Getting Ready for the Assessment
First, you will assess yourself. You will provide your current level of proficiency for each behavior for the selected level of leadership.
After you have completed your assessment, you should ask your supervisor to complete the assessment, too, and then obtain an analysis of the combined results.
Remember, how you see yourself may be different from what others around you experience. It can be especially helpful to get feedback about your behavior from others. The assessment was designed to combine your assessment with that of your supervisor. The combined assessment provides a more comprehensive picture of your strengths and development needs than your individual assessment could provide on its own.
The USPTO Leadership Assessment is on the next page. You should find the instructions easy to follow. But, before you begin, it might be helpful to review a few important points.
- It's a good idea to collect any materials you might need before you begin. You may want to have any needed materials handy while you are completing the assessment. Position descriptions, functional charts, and other references can sometimes be helpful in assessing the requirements of a job or assignment.
- You will be asked to provide the supervisor's full email address. Of course, it is a good idea to let the supervisor know of your decision in advance. The USPTO Leadership Assessment website software will automatically send an email request to the supervisor you identify. The email will ask the supervisor to visit this web site and complete an assessment for you within two weeks.
- Your assessment results are confidential. The website software does not provide the assessment results to the supervisor you identify and will only send you a copy of the results. And, to decrease the likelihood of any biased responses, it is not ordinarily a good idea to attempt to influence your supervisor’s responses to the assessment, unless there is some doubt about the job or assignment for which the assessment is to be provided. However, you may decide to give a hard copy of your assessment results to the supervisor, if you believe this would be helpful. Research supports that sharing your assessment results allows you to gain support and encouragement for the efforts you make to improve and your supervisor can act as a resource to provide feedback and a sounding board for the actions and directions you take.