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Leadership System Health Check

Measure whether your company's leadership works as a system, not just a set of people.

⏱ About 5 minutes20 questionsInstant results · works on your phone

Cadence & Decision RhythmLeaders meet on a predictable rhythm and decisions actually get made.
AccountabilityCommitments are tracked, owned and followed up on.
Communication FlowInformation moves up, down and across the company in time to be useful.
Psychological SafetyPeople can raise problems, admit mistakes and disagree without fear.
Role ClarityEveryone knows what they own, what they decide, and who to go to.
Leadership PipelineThe company is growing its next leaders rather than hoping to find them.

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Leadership System Health Check: questions

Rate each statement from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).

Our leadership team meets on a fixed schedule that rarely gets cancelled.
Our meetings end with clear decisions, not just discussion.
We review the company's key numbers at least monthly as a team.
Every commitment made in a leadership meeting has an owner and a date.
We check on past commitments before taking on new ones.
Missed deadlines usually pass without anyone addressing them.
Front-line employees learn about important changes before customers do.
Problems in the field reach the leadership team within a day or two.
Different departments or crews know what each other is working on.
Employees can admit a mistake here without fear of being punished or embarrassed.
People at every level feel free to disagree with a leader's idea.
When something goes wrong, our first question is what happened, not who did it.
Employees here tend to stay quiet about problems until they become big.
Every leader can name the three results they are personally responsible for.
It is clear who has the authority to make which decisions.
Employees know who to go to for each type of question.
For each key leadership role, we have identified at least one person who could step in.
We give future leaders real responsibility before they need it.
Leaders here spend time each month coaching the people under them.
If a key manager left tomorrow, the business would run normally within a month.