The LeaderDNA Assessment™
The LeaderDNA Assessment™
LeaderDNAThe LeaderDNA Assessment™
Leadership Readiness Assessment™

Is this leader
ready to lead?

A ten-dimension executive readiness scan. Evidence, not vibes.

Prepared for
Jordan Avery
July 15, 2026
Overall
205 / 250
Moderate Leadership Readiness
Ready with targeted development.
01 · Executive Summary

Leadership readiness overview

Jordan Avery, your overall Leadership Readiness score is 205 out of 250, which places you in the Moderate Leadership Readiness band. Ready with targeted development. Your strongest dimensions are Integrity, Coachability, Initiative, and the highest-leverage development priorities are Leadership Confidence, Decision Making, Emotional Maturity. The pattern below describes the leader you are today and the specific moves that change the trajectory over the next 90 days.

Promotion recommendation
Jordan Avery, you are ready to lead with a deliberate 6 to 9 month development plan. The strengths are real and the gaps are knowable. The recommendation is a defined runway with targeted coaching on the bottom three dimensions, then a reassessment to make the promotion case unarguable.
02 · Overall Readiness Score

The headline number

205
out of 250 possible
Moderate Leadership Readiness
Ready with targeted development.
How to read it
210-250 · High Leadership Readiness
170-209 · Moderate Leadership Readiness
120-169 · Developing Leadership Readiness
<120 · Significant Development Needed
Where you land on the readiness scale
Not YetDevelopingNearlyReady
5Ready to Lead
5Nearly Ready
0Development Needed
0Not Yet Ready
03 · Dimension Breakdown

The ten readiness dimensions

Each dimension is scored on a 5 to 25 scale. The colored bar shows the raw score; the colored chip names the readiness band that score falls in.

IntegrityDoes the right thing.
Ready to Lead25/25
CoachabilityLearns out loud.
Ready to Lead24/25
InitiativeMoves first.
Ready to Lead23/25
AccountabilityOwns the outcome.
Ready to Lead22/25
CommunicationClear, candid, calibrated.
Ready to Lead21/25
InfluenceMoves people without authority.
Nearly Ready20/25
AdaptabilityProductive in change.
Nearly Ready19/25
Emotional MaturitySteady under pressure.
Nearly Ready18/25
Decision MakingDecides when it matters.
Nearly Ready17/25
Leadership ConfidenceReady to lead.
Nearly Ready16/25
03 · Dimension Definitions

What each dimension measures

Initiative23/25
Acts without being told, looks for ways to improve outcomes, and turns identified opportunities into follow-through.
Accountability22/25
Takes responsibility for results, keeps commitments, admits mistakes, and refuses to blame circumstances.
Emotional Maturity18/25
Stays calm in pressure, controls reactions, absorbs criticism without defensiveness, and manages frustration well.
Decision Making17/25
Makes timely decisions, gathers what is needed, weighs consequences, and owns the call.
Communication21/25
Sets expectations clearly, listens before responding, adapts style to audience, and is honest with respect.
Influence20/25
Builds support for ideas, encourages positive action, earns trust, and leads without relying on positional authority.
Coachability24/25
Welcomes feedback, applies coaching, seeks advice, and changes behavior when growth requires it.
Adaptability19/25
Adjusts when plans shift, stays productive in uncertainty, learns quickly, and stays open to better methods.
Integrity25/25
Does what is right under pressure, keeps confidences, acts consistently with values, and tells the truth.
Leadership Confidence16/25
Accepts responsibility, believes in their ability to help others succeed, and is willing to make hard leadership calls.
04 · Top Strengths

What this leader already brings

  1. 1Integrity: Does the right thing under load. Trust accumulates quietly until it becomes the most valuable asset they hold.
  2. 2Coachability: Hears feedback as data. Growth happens visibly, which models a learning culture for everyone around them.
  3. 3Initiative: Moves before being asked. Initiates change instead of waiting for permission, which compounds over a year into outsized impact.
05 · Development Priorities

Where to focus next

  1. 1Leadership Confidence: Replace doubt with reps. Confidence is built by leading visibly through small calls until the bigger ones feel ordinary.
  2. 2Decision Making: Time-box analysis. For every recurring decision, set a hard data gate and commit publicly with what is known by that deadline.
  3. 3Emotional Maturity: Build a pause habit. Add five seconds between trigger and response, especially in 1:1s where the cost of a reactive moment is highest.
06 · Leadership Risk Factors

What could derail this leader at the next level

Risk · Leadership Confidence
Low leadership confidence reads as hesitation. The team starts hedging their own decisions, waiting for a clearer signal that never comes.
Risk · Decision Making
Low decision-making capacity creates organizational drag. The team paces to the slowest call, not the highest priority.
Risk · Emotional Maturity
Low emotional maturity is the single most cited reason high performers fail in leadership. Reactive moments cost trust faster than results restore it.
07 · Coaching Recommendations

The highest-leverage coaching focuses

  • Leadership Confidence: Coach toward visible reps. Lead three meetings per month that you would normally delegate; debrief what got easier, not what went well.
  • Decision Making: Coach toward decision velocity. Track time-to-commit on five key decisions per month; celebrate compression as much as quality.
  • Emotional Maturity: Coach toward composure rituals. Build a pre-meeting reset, a between-meeting decompression, and a debrief habit after any heated exchange.
08 · 90-Day Development Plan

The next 90 days, sequenced

Days 1-30
Activate Leadership Confidence
  • Coach toward visible reps. Lead three meetings per month that you would normally delegate; debrief what got easier, not what went well.
  • Identify two real, in-flight decisions where this dimension is the bottleneck and apply the practice this week.
  • Schedule a weekly 20-minute self-review against this development priority; log what shifted.
Days 31-60
Compound with Decision Making
  • Coach toward decision velocity. Track time-to-commit on five key decisions per month; celebrate compression as much as quality.
  • Pair the first focus and the second in one initiative so growth compounds rather than competes.
  • Ask one peer for direct feedback on visible change in both dimensions; capture exact language and act on it.
Days 61-90
Translate growth into Emotional Maturity
  • Coach toward composure rituals. Build a pre-meeting reset, a between-meeting decompression, and a debrief habit after any heated exchange.
  • Lead one cross-functional initiative end-to-end that requires all three development dimensions to land.
  • Re-take this assessment at day 90; review the delta and define the next quarter's two highest-leverage moves.
09 · Closing Note

The path forward

Leadership readiness is not a fixed trait. It is the outcome of deliberate reps in the dimensions that matter most for the next role. Treat this report as a working plan, not a verdict.