THE LīF ASSESSMENT

Locating yourself in the Leadership Integrity Framework®

If you’ve read the book, you know the four dimensions: Purpose, Presence, Partnership, and Perspective. The harder question is where you stand in them right now, in this role, with these people, under this kind of pressure.

This is a structured way to find out. Twenty statements and four short questions, about twenty to thirty minutes. When you finish, you receive a copy of your answers and a short guide for reading them.

Doc-text Begin the Assessment

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Rate twenty statements about how you lead, from “rarely true” to “consistently true.” Answer quickly. Your first response is usually the accurate one.

Answer four short questions, two or three sentences each. They come from the questions the book offers as companions for each dimension in Chapter 12.

Read your answers. A copy arrives by email with a link to the reading guide, which shows how your answers group across the four dimensions, where your largest gap sits, and what that gap usually means.

WHERE TO LOOK

The framework’s central claim is that the four dimensions are not separate competencies. The trouble tends to live in the gaps between them: values that never translate into impact, performance without connection, relationships without direction, strategy without soul.

So the most useful thing your answers show you is rarely your highest score. It’s the distance between two dimensions.

A high score is not a verdict, and a low one is not a flaw. Your answers describe how you’re leading now, in this context. A new role, a crisis, or a stretch of real growth will move them, which is why it’s worth coming back in six months.

A Note from Maria Wade:

“I wrote the first version of this assessment while I was finishing the book, because I wanted readers to have a way to find themselves in it. The book opens with a friend asking me whether leaders even know they should question if their leadership is integrated and sustainable. This is one way to start asking.

I use the same statements with my coaching clients, and I’m glad to offer them here to anyone who wants to start the same way.

It’s an early version, and I’m refining it with the leaders who use it. If a statement confuses you or misses something that matters, I’d like to know. Write to me at lifbook@mariawade.us. I answer every personal email.“

IF YOU’D RATHER NOT READ YOUR ANSWERS ALONE

The LīF Session is a 2-hour conversation built around them. You complete the same assessment beforehand, and we work from what you wrote: where the gap is, what it’s costing you, and what to do next.

Info About the LīF Session

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is this the LīF Assessment from the book?
A: Yes. The QR code in Chapter 12 points here. The book says about thirty minutes; most people finish in twenty to thirty, depending on how much they write.

Q: Is it validated?
 A: No, and it isn’t trying to be. Every statement is written against a defined element of the Leadership Integrity Framework, which draws on research in adult and vertical development and on more than 3,000 hours of coaching senior leaders. It hasn’t been psychometrically tested, and it doesn’t compare you with anyone else. It’s a structured way to start thinking, or to start a conversation.

Q: How is it different from other leadership assessments?
 A: Validated instruments measure you against a norm and usually come with a professional debrief. This doesn’t measure you against anyone. It gives you a clearer view of your own answers and a place to begin.

Q: What happens to my answers?
 A: They’re stored privately and seen only by me. I use them to learn how the statements land, so I can improve them. You won’t be added to any mailing list.

Q: Can I retake the assessment?
 A: Yes. Every six months, or whenever your context changes significantly: a new role, a merger, a hard year.

Q: I haven’t read the book. Can I still take it?
 A: Yes. The reading guide explains the four dimensions briefly. The book goes much further.

Q: Is there a cost?
 A: No. The LīF Assessment is free.

Where do you stand right now?

Doc-text Begin the Assessment

Average completion time: 20 to 30 minutes
Free | A copy of your answers | A guide to reading them

Testimonials

“This framework gave language to something I’ve been sensing but couldn’t articulate. Now I understand why certain situations energize me while others drain me—it’s about the integration of the more dimensions of my leadership.”

“I expected another competency model. Instead, I discovered a mirror that showed me both my power and my edges with compassionate clarity.”

“Twenty minutes of reflection that changed how I think about my leadership. Not exaggerating.”
 

PreviousNext
Book-open BUY THE BOOK