Capture an honest, symptoms-first picture of how leadership actually works today, before you score anything.
For each of the five sub-domains, mark an X next to every symptom that is true for you right now. A sub-domain with several marks is a candidate problem area that carries into the scoring. The most revealing question sits at the end.
Leadership alignment
Symptom
True now? (mark X)
Leaders pull in different directions or optimize only for their own areas.
The same debates resurface because they were never resolved.
Leaders would describe the direction and top priorities differently.
Decision rights
Symptom
True now? (mark X)
Decisions wait on you or one person at the top.
Nobody is quite sure who is allowed to decide what.
People escalate everything, or freeze rather than decide.
Delegation and empowerment
Symptom
True now? (mark X)
Work you hand off comes back to you.
People are responsible for tasks but need permission at every step.
The business slows down whenever you step away.
Leadership capability
Symptom
True now? (mark X)
Leaders were promoted as strong doers and never developed into leaders.
Leaders struggle to lead their own teams.
Your bench of future leaders is thin or invisible.
Leadership communication and cadence
Symptom
True now? (mark X)
There is no regular rhythm where leadership meets to align and hold accountability.
Communication is sporadic and mostly top-down.
Direction set at the top does not reach the front line intact.
The revealing question
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