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Is your company waiting on you?

Not whether you are busy. Whether the work stops when you are not in the room.

What you get

Your bottleneck score out of 100
Which of the four levels you are operating at
Scores across Calendar, Decisions, Team and Strategy
Which of those four is actually holding your company back

12 statements. No credit card, no calls, results on screen.

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What this assessment measures

Twelve statements, three in each of four areas: Calendar, Decisions, Team and Strategy. You rate how true each one is right now. The score is not a personality type and it does not change with your mood. It is a read on how the work moves.

Calendar

My calendar has room in it for work that is not a meeting.
I spend most of my week on work only I can do, rather than work I happen to be fastest at.
If I disappeared for two weeks, the calendar of everyone around me would not empty out.

Decisions

Decisions in my business get made at the level closest to the work, not routed up to me.
My team knows which decisions are theirs and makes them without checking first.
Things rarely sit waiting on my answer for more than a day.

Team

My team solves problems that used to come to me.
When something breaks, someone other than me owns getting it fixed.
I am not the person who knows how most things around here actually work.

Strategy

I get real thinking time on where the business goes next, not just where it is today.
The work I did last month moved the company forward rather than kept it upright.
I could name the one constraint on our growth right now, and I am actually working on it.

How the score is read

Your answers produce a score out of 100 and place you at one of four levels. Each level comes with a plain reading of what it means and where it usually breaks.

Level 1, The Hub. Scores 0 to 40.
Level 2, The Relief Valve. Scores 41 to 60.
Level 3, The Operator. Scores 61 to 80.
Level 4, The Multiplier Seat. Scores 81 to 100.

You also get a score for each of the four areas, so you can see which one is actually holding things back rather than guessing.

What to do with the result

The point is not the number. It is which of the four areas comes back lowest, because that is the one to work on first. Pick that one, change one thing this week, and take the assessment again in a month to see whether the change held.

Quiz, test or assessment: which is this?

All three words describe the same thing. A bottleneck quiz, a micromanager test and a bottleneck assessment all point at what is on this page: twelve statements, four areas, a score out of 100 and the level that goes with it. Nothing is graded and there are no trick questions. It is a read on how you work right now, not a personality label.

How long does it take?

It takes about four minutes. You answer one screen at a time and you can go back and change an answer before you finish.

Is it free?

Yes. There is no payment and no trial. You answer the questions, then give your name and email to unlock your level, your area scores and the single move to make next.