ECQ 1: Leading Change
Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking and Vision, each with numbered statements to rate.
GSA720
Leadership Self-Assessment
- Agency
- GSA
- Revision
- Rev. 8/2011
- Fillable fields
- 189
- Pages
- 4
- Official source
- GSA form page
- Checked
- October 20, 2026
GSA Form 720: Leadership Self Assessment
GSA Form 720, Leadership Self Assessment, is a four-page General Services Administration (GSA) form, Rev. 8/2011. The footer names the General Services Administration, and GSA hosts it in its forms library, where it is listed as Leadership Self-Assessment.
The form says to complete this confidential self-assessment to review your use of the leadership competencies expected of executives, and to use the results to create goals for your Executive Development Plan (EDP). It adds that you may also ask your manager to rate you, then compare ratings and discuss.
Each of the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) has a section of statements rated 1 = low, 2 = medium or 3 = high, and ends with a question on how important that ability is. The last page explains how to interpret your results. You can fill it out free in your browser on this page and download the result without an account.
What's on GSA Form 720
ECQ 2: Leading People
Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others and Team Building.
ECQ 3: Results Driven
Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving and Technical Credibility.
ECQ 4: Business Acumen
Financial Management, Human Capital Management and Technology Management.
ECQ 5: Building Coalitions
Partnering, Political Savvy and Influencing/Negotiating.
How to interpret your results
Three steps on the last page that turn the ratings into goal statements for the next year.
Every section uses the same scale: 1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.
How to complete GSA Form 720
- 1
Rate each statement
Using the scale 1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high, rate the extent to which you currently demonstrate each statement.
- 2
Rate how important each ECQ is
Each section ends with a question such as How important is your ability to lead change?
- 3
Find your most important ECQs
The form says to identify the ECQs you rated most important, looking for ratings of 3 for the last question in each section.
- 4
Pick the items that matter
Scan those sections for items that would make a significant difference to your outcomes: low-rated items to develop or high-rated items to use more.
- 5
Write goal statements
Use the selected items to formulate goal statements for your professional development over the next year. The form points to a Sample EDP, Sample Development Goals and 25 Sample Activities.
- 6
Compare with your manager
If you choose, ask your manager to rate you as well, then compare ratings and discuss, as the form suggests.
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What happens to it
Where it goes
The PDF gives no filing address. It calls the assessment confidential and says to use the results to create goals for your Executive Development Plan (EDP).
Rating scale
Every statement uses the same scale: 1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.
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Questions about Form GSA720
Who issues GSA Form 720?
The footer reads General Services Administration and GSA 720 8/2011. GSA hosts the form in its forms library.
Is GSA Form 720 confidential?
The form calls itself a confidential self-assessment. It prints no signature, approval or submission block.
What rating scale does it use?
1 = low, 2 = medium and 3 = high, for the extent to which you currently demonstrate each statement.
Which Executive Core Qualifications does it cover?
Leading Change, Leading People, Results Driven, Business Acumen and Building Coalitions, in that order.
What do I do with the results?
The form says to use them to create goals for your Executive Development Plan (EDP), and lists three steps under How to interpret your results on the last page.
Can my manager rate me too?
The form says you may also ask your manager to rate you, then compare ratings and discuss.