What we measure
Measuring leadership in action.
LeaderSim evaluates six leadership capabilities through 18 observable leadership skills — using behavior demonstrated inside realistic business situations.
The goal is to understand what a leader demonstrated, how that capability was expressed, and where development can expand effectiveness and range.
Behavioral evidence · Sample report
“Ray, I’m wondering what the breakdown is by product in our successful stores?”
Capability
Decision Approach
Skills
Seeking Relevant Information
Asking Purposeful Questions
The model
From behavior to development.
01
Behavior
What the leader actually said or did.
02
Skills
Observable leadership behaviors demonstrated in the situation.
03
Capability evaluation
How effectively the broader capability was demonstrated.
04
Approach
How the capability was expressed along one of six leadership polarities.
05
Development
Where greater effectiveness or range could be built.
What we observe
Three domains.
Six capabilities.
18 observable skills.
Domain 02
Collaboration
Capability
Interaction Style
Engaging Relevant Stakeholders
Broadening Participation
Facilitating Group Dialogue
Capability
Information Integration
Navigating Disagreement
Synthesizing Perspectives
Building Shared Direction
Domain 03
Execution
Capability
Goal Orientation
Assigning Ownership
Setting Accountability Expectations
Defining Deliverables
Capability
Execution Style
Setting Priorities
Sequencing Work
Planning Execution
The skills provide behavioral evidence beneath each capability evaluation.
Approach
How leadership is expressed.
Capability evaluation tells us how effectively leadership was demonstrated.
Approach describes how that capability was expressed.
Decision Approach
Judgment
Acting
Learning
Thinking Style
Judgment
Independent Thinking
Collective Thinking
Interaction Style
Collaboration
Focused Participation
Broad Participation
Information Integration
Collaboration
Leader Synthesis
Team Synthesis
Goal Orientation
Execution
Direction
Accountability
Execution Style
Execution
Flexible Execution
Defined Execution
The balanced zone represents overall balance. Context determines the right emphasis.
Range
Development is range, not correction.
Development means improving effectiveness and expanding the range of approaches a leader can use.
Range is the ability to flex toward either side when the situation requires it.
Narrower range
Narrower access to approaches
Acting
Learning
Broader range
Broader access to approaches
Acting
Learning
Illustrative · one capability, Acting ↔ Learning. The shaded span represents the range of approaches available to the leader.
Leadership styles
Patterns across the six approaches.
Leadership Styles summarize broader patterns across the six capability approaches.
They do not replace the capability evaluations. There is no single ideal leadership style.
01
Navigator
02
Collaborative Navigator
03
Strategist
04
Alignment Builder
05
Operator
06
Mobilizer
Strategist
Balances exploration with a progressively clearer course. This style works through selected inputs to frame direction, apply proportionate structure, and move toward commitment.
The LeaderSim report
Measurement that leads to development.
Each leader receives a report built from behavior demonstrated in the simulation — connecting capability results to approach, evidence and development priorities.
Capability results
Six independently evaluated leadership capabilities.
Approach
How each capability was expressed, along its polarity.
Behavioral evidence
The leader’s own words from the session.
Strengths + areas of opportunity
What was effective, and what was limiting.
Development priorities
Where effectiveness and range can grow.
Pages shown are from a sample LeaderSim report, for illustration.
See what leadership looks like in action.
LeaderSim turns observable leadership behavior into evidence leaders and organizations can use for development.