Diagnose Your Organization’s Hidden Friction

Most leaders can’t see the systems problems costing them millions. These free diagnostic tools reveal exactly where your organization is breaking down and what to do about it.

This quick assessment evaluates your organization across the 12 Qualities of Effective Organizations from The Organizational Systems Method™. In just 7 minutes, you’ll discover your friction points, identify your organizational type (Scattered, Reactive, Siloed, Overloaded, or Stagnant), and receive a personalized roadmap for improvement.

What You'll Get:

  • Instant RAG (Red/Amber/Green) scoring across all 12 Qualities

  • Your organizational type diagnosis with detailed symptoms

  • Visual breakdown of your organizational health

  • Prioritized recommendations for immediate action

  • Personalized next steps

Time required: 7 minutes

See Where Your Organization Stands Across 12 Critical Qualities

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Self-Guided Tools to Reveal Organizational Friction

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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:

The Calendar Test

These practitioner-level diagnostics help you quantify the invisible costs hiding in your organization. Use them quarterly to track progress and maintain organizational health.

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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:

The Decision Velocity Test

  • Categorize last month’s meetings into three types: Value Creation, Coordination, Escalations
  • Calculate percentage of time in each category
  • Diagnose your systems problem and take action

Time Required: 30 minutes

Recommended Frequency: Quarterly

  • Choose three straightforward decisions (recent or upcoming)Track timeline, people involved, and meetings required
  • Calculate your quarterly decision debt in actual dollars

Time Required: 45 minutes

Recommended Frequency: Quarterly

Reveal hidden organizational friction through meeting management.

Track decision-making speed to diagnose coordination debt.

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Learn About The X-Ray

These free tools are just the beginning. The Organizational X-Ray™ provides a comprehensive diagnostic across all 12 Qualities with a complete implementation roadmap and hands-on guidance.

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