Time required: 7 minutes
See Where Your Organization Stands Across 12 Critical Qualities
Most leaders spend 60% of their time in coordination and escalation meetings, not value creation. The Calendar Test shows you exactly where your leadership capacity is going and what it means.
What It Reveals:
If coordination + escalations exceed 50% of your meeting time, you have a systems problem, not a people problem.
How to Run It:
These practitioner-level diagnostics help you quantify the invisible costs hiding in your organization. Use them quarterly to track progress and maintain organizational health.
If straightforward decisions take longer than 2 weeks and involve more than 5 people, you have unclear decision rights costing you millions in leadership time and missed opportunities.
What It Reveals:
Your organization’s decision debt – the hidden cost of unclear decision rights, approval bottlenecks, and coordination overhead.
How to Run It:
Time Required: 30 minutes
Recommended Frequency: Quarterly
Time Required: 45 minutes
Recommended Frequency: Quarterly