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THE TRUTH DIAGNOSTIC

A mirror, not a metric.

The Truth Diagnostic is a proprietary leadership assessment designed to surface what most assessments miss: the gap between who you believe you are as a leader and how your leadership actually operates.

This is not a personality test. It is not a competency checklist. It is a structured confrontation with reality — 48 carefully designed statements across four dimensions of leadership truth.

The result is not a score to celebrate or a label to wear. The leadership assessment is a map — a clear-eyed view of where your leadership is grounded in truth and where it is operating on assumption, avoidance, or habit.

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The Four Dimensions

Truth Clarity

How accurately do you perceive reality?

This dimension measures your capacity to see what is actually happening — in yourself, in your relationships, and in your organization — without the distortions of ego, narrative, or wishful thinking.

Sub-dimensions: Perceptual Accuracy, Feedback Integration, Blind Spot Awareness

Truth Cost

Do you understand what avoidance costs?

Every truth avoided has a price. This dimension measures your awareness of the accumulating costs of avoidance — to your relationships, your team, your organization, and your own integrity.

Sub-dimensions: Avoidance Awareness, Cost Accounting, Debt Recognition

Truth Courage

Do you act on what you see?

Seeing the truth is necessary but insufficient. This dimension measures your willingness and capacity to speak difficult truths, make unpopular decisions, and hold steady when the truth creates discomfort.

Sub-dimensions: Voice, Directness, Confrontation Tolerance

Truth Capacity

Can you hold the weight of truth?

Truth requires emotional and psychological capacity. This dimension measures your ability to stay present, regulated, and grounded when the truth is heavy.

Sub-dimensions: Emotional Regulation, Ambiguity Tolerance, Groundedness

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How It Works

48 statements. Four dimensions. Rated 1–10.

 

The Truth Diagnostic takes approximately 20 minutes to complete and is followed by a facilitated debrief with Geoff.

 

Your results are mapped onto the Truth Landscape Map — a visual framework that places your leadership in one of four quadrants based on your Awareness (Truth Clarity + Truth Cost) and your Action (Truth Courage + Truth Capacity).

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The Truth Landscape Map

Quadrant

Position

Description

Truth-Grounded

High Awareness / High Action

You see the truth clearly and you act on it consistently. Your leadership is coherent.

Truth-Burdened

High Awareness / Low Action

You see the truth but struggle to act on it. Awareness without action creates a weight.

Truth-Bold

Low Awareness / High Action

You act decisively but may not see the full picture. Courage without clarity creates risk.

Truth-Dormant

Low Awareness / Low Action

The truth has not yet surfaced. There is significant untapped capacity.

Investment

The Truth Diagnostic is available as a standalone engagement ($1,500–$2,500 CAD) or as the entry point to any advisory pathway. Every Advisory Arc and Team Engagement begins with the Truth Diagnostic.

A complimentary 30-minute Truth Diagnostic conversation is available for leaders exploring whether this work is right for them.

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Ready to confront what's really happening?

The first conversation is the hardest — and the most important. If you’re a CEO, executive, senior leader, or part of a leadership team ready to lead from truth, let’s begin.