GAP Leadership Assessment Report

Jeff Maxwell

Generated: September 05, 2025

Introduction

Jeff Maxwell, this comprehensive leadership assessment reveals your distinctive profile as a GAP Community Sponsor. You emerge as Strong Owner Independent Adapter with Driven effort capacity. Your unique combination of strong owner ownership, independent collaboration style, and adapter 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	6.0	6.23	5.8	Adapter style: 3% higher than general population (balanced 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 Adapter

You're exceptionally driven to complete what you start - your high perseverance score (9.3) shows you push through obstacles that stop others
You take strong personal ownership without blaming others - your low 'powerful others' score (4.0) means you naturally focus on what you can control
You adapt well while maintaining momentum - your adapter style combined with high drive helps you adjust plans without losing steam

Development Opportunities

Key Development Areas

Your independent streak can make you miss valuable input - you tend to move forward alone even when others' perspectives would help
Your consistency score (6.0) suggests you sometimes jump between priorities, making it harder for others to align with your direction
Your fate/circumstance score (5.0) indicates you can get frustrated when external factors limit your preferred approach

Recommended Next Steps

Build regular touchpoints with key community partners before making major decisions - your natural independence needs this counterbalance
Create clear criteria for when to stick with plans versus when to adapt - this will help others trust your shifts in direction
Document your community impact goals and review them weekly - this addresses your tendency to drift between priorities

Spiritual Foundation: God designed you as both a strong individual and a member of His body - your independence must be balanced with interdependence

🌟 Your Calling

Your combination of drive and adaptability suggests God may be calling you to pioneer new approaches to community transformation while developing other leaders

🎯 Growth Challenges

Learning to trust God's timing when circumstances slow your preferred pace
Developing genuine partnership with others rather than just delegating tasks
Maintaining consistent focus on God's priorities versus shifting with every opportunity

✨ Spiritual Insight

Your strong ownership reflects God's call to stewardship, while your adaptability mirrors Christ's incarnational ministry - meeting people where they are while maintaining mission focus

🙏 Personal Growth Prayer

"Lord, help me use my drive to serve others, not just achieve. Give me wisdom to know when to push forward and when to wait on You. Show me how to truly partner with others in Your work. Help me stay focused on Your priorities while remaining flexible to Your Spirit's leading. Amen."

Leadership Development Framework

Strengths

Natural bias toward action and results
Ability to own outcomes without making excuses
Flexibility to adjust approaches while maintaining progress

Growth Areas

Can be overly self-reliant and miss collaborative opportunities
Sometimes shifts priorities without bringing others along
May push too hard when circumstances require patience

Opportunities

Channel your drive into developing other leaders who complement your style
Use your adaptability to bridge between different community groups
Leverage your ownership mindset to tackle complex community challenges

Watch For

Risk of burning out partners who can't match your pace
Potential to lose credibility by changing direction too frequently
May damage relationships by not involving others in key decisions

Conclusion

Your profile as Strong Owner Independent Adapter — 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.