Free Diagnostic Tools
Four tools that turn the book’s frameworks into immediate, actionable insight. Each one delivers a specific piece of the picture. Together, they give you a complete diagnostic of your professional situation.
Leader Archetype Diagnostic
Which pattern are you navigating?
A 12-question assessment that identifies which of the six leadership dysfunction archetypes most closely matches your current situation. Instant result with navigation strategies.
What you get
Your primary archetype, signal patterns to watch for, and the strategic implication for your career trajectory.
Rapid Situational Snapshot
Where do you actually stand?
A 24-statement self-assessment that maps your position across four dimensions: system distortion, leadership quality, career liquidity, and strategic clarity. Produces a quadrant placement.
What you get
Your situational quadrant (Strategic, Exit, Build, or Survival), dimension scores, and the operating mode the book recommends.
Compensation Ratio Estimator
Where is your energy actually going?
An energy-budget diagnostic across 10 workplace scenarios. Distribute your energy between compensation (managing dysfunction), core function, and investment work to reveal your ratio.
What you get
Your Compensation Ratio percentage, the energy band assessment, and a reality check showing how many work weeks per year you're losing.
Archetype Quick-Reference Card
All six archetypes on one page
A single-page PDF reference card covering all six leadership dysfunction archetypes. Core mechanism, translation key, and common mistake for each — designed to be kept within reach.
What you get
A downloadable PDF delivered to your inbox. Print it, save it, refer to it before your next interaction with a difficult leader.
Recommended Sequence
Each tool stands on its own, but the full diagnostic picture emerges when you work through them in order.
Diagnostic
Identify the pattern
Snapshot
Map your position
Ratio
Measure the cost
Reference
Keep the card
The Complete Operating System
These tools give you the diagnostic. The book gives you the full operating system — strategies for every archetype, the credibility infrastructure model, the compensation framework, and the decision architecture for navigating broken leadership at any level.
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