The Altitude Index

How high is your leadership actually flying?

A leadership architecture diagnostic built on the frameworks in Outmaneuvering Goliath. Twelve items. Six dimensions. Four stages. About six minutes.

Ground Level

Free-for-all. Decisions follow influence, not ownership. Nothing is anchored.

Holding Pattern

A committee or title exists, but accountability is shared, which means it is deniable.

Climbing

Real resources, real process, visible progress. Accountability has not yet risen to a single owner.

Cruising Altitude

One person owns the outcome, has the authority and is held to the result.

Before you start

Answer for the company you run today, not the one you are building.

For each item you read four descriptions and pick the one that sounds most like your organization right now. There are no wrong answers. The value is entirely in the accuracy of the reflection.

Paul Theisen standing at the front of a conference room, addressing a leadership team

Individual score

Twelve responses roll into six dimension scores and one overall score from zero to one hundred.

Team composite

Run it across the executive team and the average shows where the company actually sits.

The Altitude Gap

The spread between leaders on each dimension. Where the team does not see the same company is often the most valuable finding.