Forty-eight honest statements — a clear, professional read of the capacity underneath your leadership.
Rate each statement 1–5: 1 = Never · 5 = Almost always. Answer for the last few weeks, not your best week. There are no right answers — only honest ones.
1.I can distinguish between a genuine problem and a hard week colouring my view.
2.I know which situations at work test me most, and I recognise them early.
3.I have an accurate picture of how my leadership lands on others — because I check.
4.When results turn or tension rises, I keep my footing.
5.I process pressure constructively, rather than passing it down the line.
6.I can absorb significant change myself before leading others through it.
7.I stay connected to what makes this work worthwhile for me.
8.Setbacks challenge my plans without shaking my confidence in myself.
9.I value excellent and delivered over perfect and pending — and I model that.
10.I can tell how my people are really doing, beyond what the reporting says.
11.People leave conversations with me feeling heard, even when the answer was no.
12.I understand a position well before I challenge it.
13.I deliver difficult messages with clarity and care — they land, and relationships hold.
14.People bring me bad news early, because experience tells them it's safe to.
15.My influence comes from trust, not position.
16.I'm aware when my own state is influencing my decisions, and I correct for it.
17.I know where I add the most value — and I focus my time there.
18.I notice my less helpful patterns early, while they're still easy to change.
19.I respond to bad news thoughtfully rather than immediately.
20.Before committing my team, I think through the longer-term implications.
21.The work only I can do receives my best hours, not what remains of them.
22.I can move between detail and strategy without losing either.
23.Every commitment I make is captured and followed through.
24.What I start, I finish — or close deliberately, with reasons.
25.I process setbacks quickly and move to what's next.
26.I bring a consistent presence to my team, whatever the day has held.
27.I work productively with imperfect people and imperfect processes.
28.Important non-urgent work — strategy, development, key conversations — gets started in good time.
29.My commitment to long-term goals is as visible in month eight as in week one.
30.The unglamorous middle of big initiatives still receives my full standard.
31.My strategies leave the room as clear steps with clear owners.
32.Under competing demands, I set priorities and hold them.
33.I plan for obstacles well before they arrive.
34.I shape this role as much as it shapes me.
35.I can lead here in a way that's true to my values.
36.The decisions that carry my name are genuinely mine.
37.I'm good at this work, and I can say so with confidence.
38.When something unfamiliar lands, my instinct is that we'll work it out — and we do.
39.This role is building my capability, not just consuming it.
40.I have genuine relationships at work, not just working relationships.
41.I'm respected here — in the room, and beyond it.
42.I belong at this level.
43.Parts of this work would matter to me even if no one measured them.
44.I'm still learning, and it still energises me.
45.My work contributes to something I consider worthwhile.
46.Targets, optics and politics drive my week more than my own priorities do.
47.I privately doubt my abilities more than my results justify.
48.I work among many people and feel genuinely known by few.
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