to lead people. There is no need to do anything differently.
• I don't feel challenged in my job.

Apathy

• I feel like other leaders have a lot of control over me.
• I'm not really learning anything new in my job.
• I feel like I don’t have much say.
• I wish other people would do a better job.
• I feel so tired and burnt out that it’s hard to get out of bed and go to work.
• I just do the work I’m expected to and I hope I don’t get told off.
• I am looking for another job, but I’m scared no-one will want me.
• I wish I had more control over my life.
• Work is boring, but it pays the bills.
• People call me really negative and sometimes I can see they have a point.
• I don’t really like leading people. I’d prefer to be doing the work myself.

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