8 Skills of a Successful Business Owner and Leader Self Assessment

Discover where you are and start the journey to where you want to be! With our gap map assessment, it’s easy to identify the areas where you thrive as a business owner and leader and where you could use some extra assistance. Our goal is to empower you to understand and achieve your full potential. With 8 key skill sets, you can learn where the “gaps” may be and take steps towards improvement. As you work through this assessment, reflect on the accuracy of each statement as it pertains to you and your business — using your answers, we’ll recommend the University courses that are best suited to you!

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General Information

Please fill out your contact information for each section of the 8 Skills Assessment. Once complete, your results will be displayed. You will also receive an email with your full list of responses.

Your Name*

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First Name

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Last Name

Company Name

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Areas of Interest*

Cash Flow

Leadership

Sales

Growth

Tax

Hiring

Team Building

Goal Setting

Financial Skills

As the lifeblood of any organization, financial skills don’t come naturally to most people. By building a strong foundation and choosing great financial partners for your business, you can overcome the pitfalls of cash management, lending, taxes, and more.

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Financial & KPI statements:

Overall I rate myself in this area on a scale from 1-10?

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I can read and understand a financial statement and all key financial terms.

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We operate according to a budget.

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We have an organizational chart and roles that match our business and financial model.

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We have a 1–3-year strategic plan in writing that our team can read and clearly understand.

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We have key benchmarks developed for the company’s business and financial model.

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We have key benchmarks established for each person’s role and department.

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We have streamlined reporting procedures in place.

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We understand the reports and how to utilize them to maximize potential, turning data into coaching and feedback.

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Each team member knows their role, their KPIs, and how they support the company's larger goals.

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We have systems in place for quality control, fulfillment, and performance standards.

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Each team member knows how their contribution impacts the company’s profitability.

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Financial Score

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Financial Total

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Team Skills

Teamwork is critical for all businesses, in any industry. Building a cohesive, well-functioning team starts with discovering each individual’s strengths, communication styles, and motivators in order to help drive all members toward a common goal.

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Team statements:

Overall I rate myself in this area on a scale from 1-10?

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I clearly define roles, expectations, and vision with my team.

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Standards have been identified, the team is “living” them, and we have created a high-performance culture.

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I am as good with groups as I am one-on-one.

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I put others' needs before my own.

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I make everyone feel their contribution to the conversation is understood, valued, heard, and important, even if not utilized in the final decision.

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Team meetings have detailed agendas for effectiveness and efficiency.

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I use and understand assessment tools, like DISC, for hiring and training my team.

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I have full trust in my team.

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I empower and delegate responsibilities to my team.

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I have eliminated the “no one can do it like me” mindset.

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Our team has the right people in the right seats, and I would ENTHUSIASTICALLY rehire everyone in their current role.

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Our team acknowledges and celebrates every person’s greatness.

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Team Score

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Team Total

Please share any additional insights important in understanding what specifically is great, a key challenge, or goals for this area that stands out and would be important to know.

Recommended Courses:

Team and Hiring Essentials
Hiring and Interviewing - Online Course Coming Soon!
Leading with Style - Online Course Coming Soon!

Life Skills

Create a better balance to help you more effectively manage your life and your business. When your business is running efficiently and successfully, it leaves more time to be with the ones most important to you, spend time on the things you love to do, and create the life you’ve always wanted.

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Life statements:

Overall I rate myself in this area on a scale from 1-10?

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I take care of my own health, hydration, nutrition, and exercise.

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I take care of myself emotionally with supportive rituals and habits.

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I create and maintain great relationships.

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I manage my time, prioritize my goals, and create space for them.

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My yearly plan includes a learning plan for personal and professional growth.

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I have a meaningful and rewarding career/mission.

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I feel successful and fulfilled.

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I am joyful even when life is not going my way or meeting my expectations.

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I can break through procrastination when feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, or stressed.

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I describe my life as thriving instead of surviving.

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I forgive myself and realize I am not perfect.

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Life Score

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Life Total

Please share any additional insights important in understanding what specifically is great, a key challenge, or goals for this area that stands out and would be important to know.

Recommended Courses:

Self-Mastery
Building Financial Wealth - Online Course Coming Soon!
Understanding and Developing Our Potential and Strengths
Aligning Potential with Passion
Emotional Intelligence
Evaluating Your Thinking Under Stress

Vision and Goal Setting Questions

A few more questions before we wrap up, please provide as much information as possible as it will make our follow up conversations more meaningful and impactful to you and your business.

Answer each question to the best of your knowledge.

How many years have you been in business?

Sales: Last Year/This Year/Next Year? (If handy)

Number of employees?

Please choose your business entity status:

What is great about your business? What have been your successes, wins or what have you been proud of?*

What are the key challenges you are facing in your business? What has always been a challenge in your business?*

Where do you want your business to be in 1 year? If you were looking back one year from now how would you define success?*

Where do you want your business to be in 3 years? If you were looking back one year from now how would you define success?

Goal for sales in 3 years?

Do you need additional employees to sustain those sales and if so how many, and in what roles/titles?

If you are willing to share any of the following information, it will allow us to gain even more insight as to where your business stands and how we can best serve you. If you share the following, you will gain even more value from our future conversations.

1-3 Years of Financial Statements

1-3 Year Budget (if you have one)

Organization Chart or a List of Team by Role/Title (Team member names are not necessary)

List of Written Goals

1-3 Years Tax Returns – Complementary Review

Business owners who can effectively communicate a clear vision and game plan create a trustworthy environment and a team capable of operating and maintaining a successful business.

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8 Skills Assessment

8 Skills of a Successful Business Owner and Leader Self Assessment

Start Your 8 Skills Assessment!

{Your Name (First):104.3} {Your Name (Last):104.6}

{Company Name:6}

General Information

Financial Skills

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Financial & KPI statements:

Recommended Courses:

Goal Setting Skills

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Goal Setting statements:

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Communication Skills

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Communication statements:

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Leadership Skills

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Leadership statements:

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People Skills

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following People statements:

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Team Skills

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Team statements:

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Sales & Marketing Skills

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Sales & Marketing statements:

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Life Skills

Rate yourself or your business on a scale from 0 to 100 on the following Life statements:

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Vision and Goal Setting Questions

Answer each question to the best of your knowledge.

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