LeaderDNA Leadership Derailers Assessment™

The behaviors that quietly cost influence under pressure.

A leadership risk awareness scan, not a what-is-wrong-with-you report. Fifty items across ten derailer categories surface the unmanaged patterns and pressure responses that limit high-performing leaders before they harden.

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Ego & Overconfidence
When self-belief becomes blind spot
  • Dismisses input that contradicts the plan
  • Underestimates risk of the bold call
  • Personalizes wins, externalizes losses
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What we measure

The full breakdown

EGO

Ego & Overconfidence

When self-belief becomes blind spot

  • Dismisses input that contradicts the plan
  • Underestimates risk of the bold call
  • Personalizes wins, externalizes losses
MIC

Micromanagement

Over-control · Under-delegation

  • Hard to delegate cleanly
  • Re-does work the team produced
  • Bottlenecks decisions to the leader
AVD

Conflict Avoidance

Peacekeeping over truth-telling

  • Lets the hard conversation drift
  • Says yes in the room, no after
  • Lets team friction become structural
DEF

Defensiveness

Reacts before receiving

  • Justifies before listening
  • Treats feedback as attack
  • Shuts the door on the next data point
LIS

Poor Listening

Hears to reply, not to learn

  • Cuts off mid-thought
  • Decides before the room finishes
  • People stop offering signal
IMP

Impulsiveness

Decides faster than the situation

  • Acts on the first read
  • Reverses calls under new emotion
  • Creates whiplash for the team
INC

Inconsistency

Different rules on different days

  • Standards shift with mood
  • Promises drift quietly
  • Team can't predict the response
RCT

Emotional Reactivity

Heat leaks into the room

  • Frustration shows on the face fast
  • Tension changes the room temperature
  • People manage the leader's mood
ACC

Low Accountability

Owns outcomes selectively

  • Externalizes the miss
  • Quiet on the unflattering metric
  • Holds others to a tighter standard
BRN

Burnout Risk

Sustainability is the blind spot

  • Runs at red-line by default
  • Skips recovery, then skips judgment
  • Models a pace no one can keep
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I consistently demonstrate Ego & Overconfidence when leading others.

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I consistently demonstrate Micromanagement when leading others.

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AVD

I consistently demonstrate Conflict Avoidance when leading others.

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DEF

I consistently demonstrate Defensiveness when leading others.

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