Leadership Failure Diagnostic Tool

Introduction and Instructions

This tool is a quick “leadership clinic” check-up: it helps you pinpoint where performance is breaking down across Vision(direction and integrity), Leadership (decisions and behavior), and Team (execution and learning). Rate each factor from 0–5 and add a brief reflection—your reflections matter as much as the scores, because they capture what’s really happening. When you click Calculate, the tool normalizes your scores (0–10) and shows an overall Outcome (0–1000) to highlight whether you’re dealing with a local weakness or a systemic problem. You can then Save/Print a PDF for a readable report, and download a CSV in an improvement-plan format (Factor → Reflection → Plan → What → By When → Who) so you can turn weak areas into specific commitments and track follow-through over time.

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Leadership Failure Clinic — Diagnosis & Treatment Options

Rate each factor from 0–5 and write a short reflection for each (minimum 20 characters). Scores map to Vision (V), Leadership (L), and Team (T) and are normalized to 0–10. Results stay hidden until all reflections are written.

What 0–5 mean
  • 0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
  • 1 – Poor (frequent failures; unreliable)
  • 2 – Weak (inconsistent; needs significant work)
  • 3 – Adequate (meets minimum; fragile)
  • 4 – Good (reliable; room to strengthen)
  • 5 – Excellent (model performance)

Vision (V) — Direction, coherence, and integrity

These factors describe how clearly you know where you are going, why, and on what ethical and strategic basis. Failure here produces directional drift, strategic fragmentation, ethical instability, and chronic misalignment.

V1 – Clarity (Purpose, Stakeholder, Differentiation)

1. Purpose Clarity Vision

Do we articulate why we exist in plain, motivating language?
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

2. Stakeholder Understanding (Customer Insight) Vision

Depth of customer/user needs and context.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

3. Differentiation & Positioning Vision

Clear “why us” in the market or mission landscape.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20
V2 – Strategy (Coherence, Long-Term)

4. Strategy Coherence Vision

Priorities and choices fit together without contradiction.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

5. Long-Term Orientation Vision

Investing beyond the quarter / short cycle.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20
V3 – Integrity & Insight (Ethics, Evidence)

6. Ethical Compass Vision

Values constrain choices even under pressure.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

7. Evidence & Insight Quality Vision

Data, feedback, and learning inform decisions — not vanity.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

Leadership (L) — Decisions, behaviour, and power

These factors describe how decisions are made, communicated, enforced, and lived out in human behaviour. Failure here creates signal distortion, error propagation, mistrust, and operational paralysis.

L1 – Decision Transmission

8. Decision-Making Quality Leadership

Timely, well-framed, and revisable with new evidence.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

9. Communication Transparency Leadership

Context, rationale, and trade-offs are shared.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20
L2 – Adaptation & Discipline

10. Adaptability & Learning Leadership

Leadership evolves with feedback and context.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

11. Accountability & Fairness Leadership

Standards are applied consistently.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

12. Conflict Handling Leadership

Tensions are surfaced and resolved constructively.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20
L3 – People & Power

13. Empowerment & Delegation Leadership

Authority and autonomy are allocated effectively.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

14. Talent Development & Succession Leadership

Future leaders are built, not hoarded.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

Team (T) — Execution, trust, and learning

These factors describe how work actually gets done, how safe it is to speak, and how fast you learn. Failure here produces execution breakdown, hidden risks, silence, rework, and resilience collapse.

T1 – Trust & Stability

15. Psychological Safety & Trust Team

Speak up without fear; candor is normal.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

16. Role Clarity & Commitments Team

Who does what by when is explicit.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20
T2 – Integration & Execution

17. Cross-Functional Collaboration Team

Teams work effectively across boundaries.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

18. Execution Discipline Team

Commitments are reliably kept.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20
T3 – Learning & Improvement

19. Feedback & Retrospectives Team

Learning is systematic and routine.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20

20. Continuous Improvement & Innovation Team

Small experiments and learning loops.
0
Selected: 0/5 – Abysmally bad
0 – Abysmally bad (danger signs everywhere)
0 / 20
Reflections complete: 0/20
Vision (0–10)
0.0
Leadership (0–10)
0.0
Team (0–10)
0.0
Outcome (0–1000)
0

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