Assessments & Diagnostics
Compass uses focused assessments to reveal leadership patterns, team dynamics, successor readiness, and organizational constraints—then converts the findings into clear development and operating priorities.
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Choose the one you are actually carrying. Each leads to a different pathway — and a different conversation.
Use the arrow keys to move between the four questions, then press Enter to jump to the matching pathway.
Selected: Leader Insight — Leader Insight opens with a complimentary profile. We will prefill your answer, point you at the right starting instrument, and read the results against your business.
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All complimentary scorecards
Every complimentary scorecard is open to you right now — you do not have to pick a pathway first. The ones matched to Leader Insight are marked below.
Executives
MatchedThe Executive's Leadership Score
Vision, planning, communication, influence, and time — an overall score plus a rating on each dimension.
3–5 min · Begin →
Sales leaders
MatchedThe Sales Leadership Score
How disciplined the revenue engine actually is: pipeline, coaching cadence, forecast honesty, and team capability.
3–5 min · Begin →
Owners & CEOs
The Business Growth Score
Where growth is being created and where the system is quietly capping it across strategy, people, and execution.
3–5 min · Begin →
Owners planning a transition
The Exit Readiness Score
Owner dependency, bench strength, and the honest distance between today and a transferable business.
3–5 min · Begin →
Financial advisors
The Financial Advisor's Growth Score
A practice-level read on growth discipline: client acquisition, capacity, referral rhythm, and service model.
3–5 min · Begin →
Any leader
Positive Intelligence (PQ) — Mental Fitness Assessment
Identify the internal saboteurs that hijack judgment under pressure — the mental fitness baseline behind LEAD™.
5–7 min · Begin →
Already took the Saboteurs Assessment?
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Daily practice
Mental fitness moves the same way physical fitness does — short reps, done daily. Run the guided drill, then keep the day honest with the checklist.
Guided drill · three reps
Rep 01 · Touch
Rub two fingertips together slowly. Give it your full attention — feel the ridges, the warmth, the friction.
Rep 02 · Breath
Follow one breath the whole way in and the whole way out. When attention drifts, bring it back without judgment.
Rep 03 · Sound
Pick the farthest sound you can hear and hold it. Let the nearer sounds fall into the background.
Drill idle
Today’s checklist · 0/4
Resets each day · stored on this device
Pathway 01
How does this leader actually operate under pressure?
Executive capability is rarely a mystery of talent. It is a question of behavior, drive, and self-awareness meeting a system that either amplifies or suppresses them.
How Compass answers it
Tier 01
Short, private, and free. Take one today and get an instant read — no obligation and no conversation required.
Start here
The Executive's Leadership Score
Five dimensions that most shape executive effectiveness — vision, planning, communication, influence, and time. Overall score plus dimension ratings.
3–5 min · Complimentary
Begin →The Sales Leadership Score
For leaders carrying revenue: performance, coaching, change, and predictability across six dimensions of sales leadership.
3–5 min · Complimentary
Begin →After you finish
Your results arrive immediately. If you want them read against your business, use Start Leader Insight below and we will follow up with a recommended next step.
Tier 02
Validated instruments administered and debriefed by Compass, scoped to the decision in front of you. These begin with a conversation, not a checkout.
Predictive Index (PI) — Behavioral & Drive Profile
A validated behavioral and cognitive profile revealing how a leader naturally operates, where they stretch, and where they cost themselves. Debriefed one-to-one and used to place leaders correctly, not to label them.
Facilitated · Debrief included
LEAD NOW! — 360° Leadership Review
Structured multi-rater feedback from manager, peers, and direct reports across leadership dimensions, interpreted against the behaviors the next stage of the business will require.
Facilitated · Multi-rater
Positive Intelligence (PQ) — Mental Fitness Assessment
The internal saboteur patterns that hijack judgment under load, and the daily practice that builds a different default response. Includes individual PQ score and guided sage-muscle development.
