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Leadership Behavior Questionnaire Test

See whether your leadership leans more toward tasks or relationships in just 4 minutes. Get clear, practical insights to fine-tune your approach and improve team performance.

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Questions: 204 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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Verified by Daniel Hall

Psychologist with 25 years of experience

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How the Scales are Structured

example score

29/50

Interpersonal Relations (IR)

Measures how strongly you prioritize maintaining a supportive team climate and attending to interpersonal relationships.

Lower relationship focus

Balanced relationship focus

High relationship focus

10 – 29: Lower relationship focus | 30 – 39: Balanced relationship focus | 40 – 50: High relationship focus

A score of 29 suggests a lower emphasis on relationship-building and team atmosphere compared with task-focused behaviors.

example score

28/50

Task Orientation (TO)

Measures the extent to which you structure work by defining roles, assigning tasks, and monitoring goal completion.

Low task focus

Moderate task focus

High task focus

10 – 30: Low task focus | 31 – 40: Moderate task focus | 41 – 50: High task focus

A score of 28 falls in the Low task focus range, suggesting a relatively lighter emphasis on structure, task assignment, and tracking outcomes.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

New managers and team leads

41%OF USERS

People who recently started leading others and want to see whether they naturally push tasks or prioritize relationships.

Experienced leaders recalibrating

34%OF USERS

Seasoned managers who sense their current approach isn’t landing well and want a quick check on goal-focus versus team climate.

HR and leadership coaches

25%OF USERS

Professionals supporting leaders’ development who use the results to guide feedback, coaching, and training plans.

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

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Relationships (R)

Average

33.9

Normal range

28.6 — 39.1

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Task (T)

Average

28.9

Normal range

22 — 35.7

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Leadership Behavior Questionnaire Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This questionnaire is designed to assess leadership-related behavioral tendencies in a brief self-report format. The Leadership Behavior Questionnaire is commonly used to characterize an individual’s typical emphasis on task-focused versus relationship-focused behaviors in work or group settings. The measure is attributed to R. M. Stogdill and consists of 20 items, typically completed in about 4 minutes.

Responses may be used to summarize relative strengths across these broad behavioral domains and to support structured reflection in coaching, training, or organizational development contexts. The Leadership Behavior Questionnaire is not intended to provide a comprehensive evaluation of leadership effectiveness on its own and is best interpreted alongside additional clinical or organizational information.

Author: R. M. Stogdill

Literature: Yukl, G. Leadership in organizations. Pearson. 2013.