1  I'm good at structuring. I can deal with surprising signs and events and they seldom knock me off balance. I donít usually act impulsively, I maintain inner calm and don't panic about the next step. I can apply labels such as Al Gore Behaviour, Phase III in a Process of Mourning, Inhibitive Planning, Head of Side Issue, etc.

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0 prepared to learn
0 not skilled

2   I can switch between instrumental, strategic, communicative and natural behaviour. I have a clear programme for furthering my own personal development and my instrumental, strategic and communicative skills.

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3  I'm able to undertake assignments in an appropriate manner. I don't accept everything slavishly, I ask critical questions of myself and others and, without spoiling either specific or general relations, I make sure I take on assignments which have a constructive chance of success. I am capable of constuctive defusing piontless assignments.

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4.   I'm able to issue effective assignments. I delegate to the right people, formulate clear and solvable questions, ensure suitable conditions, support those doing the work and, even if results are disappointing, continue to take a critical view of my own role.

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5.   I am sensitive not only to vertical relations (from initiative to implementation) but also to horizontal relations. I actively maintain a colleague network and promote horizontal exchange of ambitions, skills and cares.

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6.   I can deal constructively with important players in my external or internal sphere of activity who show significantly divergent behaviour. I don't blame them for all my problems and regularly ask myself what I can be doing wrong to make him act so strangely?

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7.   I can map out my company's sphere of influences so as to obtain a useful picture of relevant players, positions, market mechanisms and trends.

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8.   I can map out the power structure within my company so as to obtain a useful picture of relevant players, positions, patterns of cooperation and resistance, and trends.

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9.   I can express myself effectively. I don't have a bi-polar manner, either keeping my mouth shut or flipping out. I'm also prepared to raise issues when I'm not sure about them, and and I communicate the fact that I'm not sure.

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10.   I can present a theme 'front stage', making it clear, convincing and positive while remaining open to criticism.

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11.   I prepare for difficult discussions by working out scenarios on paper beforehand or by privately discussing situations with colleagues in advance.

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12.   I reflect on how difficult discussions turned out by making notes or by privately discussing the events with colleagues afterwards.

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13.   I spend at least five percent of my time on walking around, talking about side issues, getting to know people, chatting and other non-essential activities.

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14.   I'm more than my work, my project, my staff, my boss or my position. I have an identity outside working hours too.

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15.   I'm prepared to seek support from subordinates and to share my doubts with them.

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16.   I'm willing and able to repair damaged relations.

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17.   I can think about people and organizations in flesh-and-blood terms, in surnames and forenames. My vocabulary contains less than fifty percent of collective terms and categories such as market, client, managers and head office.

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18.   When receiving feedback, I don't filter out the negative points which people present. Nor do I filter out the positive ones. I'm aware of the flip-side of each compliment and each accusation.

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19.   I aim for horizontal contacts of the type: "I'm OK, you're OK". I try not to dominate, nor to manoeuvre myself into the role of victim.

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20.   I can approach each issue in at least four ways: as director, as engeneer of mood, as specialist and as someone needing assistance.

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21.   I maintain good relations with all relevant players in power structures to the left and the right, above and below me.

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22.   I know when I should approach a matter as a problem and when as an issue.

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23.   When faced with a problem, I don't automatically come up with a solution. I don't automatically make each problem into a project. Nor do I have a problem for each solution.

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24.    I bear in mind that it might not be me who's sick, but my company. I maintain plenty of contacts outside my own company.

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0 not skilled

25.   I can think in hypotheses.

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26.   I know all sorts of irrelevant things about players with whom I am strategically involved. They know many such things about me too.

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27.  I take care of my market value to ensure that I can work elsewhere at any time.

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HYPOTHESES

skilled - score of 27 or higher: vain, a disaster at home

not skilled - score of 27: happy, a fine partner at home

willing to learn - score of 27: human, also at home