Facilitated · Practice-based
Take the complimentary Saboteurs Assessment →How this starts
A scoping conversation about the decision, the people involved, and the timeline. Compass recommends the instrument afterward — or tells you that you do not need one. Start with Start Leader Insight below.
The four pathways
Nearly every assessment question Compass is asked resolves into one of 4. Successor readiness draws on all three others at once, which is why it is treated as its own pathway.
01
How does this leader actually operate under pressure?
A clear read on how one leader operates under load — behavior, drive, blind spots, and the gap between how they see themselves and how the organization experiences them.
Supporting instruments
02
Why does this team underperform its own talent?
Why a capable group produces inconsistent results — trust, candor, decision rights, and the unspoken agreements about what is acceptable.
Supporting instruments
03
Is this person ready for the role we are about to hand them?
Whether the person named for the next seat can carry it — judgment, self-command, and follower-ship — and what must be built before the handoff date.
Supporting instruments
04
Is the business built to carry what comes next?
Whether the organization can produce results without the owner holding it together — dependency, concentration, cadence, and what scrutiny would reveal.
Supporting instruments
How it works
Anyone can send you a report. Compass reads the result against your stage, your structure, and the decision in front of you — then tells you what to do about it.
Leader Insight: The leader pathway usually starts with a private read of the individual — instruments first, then interpretation.
Clarify
We start with the decision you are trying to make. The instrument is chosen last, not first.
Assess
The right profile, review, or diagnostic — administered privately and without theater.
Interpret
Results are read against your business, your stage, and your operating system. This is the part that matters.
Act
You leave with a sequence: what to change, in what order, and who owns it.
Sample output
Every pathway ends the same way: a short written read, the two or three findings that change your next decision, and a sequence with owners and horizons. Below is an illustrative excerpt — the structure is real, the content is not.
Assess is where the Leader Insight pathway earns its keep. The leader pathway usually starts with a private read of the individual — instruments first, then interpretation.
Showing the Leader Insight sample output.
Compass Performance
Leader Insight — Executive Read
Drive outruns communication
High urgency and high dominance produce fast decisions the organization hears as directives. Direct reports report clarity of outcome but not of reasoning.
Self-perception gap on influence
Self-rating on influence sits 1.4 points above the 360° average. The gap is widest with peers, narrowest with direct reports.
Time is the binding constraint
Lowest-scoring dimension. Calendar load is 71% reactive; the strategic work is scheduled last and moved first.
| Move | Owner | Horizon |
|---|---|---|
| Move to written decision briefs for the top five recurring calls | Leader | 30 days |
| Peer-influence practice: one structured pre-alignment per initiative | Leader + COO | 60 days |
| Protect two strategic blocks weekly, defended by the EA, not by willpower | EA | Immediate |
Debrief. Ninety minutes, one-to-one. The 360° data is never shared outside the room.
Confidential · Illustrative sample · Compass Performance, Inc.
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Index
These are starting reads, not products. If you already know which one you want, take it. If you do not, answer the question above first — the pathway will point you to the right one.
The Executive's Leadership Score
Leader Insight · 3–5 min · Complimentary
The Sales Leadership Score
Leader Insight · 3–5 min · Complimentary
The FOUNDATION™ Diagnostic
Team Effectiveness · 5–7 min · Complimentary · Instant results
The Executive's Leadership Score
Successor Readiness · 3–5 min · Complimentary
The Business Growth Score
Enterprise Readiness · 3–5 min · Complimentary
The Exit Readiness Score
Enterprise Readiness · 3–5 min · Complimentary
The Financial Advisor's Growth Score
Enterprise Readiness · 3–5 min · Complimentary
What you receive
Our standard
Where this leads
The Compass Operating System
Five disciplines that turn a diagnosis into an architecture the business can run.
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Executive Forums
Ongoing accountability with peers who are solving the same class of problem.
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Start with your symptoms
Not sure which question you're carrying? Name what's breaking and we'll route it.
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One next step
Leader Insight opens with a complimentary profile. We will prefill your answer, point you at the right starting instrument, and read the results against your business.
