Leadership Assessment Test

Understand how employees view leadership trust, including effectiveness, integrity, and care in about 6 minutes. Get clear insights to guide coaching, strengthen communication, and improve team climate.

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Questions: 306 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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Psychologist with 25 years of experience

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How the Scales are Structured

example score

40/50

Care (C)

Measures how much a manager demonstrates attention, support, and involvement in employees’ needs and well-being.

Low care

Moderate care

High care

10 – 22: Low care | 23 – 37: Moderate care | 38 – 50: High care

A score of 40 falls in the High care range, indicating the manager is generally perceived as attentive and supportive toward the team.

example score

34/50

Integrity (I)

This scale measures how employees perceive a leader’s honesty, fairness, and adherence to ethical principles.

Low integrity trust

Moderate integrity trust

High integrity trust

10 – 22: Low integrity trust | 23 – 37: Moderate integrity trust | 38 – 50: High integrity trust

A score of 34 falls in the Moderate integrity trust range, suggesting generally positive perceptions of the leader’s ethics with some areas where confidence may be mixed.

example score

24/50

Results Orientation (RO)

Measures how effectively a manager achieves goals and ensures tasks are completed.

Low effectiveness

Moderate effectiveness

High effectiveness

10 – 22: Low effectiveness | 23 – 37: Moderate effectiveness | 38 – 50: High effectiveness

A score of 24 falls in the Moderate effectiveness range, suggesting task achievement is generally adequate but may be inconsistent in some situations.

example score

70/150

Overall Trust in Leadership (OTiL)

This scale measures employees’ overall level of trust in management based on perceived effectiveness, integrity, and care.

Low trust

Moderate trust

High trust

30 – 69: Low trust | 70 – 110: Moderate trust | 111 – 150: High trust

A score of 70 falls in the Moderate trust range, suggesting a generally acceptable perception of management with room to strengthen consistency and confidence.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

HR and People Ops

41%OF USERS

Use it to quickly measure trust in managers, spot leadership risks, and plan training or culture initiatives.

Team Leaders and Managers

34%OF USERS

Take it to see how their effectiveness, integrity, and care are perceived by the team and what to improve.

Employees in Team Surveys

25%OF USERS

Complete it as part of internal feedback to share how much they trust leadership and why.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Showing Care (SC)

Average

38.6

Normal range

32.5 — 44.7

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Integrity (I)

Average

27.6

Normal range

22.5 — 32.8

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Effectiveness (E)

Average

30.9

Normal range

23.8 — 38

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Overall assessment of the level of trust in management (Oaotlotim)

Average

97.9

Normal range

81.2 — 114.6

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150

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Leadership Assessment Test - Symptoms and Signs

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In organizational settings, brief self-report measures can support a structured appraisal of perceived leadership and workplace trust. The Leadership Assessment is designed to capture respondents’ perceptions of leadership-related functioning and interpersonal credibility within a work group.

The measure consists of 30 items and typically requires about 6 minutes to complete. Item content generally targets perceptions of leader effectiveness, integrity, and care/concern, providing a snapshot of how leadership behaviors are experienced by employees. Bruce J. Avolio is cited in connection with the Leadership Assessment.

Results are typically interpreted at the scale level to inform feedback, coaching, and broader organizational climate discussions. As with other rating scales, findings should be considered in context and integrated with collateral information (e.g., other survey data or observational input) when used for decision-making.

Author: Bernard M. Bass, Bruce J. Avolio

Literature: Dirks, K. T., & Ferrin, D. L. Trust in leadership: Meta-analytic findings and implications for research and practice. Journal of Applied Psychology. 2002.