Self-assessment questionnaire
As we suggested at the start of this book, it is a good idea to reassess your skills and, crucially, your confidence in using those skills now that you have completed the influence workout.
Remember: this workout is not necessarily a quick fix. You may need to revisit certain steps time and again until they feel like a habit to you. Learning new skills can happen quickly, but deep personal change takes a lot longer to settle in.
Use this questionnaire as the starting point for your continued personal and professional development.
Re-score yourself 1–10 for each of these questions, with 10 indicating a high level of confidence and skill and 1 a low level:
- How influential do you feel at work?
- How influential do you feel at home?
- How well do you understand your universe of influence/network of relationships?
- How comfortable are you using non-verbal communication?
- How confident are you in the sound of your voice?
- How comfortable are you when presenting to an audience?
- How confident are you at reading the signals others give?
- How assertive are you?
- How readily do you speak your mind at work?
- How purposeful do you feel at work?
- How easily could you state your core values?
- How comfortable are you when talking to senior colleagues?
- How would you rate your listening skills?
- How effectively do you put your thoughts into words?
- How confident are you in your goals and the actions you need to take to achieve them?
Once you have read the book, completed all the exercises more than once and spent some time working on the techniques with a training partner mentor, take the questionnaire again and notice in which areas you have developed significantly and which still require attention.
Ideally, you should set yourself five clear, achievable influencing goals and work towards them over the next six months or so. Make sure you check in regularly with this questionnaire to monitor your progress.
Remember: becoming influential doesn’t happen overnight, it’s a lifelong project!