Free Assessment: Leadership Readiness Assessment
How Ready Are You to Lead the Next Stage?
Rate yourself on 24 quick statements across the six areas of leadership and management that matter most as a company grows. It takes about ten minutes, and your scores appear the moment you finish, with no email needed to see them.
- Statements
- 24 short statements across six areas, mixed rather than grouped on purpose, so each one gets answered on its own.
- Time
- About ten minutes. Each statement is scored from zero to ten, and your results appear the moment you finish.
- Scoring
- Each of the six areas totals its four statements, so it scores out of 40. The total runs to 240.
- The Report
- A written report on request, read personally, with the priorities to focus on and a 90-day plan.
How Do Your Leadership Skills Measure Up?
Answer based on how you lead today, not how you would like to or how you led at your best. Score your habits rather than your intentions, and go with your first read. If you are torn between two scores, take the lower one. The gap you are hedging about is usually the real signal.
How to score 0 means not true at all. 10 means completely true.
01I know my natural communication style, but I can also adapt to the styles of others
02I have an efficient system for estimating project tasks, effort, and risks
03I am able to give constructive feedback in a neutral way, when and where my direct wants it
04I coach my teams to be self-managed and support them with resources by removing blocks
05When faced with a decision, I am able to develop a clear process and selection criteria
06I have a system for tracking my commitments, tasks, and projects that I review daily
07I have weekly meetings with my direct reports to review recent performance and give feedback
08I communicate with different methods based on what I'm communicating and to whom
09People on my teams have clear roles and know how their roles depend on and support each other
10I am able to move easily between different modes of thinking when decision-making
11Before I start a project, I make sure there is a clear definition of scope and success
12I work on projects in an iterative manner, develop short milestones, and update plans
13I have weekly time blocked in my calendar for working on important but non-urgent tasks
14My teams have processes for making decisions that define who is involved, how, and when
15I do a personal inventory of everything I am thinking about and write it down every week
16I have role scorecards for my directs that define responsibilities, expectations, and KPIs
17For high-impact risks, I work to quickly reduce uncertainty and develop mitigation strategies
18I make sure my teams have a clear definition of their purpose and success
19I coach my directs' development by helping them set goals and providing them with support
20I know what times of the day I am most productive and use that time for my important tasks
21I am able to determine the appropriate timeframe for making decisions and taking action
22I am able to gather data, do analysis, and separate inference from deduction
23I ensure proper communication by clearly explaining my message and confirming understanding
24I have well-developed active listening skills and can ask clarifying questions of others
Where You Stand as a Leader.
Once you finish, your scores appear here across the six areas, so you can see where you are strong and where the next stage will expose you first. It is a snapshot of how you lead today. For what is driving the scores, request the full report below.
Not scored yet. Answer all 24 statements above and your scores appear here.
Rate each of the 24 statements above from 0 to 10, then select See My Results. Your scores will be mapped on this chart and ranked by area.
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Go to the StatementsGet the Full Report on Your Leadership.
Your scores show where the gaps are. The full report covers what is driving them, personalized to your answers: a detailed analysis of all six areas, your current strengths and weaknesses, the key priorities to focus on, and a 90-day development plan. NEXTLEVEL is the coaching program that works those priorities with you.
Send Me the Full Report
Add your name and email, and the full report on your scores arrives by email. Your scores are sent with the request, so there is nothing else to fill in.
Every assessment is read personally, so the report takes a few days rather than arriving instantly.
Questions Leaders Ask About the Leadership Readiness Assessment.
Straight answers on what the assessment measures, how the scoring works, and what to do with the results once the scores are in.
What does the Leadership Readiness Assessment measure?
It measures your own leadership and management skills, not the team's. The 24 statements cover six areas: managing yourself, managing direct reports, running projects, building teams, communication, and critical thinking. The scores show where your skills are carrying the business and where they have started holding it back as the company grows.
How long does the assessment take?
About ten minutes. There are 24 short statements, mixed rather than grouped by area, and the scores appear the moment the last one is answered, with no email needed to see them. Score your habits rather than your intentions, and go with your first read. If you are torn between two scores, take the lower one.
How is the assessment scored?
Each statement is rated from 0 to 10, where 0 means not true at all and 10 means completely true. The four statements in each area add up to a score out of 40, read in bands of 8 from weak to strong, and the six areas add up to a total out of 240. The pattern across the six matters more than the total, because the lowest area is usually the one to work on first.
What is in the full report, and is it free?
Yes, the full report is free. It is a written analysis, read personally and personalized to your answers, covering all six areas, your current strengths and weaknesses, the priorities to focus on, and a 90-day development plan. Request it with a name and email after scoring. It takes a few days because a person reads every one.
How is this different from the Team Readiness Assessment?
This assessment rates you as an individual leader. The Team Readiness Assessment rates the leadership team as a whole: values, roles, decisions, conflict, accountability, and results. Founder-CEOs often take both, because a team problem and a leader problem look alike from the inside and call for different fixes. Senior leaders on the team can take this one for themselves too.
What should I do with my results?
Start with the lowest-scoring area, since that is where the next stage of growth will expose you first. NEXTLEVEL is the executive coaching program that works those priorities with you over time. A strategy call is the place to talk through the scores, and Build Your Team covers the wider work of building a leadership team that scales.