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This self-assessment asks you to do a candid evaluation of where you stand with regard to each of the five future literacies introduced in The New Leadership Literacies , as well as the ten future leadership skills introduced in Leaders Make the Future .

Format: Online Subscription

Price: $14.95 for one-year subscription, or five tests, whichever comes first

Description: This instrument consists of 30 questions, 15 pertaining to the now and 15 relating to one year from now. For each section, statements will be rated from 1 to 5 as to how true they are. The assessment will produce two graphics of your results and interpretation from the author. You can take the test up to five times within a 12-month period and compare your results.

From Self-Assessment - Author's Welcome

The challenge I hope you will take away from reading this book is how to apply this foresight to provoke your own insights and actions—to make yourself a better leader.

I am suggesting a process you can use to develop yourself as a leader and improve your readiness for the future.

The Future Readiness Self-Assessment is designed so you can use it on your own, but it is also a great conversation starter for workshops and team-building efforts. For a team in workshop settings, you can use this online self-assessment as advance preparation for an in-person or online workshop—or as a follow-up. I often use it with groups before my talks or workshops.

The Future Readiness Self-Assessment is a chance to reflect on yourself and your leadership—given the external future forces of the next decade.

In a world where everything that can be distributed will be distributed, are you ready to lead shape-shifting organizations?

Are you ready to thrive in a future of extreme disruption?

This is your chance to assess your own leadership literacies and skills—and test them against the future that I describe in The New Leadership Literacies and Leaders Make the Future . You don’t have to agree with my forecast to find this exercise provocative and useful. In fact, the most useful forecasts are often the ones you don’t like, the forecasts that make you feel uncomfortable and queasy.

There are no right answers, but every leadership team should have a mix of these future leadership skills if it is to engage successfully with the external future forces of the next decade. Ideally, all members of the team will share all five of the future leadership literacies.

As you consider the ten-year forecast inside the book jacket (and described in narrative form in the Introduction) of Leaders Make the Future , ask yourself which waves of change you will choose to ride—but at least consider which waves of change you should avoid being hit by. In The New Leadership Literacies , Chapters 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 explore the future of each of the five new leadership literacies. Re-reading those chapters will refresh your thinking about the future world in which you will be leading.

From Book - The New Leadership Literacies

Over the next decade, today's connected world will be explosively more connected. Anything that can be distributed will be distributed: workforces, organizations, supply webs, and more. The tired practices of centralized organizations will become brittle in a future where authority is radically decentralized. Rigid hierarchies will give way to liquid structures. Most leaders—and most organizations—aren't ready for this future. Are you?

It's too late to catch up, but it's a great time to leapfrog. Noted futurist Bob Johansen goes beyond skills and competencies to propose five new leadership literacies—combinations of disciplines, practices, and worldviews—that will be needed to thrive in a VUCA world of increasing volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. This book shows how to (1) forecast likely futures so you can “look back” and make sure you're prepared now for the changes to come, (2) use low-risk gaming spaces to work through your concerns about the future and hone your leadership skills, (3) lead shape-shifting organizations where you can't just tell people what to do, (4) be a dynamic presence even when you're not there in person, and (5) keep your personal energy high and transmit that energy throughout your organization.

This visionary book provides a vivid description of the ideal talent profile for future leaders. It is written for current, rising star, and aspiring leaders; talent scouts searching for leaders; and executive coaches seeking a fresh view of how leaders will need to prepare. To get ready for this future, we will all need new leadership literacies.