There is a reason why the LVI is patented: No other 360 tool does what it does.

Distinct Advantages

 An innovative, more realistic rating scale. The traditional 1-to-5 scale assumes that more is better. But managers—intense and driven as they are—often get in trouble by going to counterproductive extremes. The LVI picks up overkill as well as deficiencies and strengths.

 Reflects the tensions and tradeoffs in leadership. Everyone talks about balance, which is a two-sided idea. But standard assessment tools are built on linear models; lists of skills and dimensions in isolation from one another. The LVI pairs up the key opposing but complementary skills and behaviors that make leadership a balancing act.

 Both the interpersonal and the business side of leadership. Leadership is not just about the interpersonal side—the how of leading. It is also about the business side—the what of leading. The LVI assesses the interpersonal part of leadership with the opposing forceful and enabling dimensions. And it assesses the business side with the opposing strategic and operational dimensions.

 Short and to the point. Most 360s are simply too long—they take too much time to fill out and deluge the recipient with page after page of data. The LVI is brief: the report contains 55 items and lays out the results in graphic and numerical form in just 17 pages.

 Based on science. Few 360 tools can honestly be called research-based. The LVI was developed over 20 years through action-research with real executives trying to raise their game. It has been refined and quality-tested with statistical rigor and meets or exceeds professional psychometric standards. It is a rare blend of reliable, valid, and relevant. More...

 The key to leadership effectiveness. Despite its brevity, research indicates that the LVI accounts for half of what separates the most effective from the least effective leaders. Whatever else is important in leadership, and surely there is more, it can’t be more important than versatility. This is a statistical fact, not an opinion. Since the LVI predicts half of the variability in overall effectiveness, all other factors combined cannot out-predict it.

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