Free leadership tools

The shelf

• Leadership Type AssessmentAbout 5 minutes. Which of four modes you lead through: Coach, Strategist, Executor or Visionary. Scores all four dimensions, not just the winner.
  Free, no card, result on screen.
• Leadership Style AssessmentAbout 12 minutes. How you exercise authority across Autocratic, Democratic, Servant and Transformational, including whether you have a dominant style at all.
  Free, no card, result on screen.
• Leadership Skills Assessment15 to 20 minutes. Twelve capabilities scored individually, with your three strongest and three weakest named.
  Free, no card, result on screen.
• AI Readiness Assessment12 questions. Whether your organisation is ready to lead with AI across Placement, Restraint, Ownership and Momentum. Measures readiness, not tool adoption.
  Free, no card, result on screen.
• 360 Feedback TemplateDownload. A complete 360 survey structure, rater invitation scripts and report format, as a spreadsheet with a built in results calculator and a printable questionnaire.
  Free download, no email required.
• 360 Feedback Question BankReference. Questions organised by competency, ready to drop into any 360 process.
  Free to use and adapt.
• Executive Coaching Cost IndexReference. Published coaching price ranges by engagement type, each figure carrying its source and date. The most cited page on this site.
  Free, cite with attribution.
• Leadership Readiness IndexQuarterly report. The aggregate benchmark built from the assessments above. Charts, data tables and a versioned methodology.
  Free, cite with attribution.
• Leadership Metric LibraryReference. Every leadership term used across these tools, defined once with how it is measured.
  Free to quote with attribution.
• Blind Spot 360 LiteAbout 4 minutes. How does my team actually see me, and where is the gap?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• AI Leader Readiness IndexAbout 4 minutes. Where do I stand on leading with AI, compared with other leaders like me?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Communication Style Quiz for LeadersAbout 4 minutes. What is my communication style and why do people misread me?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Conflict Style AssessmentAbout 4 minutes. How do I handle conflict, and which conversation am I dodging?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Core Values Quiz for LeadersAbout 5 minutes. What do I actually value, and does my leadership show it?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Imposter Syndrome Test for LeadersAbout 4 minutes. Is my imposter feeling telling me something true?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Leader Burnout Test: burned out or wrong seatAbout 4 minutes. Am I burned out, not cut out for this, or in a bad environment?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Management Style QuizAbout 4 minutes. What is my management style, and what does it cost my team?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Leadership Team Meeting Cost CalculatorAbout 2 to 4 minutes. What does our leadership team's meeting rhythm cost, and is it buying decisions?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• 1:1 Meeting Builder and ScoreAbout 4 minutes. How do I run a one on one that is not a status update, and is mine any good?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Psychological Safety ScaleAbout 4 minutes. Is it safe to speak up on my team, and do I know that or assume it?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Span of Control CalculatorAbout 2 minutes. How many people can I actually lead well, and am I past it?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Boss Pattern Test: what kind of boss do you haveAbout 4 minutes. Is it my boss, and what do I do about it on Monday?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Should I Quit My Job Quiz: the work, the boss, the deal or the mirrorAbout 4 minutes. Should I quit, and what exactly would I be leaving?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Promotion Block Finder: why am I not getting promotedAbout 4 minutes. What is actually blocking my promotion, and what do I do in the next 90 days?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Should I Become a Manager: a 12 question fit testAbout 4 minutes. Do I want the work of managing people, or the title that comes with it?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Micromanaged or Managed: the micromanaging boss testAbout 4 minutes. Am I micromanaged, or managed closely for a reason, and what do I say on Monday?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Am I the Problem at Work: the common denominator testAbout 4 minutes. Is it me, this one relationship, a hard stretch, or the place, and what do I do this week?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Toxic Workplace Test: the place, the boss or the weekAbout 4 minutes. Is it the place, the boss, or the week, and what exactly is missing?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• AI Task Exposure Check: how much of your job is AI takingAbout 4 minutes. How much of my job is AI actually taking, and what do I do about it this week?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Golden Handcuffs Test: is it the money, or the fearAbout 4 minutes. Is it the money keeping me here, or something else, and what would I lead if it were not?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Job Security Signals Check: am I getting firedAbout 4 minutes. Am I about to lose my job, and what should I do this week either way?
  Free, no email, result on screen.
• Workplace Reality IndexData. What the ten workplace tools report in aggregate, anonymous, published at 30 completions per cut.
  Free, updated monthly.

Running on an operating system

Ten tools for companies running EOS, Scaling Up or any other operating system, or deciding whether to adopt one. Same terms as everything else here: free, open, no email needed.

• Framework Fit Scorecard12 questions. Scores EOS, Scaling Up, Pinnacle, System and Soul, 4DX and OKRs against your stage, team, culture and AI plans.
  Free, no email needed.
• EOS Cost CalculatorCalculator. Implementer session fees, software seats, travel and leadership team time over two years, with every default sourced and dated.
  Free, open, no email needed.
• Accountability Chart TemplateTemplate. Function, seat, five roles, one name and one number per seat, filled in for 15, 50 and 150 person companies.
  Editable, free.
• Weekly Scorecard TemplateTemplate. One number per person with an owner, goal, leading or lagging tag, 13 weeks, plus revenue, cost and cash rows.
  CSV download, free.
• Operations Manual TemplateTemplate. The 20 processes that run a 10 to 50 person company, each with an owner, trigger, steps, definition of done and last reviewed date.
  Editable, free.
• Annual Planning AgendaTemplate. The pre-work from six weeks out, two days hour by hour, and the follow up rhythm to day 90.
  Editable, printable, CSV.
• People Fit WorksheetWorksheet. Score values fit, wanting the seat, capacity and the number each person owns on evidence, then decide within 30 days.
  Editable, free.
• The Decision Rights LadderGrid. Five rungs of who decides what between a Visionary and an Integrator, with a fill in grid.
  Free, open, editable, no email needed.
• Visionary and Integrator ManifestTwo pages. Who decides what, when authority moves, the step in rule, review cadence and signatures.
  Editable, free.
• AI in Your Operating System ChecklistOne page. Which meetings, numbers and processes AI can take on when you run EOS, and which people decisions stay human.
  Free, no email needed.

Using these in your own work

Coaches, HR leaders, consultants and journalists are welcome to use these with their own clients, teams and readers. Three things make that easier:

• Link rather than copy. The assessments are scored in the browser and the reference pages are updated quarterly, so a link stays current and a copy goes stale.
• Charts are republishable. Every chart in the Leadership Readiness Index is available as a standalone SVG with its source line inside the file, so attribution travels with the image. Embed snippets are at the foot of each chapter.
• Definitions are shared on purpose. The metric library exists so that results measured with these tools can be compared with results measured elsewhere. Align to it freely.

What happens to your responses

Assessment responses are stored against your contact record so your result can be emailed to you and so you can pick up where you left off. In aggregate, and only in aggregate, they become the Leadership Readiness Index, which is published quarterly with a minimum of 30 responses for any published figure. No individual response, name, employer or free text answer is ever published. The open tools on this shelf show the score on screen without an email and add only anonymous aggregates to the benchmark. The full rules are on the methodology page.

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