OLF Self Assessment

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OLF Self Assessment

Open leadership is a set of principles, practices, and skills people can use to mobilize their communities to solve shared problems and achieve shared goals.

Open leaders design, build, and empower projects and communities for understanding, sharing, and participation and inclusion.

Completing this self-assessment will help you discover how often you take those principles and practices into account as your practice open leadership in the projects and communities you serve. You can then focus on learning and practicing the skills that will improve your practice.

https://mozilla.github.io/open-leadership-framework/framework/

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Design

Design for understanding

I use storytelling to share my project’s vision.

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Seldom

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I share personas and stories that represent a broad and diverse set of contributors and users.

Often

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Seldom

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I include feedback loops that help me learn through use in my projects.

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Seldom

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I plan opportunities for team-building that contribute to positive group identity.

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Seldom

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I bring my whole self to a project and invite others to do the same.

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Seldom

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Design for sharing

I share information with contributors and users.

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Seldom

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I gift content to contributors and users.

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Seldom

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I acknowledge, compensate, and/or otherwise reward contributors equitably for their work.

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Seldom

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I connect contributors and users with one another and network similar projects and communities.

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Seldom

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Design for participation & inclusion

I share governance with contributors and users.

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Seldom

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I create content together with contributors and users.

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Seldom

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I ask contributors and users for ideas about how to design a project and its outcomes.

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Seldom

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Build

Build for understanding

I tell stories and send communications on channels my contributors and users prefer.

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Seldom

Clear selection

I research users’ needs and iterate my work using the design process.

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Seldom

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I facilitate ways to welcome and onboard contributors to projects like orientations and calls.

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Seldom

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I set up maintenance plans and lines of succession for project sustainability.

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I clearly document contribution guidelines, workflows, and where to find project resources.

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Build for sharing

I put my projects in open, accessible places.

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Seldom

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I ensure the privacy and safety of people whose data my project uses.

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Seldom

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I am transparent with contributors and users about how my projects’ decision-making, information-sharing, and content-sharing.

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I license projects openly.

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I network my projects with others communities that share common interests and passions.

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Build for participation & inclusion

I monitor and manage community interactions in my projects.

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Seldom

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I involve contributors and users in governance and decision-making.

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Seldom

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I develop and share contribution ladders to acknowledge and promote contributors.

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Seldom

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I share clear community participation guidelines to nurture safe and friendly spaces, online and off.

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Seldom

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I mentor contributors in open leadership and other domain-specific areas.

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Seldom

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Empower

Empower for understanding

I make sure to check myself frequently to maintain integrity.

Often

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Seldom

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I carry and hold clarity of vision and purpose for my projects.

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Seldom

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I remain curious, thankful for feedback, and dedicated to improvement.

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Seldom

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Empower for sharing

I match contributors with work that fulfills and inspires them.

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I welcome challenges to my assumptions and ways of doing things and make it safe for contributors to be honest with me.

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Seldom

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I take time for self-care to prevent burnout and encourage others to do the same.

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Seldom

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Empower for participation & inclusion

I make it safe to fail and expect myself and others to learn from failure.

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Seldom

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I protect the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of contributors.

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Seldom

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I create multiple, inclusive pathways to participate in my projects and celebrate the accomplishments of people from all the forms of diversity we hold together.

Often

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Seldom

Clear selection

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