GAP Leadership Assessment Report

Anne Swanson

Generated: September 05, 2025

Introduction

Anne Swanson, this comprehensive leadership assessment reveals your distinctive profile as a GAP Community Sponsor. You emerge as Strong Owner Independent Anchor with Driven effort capacity. Your unique combination of strong owner ownership, independent collaboration style, and anchor focus pattern creates a distinctive leadership signature.

Your profile emerges from a careful analysis of your locus of control orientation—how you view the relationship between your actions and outcomes—alongside your grit characteristics, which reflect your capacity for sustained effort toward long-term goals. Together, these dimensions create a unique leadership signature that influences how you approach challenges, make decisions, and inspire others in the GAP community.

Your Leadership Profile at a Glance

Key Psychological Dimensions

Dimension	Your Score	GAP Leaders	General Population	What This Means
Personal Responsibility	8.0	8.29	7.2	Good: 11% higher than general population, 3% lower than GAP leaders
Powerful Others	4.0	4.55	5.8	Strength: 31% lower than general population (shows self-reliance)
Fate/Circumstance	5.0	4.21	6.4	Strength: 22% lower than general population (shows self-reliance)
Perseverance of Effort	9.33	7.94	7.4	Excellent: 18% higher than GAP leaders, 26% higher than general population
Consistency of Interest	6.33	6.23	5.8	Anchor style: 9% higher than general population (consistent focus)
Net Ownership	6.5	7.04	5.4	Drives Strong Owner classification: 20% higher than general population

Scale Definitions: Personal Responsibility (PR) = ownership of outcomes | Powerful Others (PO) = belief that outcomes are controlled by other people/authorities | Fate/Circumstance (FC) = attribution of outcomes to external factors like luck or circumstances | Perseverance of Effort (PE) = persistence through challenges | Consistency of Interest (CI) = long-term focus

Your Unique Strengths: Strong Owner Independent Anchor

Your exceptionally high perseverance (9.3) shows up as remarkable follow-through - when you commit to a community project, you see it through despite obstacles
You maintain strong personal ownership (8.0) without blaming others, which helps you tackle complex community challenges head-on
Your independent working style combined with high drive means you excel at breaking through roadblocks that would stop others

Development Opportunities

Key Development Areas

Your lower 'powerful others' score (4.0) suggests you may resist input from partners even when you need their perspective
The gap between your perseverance (9.3) and consistency (6.3) indicates you sometimes shift priorities too quickly when excited about new opportunities
Your strong ownership mindset can make it hard to delegate and develop others, as you prefer to maintain direct control

Recommended Next Steps

Build regular reflection time with trusted advisors who will give you honest feedback about blind spots
Document your community priorities and review them weekly to maintain focus before taking on new projects
Identify specific responsibilities you can hand off to emerging leaders, even if they do it differently than you would

Spiritual Foundation: God designs some leaders as pioneers who break new ground, but calls them to remain humble and interdependent within the body of Christ

🌟 Your Calling

Your drive and independence likely means God has equipped you to tackle difficult challenges that others might avoid. However, He's also calling you to balance this with developing others and staying connected to the broader community.

🎯 Growth Challenges

Learning to trust God's timing when progress feels slow
Embracing your need for community even when you could do it alone
Maintaining humility while exercising strong leadership

✨ Spiritual Insight

Your leadership pattern reflects aspects of prophetic leadership in scripture - called to speak truth and take action, while remaining submitted to God's larger purposes and the body of Christ

🙏 Personal Growth Prayer

"Lord, thank you for the drive and ownership you've given me to serve others. Help me balance my independent spirit with genuine openness to others. Guide me in using my strength to develop other leaders, not just accomplish tasks. Show me how to rest in You even as I work diligently for Your kingdom."

Leadership Development Framework

Strengths

Natural ability to push through resistance and setbacks
Strong sense of personal responsibility for outcomes
Independent problem-solving without needing constant direction

Growth Areas

Tendency to take on too much without delegating
Can be dismissive of input that doesn't align with your vision
Difficulty maintaining consistent focus across multiple priorities

Opportunities

Channel your high drive into developing other leaders rather than doing everything yourself
Use your independent style to pioneer new approaches that others can later scale
Leverage your strong ownership to tackle the community's toughest challenges

Watch For

Risk of burnout by carrying too much responsibility alone
Potential to alienate partners by not incorporating their perspectives
May miss important community needs while focused on your chosen priorities

Conclusion

Your profile as Strong Owner Independent Anchor — Driven creates a distinctive leadership signature that GAP community members will come to recognize and depend upon. Your strong owner foundation combined with driven effort capacity positions you for meaningful impact.

The development opportunities identified in this report are not weaknesses to overcome but rather areas where your leadership can become even more powerful. Your journey toward greater leadership effectiveness mirrors the transformation journey you're supporting in others—it requires sustained effort, strategic relationships, and the courage to take ownership of outcomes.

As you walk in the footsteps of biblical leaders who faced similar challenges, remember that your specific combination of traits creates a leadership approach that is uniquely yours. Continue growing in the areas identified while leveraging your natural strengths, and you will create an increasingly powerful impact in the GAP community, guided by timeless wisdom and divine purpose.