Leading Spirit is certified in an assessment tool called the “Leadership Circle Profile,” which measures leadership effectiveness. It empowers an individual to take a hard and honest look at what’s really going on. It works because it’s not just measuring you against yourself; it rates your performance against the very best leaders in the world. Those examples make it much easier to distinguish a highly effective leader from one who is just doing “okay.” That creates the awareness necessary to prime breakthroughs. The assessment even corrects for the answers leaders feel “expected” to give and cuts through to the truth … and its inherent opportunities.

It’s natural that all of us have blind spots in the places we need to change. In fact, the data proves that, too. We tend to critique other people’s behavior and justify our own. But an unbiased and comprehensive tool such as the Leadership Circle Profile shows you to what degree you’re operating as a creative leader and to what extent you’re operating in a reactive, kneejerk manner.

The goal is creative leadership because that means you are actively creating desired outcomes. A reactive leader could be highly skilled and successful at “putting out fires,” but that mode of problem solving fails to advance an organizational agenda or enhance return on investment.

So, the question becomes, “As a leader, are you creating success, or are you protecting yourself from damage and harm?” The leaders who achieve outstanding results—the ones who score off the chart on the Leadership Circle Profile—are those operating in a highly creative fashion.

It’s possible for leaders to not just understand how they get in their own way, but also what they need to do differently in order to create the outcomes they want. The beauty is leaders don’t need to correct weaknesses; they just need to better understand how to leverage their strengths to be highly effective. And that’s what Leading Spirit helps people do.