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Diagnostics that tell you the truth about how you lead.

A comprehensive library of structured diagnostic assessments covering individual leadership, team dynamics, and organizational performance. Each tool identifies your specific gaps through behavioral descriptions, not rating scales, then delivers scored domain results, a perception-versus-reality comparison, and concrete actions calibrated to what your responses actually revealed. Purchase once. Retake anytime. Track whether your scores actually move. Not a type. Not a color. A diagnosis with a development plan.

20
Diagnostic tools
500+
Assessment items
90+
Performance domains
Sample result: Virtuous Leadership Profile
Leadership Evaluation | Overall Score 3.8 / 5.0
Character
4.3
Relationships
3.7
Practice
3.4
Stewardship
4.0
Purpose
3.6
Values-Driven Leader
Primary development area: Practice. