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Strategic Intelligence Diagnostic

The Strategic Intelligence Diagnostic is designed to help leaders, executives, and teams assess their effectiveness in thinking, planning, and acting in complex environments. In just minutes, you’ll gain a clear picture of your current strategic capabilities, identifying strengths to leverage and gaps to close so that you can lead with greater clarity, agility, and impact.

Strategic Intelligence Types

Conceptual – You naturally step back to see the bigger picture, connecting ideas and systems in ways others might miss, which allows you to reframe challenges into opportunities.

Analytical – You feel most confident when decisions are rooted in facts, data, and structured reasoning, bringing clarity and evidence to every process you evaluate.

Political – You excel at reading the room, understanding people’s motivations, and building influence, which helps you skillfully navigate power and stakeholder dynamics.

Reflective – You draw on your values, intuition, and deep insight to guide decisions, ensuring your actions stay aligned with meaning and purpose.

How It Works

Read the Scenario Carefully

Each scenario describes a real-world leadership challenge. Take a moment to place yourself in the situation before reviewing the options.

Choose Your Response

You’ll see four possible approaches to the situation. Select the option that best reflects how you would naturally respond. There are no trick questions — the goal is to uncover your tendencies, not to “pass” or “fail.”

Reflect, Don’t Rush

As you select your answers, notice what guided your choice. Was it logic, relationships, vision, or values? This awareness is part of the learning.

Complete All 13 Scenarios

To get the most accurate insight, complete all scenarios in one sitting. It should take about 20–25 minutes.

Receive Your Results

At the end, you’ll see a summary highlighting your dominant Strategic Intelligence Types. This will show you where your natural strengths lie and where you may want to stretch your leadership practice.

Take It Further

Use your results as a starting point. Consider how you might bring more balance across the different types of intelligence in your daily leadership.