Developing a Mindful Leadership 360 Assessment

Hi to my contacts on Linkedin. I am in the process of developing a 360 assessment on 2 of the 7 practices from The Mindful Leader (www.mindfulleader.net). The 2 are the discipline of mindfulness and the discipline of 200% accountability. I am trying to limit my number of questions (less is more). I know many of you are mindfulness experts and many are leadership experts too, but even if you are not, I would LOVE some comments and suggestions for alternative wording (or extra statements) on my first draft of the 360 statements. The key of course is that these behaviours are observable, and that the statements are so obvious its nearly impossible to misunderstand what they are asking. Every practice can be done unskilfully too, and I have tried to cover that in what I call "near enemy" questions (last 2 questions of each section) – see below.

So in effect, I am trying to measure if people are observing:

#1. A leader who is mindful, tuned in, focussed, balanced, cares for others, but also cares for their own wellbeing. A leader who has also not taken the “non attached” mindfulness thing too far and become aloof and uncaring (I have seen this too many times).

#2. A leader who really is excellent at self reflecting and insightfully owning their “stuff”, open to feedback, stays curious in the face of feedback and equally holds others to account by creating clear conscious agreements, and following through on performance or behavioural issues. i.e. 200% accountable. I have not used the term “clear conscious agreements” because when creating a 360 one has to cater for the “masses” and I doubt many people will understand this term versus “clear expectations” as an expression.

The measurement scale will be a 10 point frequency scale – “how often do you see this person behaving this way” then answers range from 1. almost never, to 10. almost always. Here are the questions….

Section 1 Mindfulness & Presence

1.    He / she is calm, focussed, clear and present

2.    He/she avoids multitasking, especially when others are speaking to him/her

3.    He/she does not procrastinate, and gets important things addressed on time, even if challenging

4.    He/she is balanced, wise and considered when dealing with difficulty or crisis

5.    He/she is emotionally intelligent and aware of their impact on others

6.    He/she is an excellent listener

7.    He/she can appear aloof and uncaring

8.    He/she takes care of their personal health and wellbeing

Section 2 – 200% accountability

9.    He/she is a self aware person who admits when he/she behaves in ways that upset others or let them down.

10. He/she asks for feedback on how their behaviour is affecting other’s performance and engagement

11. He/she is quick to admit personal mistakes and take actions to correct these mistakes

12. He/she takes time to develop clear expectations and standards with others

13. He/she holds people to account and does not tolerate poor performance

14. He/she values accountability and does not tolerate behaviours in others that violate values of trust, integrity and respect.

15. He/she can be aggressive and disrespectful when holding others to account

16. He/she is too quick to blame themselves for other’s poor behaviour or performance.

Please let me know your comments! Please be sure to reference the question number. Thank you!!!!