the leadership impact gauge

Find out
where your leadership is strongest.

And where it's quietly costing you.

The Leadership Impact Gauge is a free, 3-minute assessment for senior leaders who want an honest, practical snapshot of how they're really leading right now.

"I've taken many assessments, and this one was great. The questions were thought-provoking. I learned about myself just answering them."

— Ashley Welch, CEO, Somersault Innovation

Something might be off.

You just haven't had time to name it.

You're a capable leader. You care about your team. And yet...

  • Decisions keep escalating to you instead of getting owned below

  • Cross-functional relationships feel more draining than productive

  • Your team is executing, but the culture feels flat or fragile

  • You're reacting more than you're leading

  • You know you could be operating at a higher level — but the pace doesn't leave room to figure out how

These aren't signs you're failing. They're signs your leadership system needs a tune-up.

The Leadership Impact Gauge gives you the clarity to see what's actually happening — and where to focus first.

What you will get

  • Your overall Leadership Impact Score

  • Your score across five dimensions of leadership effectiveness

  • A clear breakdown of your strengths and where friction may be building

  • Practical, immediately usable tips for each dimension

  • A recommended next step based on your specific results

15 questions. Takes about 3 minutes. Results delivered instantly. Free.

"A well-structured, insightful breakdown across five areas — highlighting what you're already doing well and offering clear, actionable ideas to try in real-life scenarios."

- Dhruv Sharma, Tech Product Manager, AI and Payments

Who this is for

This assessment is designed for leaders who want to:

  • You're a senior or VP-level leader in a product, design, or engineering organization

  • Your company is scaling — and leadership complexity is growing with it

  • You want a clear, honest view of how you're leading right now, not a generic score

  • You're ready to act on what you find

This assessment is designed for individual leaders, not team-level diagnostics.
If you're looking for a team assessment, see → The Team Effectiveness Generator

What the assessment measures

The Leadership Impact Gauge is built on the Inspirational Leadership Compass,

a neuroscience-informed framework focused on five core dimensions of leadership:

Purpose

How clearly you set direction, connect work to strategy, and use your values to make decisions — especially when pressure is high and priorities are competing.

Energize

How intentionally you manage your own energy and protect your team's — so the pace you set drives performance rather than quietly draining it.

Innovate

How consistently you create the conditions where your team surfaces hard truths, challenges assumptions, and experiments without fear of consequence.

Influence

How effectively you build trust, align stakeholders, and shape strategic outcomes — across functions you don't control and in rooms where authority alone won't move things forward.

Unleash

How deliberately you develop the leaders beneath you — delegating real ownership, building capability, and making sure you're not the ceiling of your organization's capacity.

"The diagnostic questions themselves are excellent prompts for employing new leadership tactics to engage your teams, but also incredibly nice to get the result and have further recommendations for growth built into them…even when you’ve scored high on a particular section."

- Shannon McGarity, Managing Partner, Hover Media

Why we built it

Most leadership assessments tell you where you rank. This one tells you what to do differently.

The Leadership Impact Gauge was built on a simple belief: most leadership problems aren't talent problems — they're system problems. When leaders understand exactly where their impact is strong and where friction is quietly building, they can make targeted, practical changes. Not overhauls. Experiments.

"The gauge revealed insights — and actions — to remind me of my strengths, values, and, importantly, some areas I need to focus on. It will take you 3 minutes, and you'll be glad you did."

- Sarah B. Nelson, Chief Design Officer, Kyndryl

Most leaders who take this already know something needs to shift. This is where that conversation starts.

Three minutes. Free. No sales pitch — just a clear picture of how you're leading and where to focus next.

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