This instrument maps how your organisation's operational health is distributed — or concentrated. Answer each question as accurately as possible, reflecting how things currently operate rather than how they should.
There are no right responses. The diagnostic value lives in the honest ones.
Not how it should work. How it actually works.
Classification
Organisational context
This context shapes how your responses are interpreted. All information is confidential.
Dimension 1 of 5
Decision Gravity
Where authority accumulates and slows organisational intelligence
Leadership Structural Dependency Scale — 1 Fully dependent on specific people · 5 Fully system driven
If a senior leader is unavailable for a week, how much decision flow slows down?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
How often do decisions move upward that could sit one level lower?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
How clear is decision ownership without approval?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
How often do projects wait for leadership input?
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Dimension 2 of 5
Knowledge Concentration
Where organisational intelligence exists inside individuals instead of systems
Leadership Structural Dependency Scale — 1 Fully dependent on specific people · 5 Fully system driven
How many critical processes rely on knowledge held by one person?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
If a key leader left suddenly, how much operational knowledge would be lost?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
How ready is documentation for someone else to step in?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
How often do people rely on individuals instead of systems?
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Dimension 3 of 5
Execution Dependency
Where progress depends on personality rather than structure
Leadership Structural Dependency Scale — 1 Fully dependent on specific people · 5 Fully system driven
How much does progress depend on certain leaders maintaining focus?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
Are there initiatives that only move when one person drives them?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
Is performance consistency driven by process or individual discipline?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
How much does execution quality vary between teams?
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Dimension 4 of 5
Cultural Load Bearing
Who stabilises morale, conflict and psychological safety
Leadership Structural Dependency Scale — 1 Fully dependent on specific people · 5 Fully system driven
Are there leaders who unofficially stabilise conflict?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
How much does morale shift when certain leaders are absent?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
How often are difficult conversations delayed until specific people are present?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
Are culture and standards system reinforced or personality reinforced?
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Dimension 5 of 5
Structural Resilience
How well the organisation absorbs disruption without structural collapse
Leadership Structural Dependency Scale — 1 Fully dependent on specific people · 5 Fully system driven
How tested is leadership continuity during absence or transition?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
Could leadership structure absorb rapid growth without strain?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
Are leadership responsibilities clearly designed or historically accumulated?
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Leadership Structural Dependency Scale
How much does the organisation rely on heroic effort during pressure?
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