Online test: Determine the digital and leadership maturity of your company
A new online analysis procedure called LEADT, developed by Frankfurt-based IFIDZ, enables companies to determine how fit their managers are for the digital age.
"Leadership-Index for Digital Transformation", or LEADT for short - this is the name of a new test and analysis procedure for determining the digital-oriented leadership maturity of managers, developed by the Institute for Leadership Culture in the Digital Age (IFIDZ), Frankfurt. Using an analysis tool that includes an online test, companies can determine, among other things, the extent to which their managers already have the skills they need to lead employees and areas in the digital age. Based on this, they can then plan development measures for them.
Competence ranking
The LEADT analysis procedure is based on the meta-study "Leadership Competencies in the Digital Age," which IFIDZ produced in 2016. For this study, the institute evaluated 30 studies on the topic of which competencies executives will need in the future, which were published between 2012 and 2016. Based on the results, IFIDZ created a competency ranking and assigned the individual competencies to the two parameters "leadership maturity" and "digital maturity," which, according to IFIDZ's understanding, together form "digital-oriented leadership maturity." According to the head of the IFIDZ, Barbara Liebermeister, the level of these competencies is determined in the LEADT online test, so that target/actual deviations, i.e. learning and development areas, are also revealed. With regard to the individual competencies, the LEADT distinguishes between the three levels of "attitude" ("I think"), "understanding" ("I know") and "behavior" ("I act"), which determine the concrete actions and activities of a manager. That's why, according to Liebermeister, the analysis results paint a very differentiated picture of the respective manager.
Online test with graphical evaluation
The results of the analysis are communicated to the managers by means of a graphical representation of the results, among other things. This gives managers a quick overview of how well-developed their leadership maturity and digital maturity already are - in terms of the three dimensions of "attitude," "understanding," and "behavior" - and in which areas they may still have areas for learning and development. The partial results summarized in the graphic are explained in more detail in a textual presentation of the results, which also refers to the three dimensions recorded and to the competencies of a digitally oriented manager defined in the competency ranking.
The online test on which LEADT is based consists of 106 statements that have to be answered on a scale of 1 (true) to 6 (not true at all). Managers can complete it in around 30 minutes. The results are then displayed immediately. The competence evaluation can be adapted to the requirements of the respective organization and function.
Tool for reflection purposes
According to Patrick Merke, who co-developed the analysis tool, the use of the LEADT analysis procedure is recommended for self-reflection or team-reflection purposes as part of personnel and management development measures. In addition, according to the IFIDZ management member, it can be used for personnel selection processes and for personnel deployment planning.
More information about the analysis tool can be found on the website of the Institute for Leadership Culture in the Digital Age (IFIDZ) in the LEADT section (www.ifidz.de). There the test can be ordered by e-mail.
