Leadership Rubric

Leadership skills – the ability to influence the activities of an individual or a group in efforts toward goal achievement
Faculty Name
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# of Students
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Criteria Exceeds Expectation Meets Expectation Below Expectation Unacceptable Score

Fostering actions towards achievement
of vision, mission, and goals
Facilitating group process
Utilizing situation, contextual and
cultural aspects of organizations
effectively
Understanding the impact of change
Understanding the dynamics of change
and its impact on the human condition
Total
Scoring Categories
0-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
Analyzes a hypothetical situation in Understands and, with minor Has some knowledge about Is not able to analyze a
which the elements and interaction difficulty, analyzes a the process of analysis and hypothetical situation or
of vision, mission, and goals can be hypothetical situation of the the interrelatedness of vision, exhibit an understanding of
maximized and lead to an inclusive exhibiting the interrelatedness mission and goals. Is unable the interactive nature between
action plan or agenda which is clear among vision, mission, and to translate this relationship vision, mission, and goals, or
easily translated into work tasks, goals and plan development. into planning, work and translate them into a coherent
and evaluated when completed evaluative agenda. action plan or agenda.
Leads and empowers group Is hesitant but able to lead Requires significant Is not able to lead or
members towards consensual and empower group members assistance in leading and empower a group to develop a
solutions which maximize in consensual solutions empowering group members consensus which results in the
members’ commitment to and resulting in group satisfaction in consensual solutions members’
satisfaction with agreed upon with agreed responses. resulting in group satisfaction commitment/satisfaction
responses. regarding their responses.
Is able to identify the situational, Has some understanding of Has difficulty understanding Is not able to explain the
contextual, and cultural aspects of the situational, contextual and and identifying the impact of chance, nor
an organization which are cultural aspects of an situational, contextual and articulate the impact of
necessary to attain balance and that organization relative to cultural aspects of an changes within and outside an
will lead to improvement in balance and improved organization relative to organizational system.
productivity. productivity of individuals balance and improved
and organizations. productivity of individuals
and organizations.
Is able to analyze and articulate the With limitation, is able to Has limited understanding Is not able explain the impact
impact of change within and analyze and articulate the and difficulty analyzing and of chance, nor articulate the
outside an organizational system. impact of change within and explaining the impact of impact of change within and
outside of an organizational change within and outside of outside an organizational
system an organizational system system.
Is able to make informed choices Is generally able to make Has difficulty in making Is not able to make informed
and synthesize the potential gains informed choices and informed choices and choices, nor compare and
and limitation of the dynamics of synthesize the potential gains synthesizing the potential contrast the potential gains
change and its impact on human and limitations of the gains and limits of the and limitation of the
conditions and performance dynamics of change and its dynamic of change and its dynamics of change and its
impact on human conditions impact on human conditions impact on human conditions
and performance and performance and performances.
Definition of score category Scores
Unacceptable
Below Expectations
Meets Expectations
Exceeds Expectations