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The Executive Shadow Assessment

Discover Which Leadership Shadows May Be Running Your Team

Below are statements describing how others may experience you as a leader. Rate each one based on how people around you would most likely experience you — your team, peers, or direct reports.

Answer honestly. The goal is awareness, not perfection. The most useful results come from answering as your team would describe you, not as you hope to be seen.

1 Strongly Disagree
2 Disagree
3 Neutral / Unsure
4 Agree
5 Strongly Agree
7 minutes 8 shadow archetypes 40 statements Instant results
Part 1 of 5 Questions 1–8
Section 1 of 5

How You Show Up

People around me would say that…

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Your Executive Shadow Profile

Here's what your results show

Every leader has shadows. They are simply strategies that once created success but now limit trust, alignment, or clarity within teams. The goal is not to eliminate them — it's to recognize them before they run the system.

Shadow Presence Scores — Primary Shadows
Low Presence (5–10)
Moderate Presence (11–17)
Strong Presence (18–25)
The Punisher — Meta-Shadow Score
Low (5–10)
Medium (11–16)
High (17–25)
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"Every leader has shadows. They are simply strategies that once created success but now limit trust, alignment, or clarity within teams. When shadows show up at the executive level, the entire organization begins mirroring them — creating silos, politics, and misalignment."

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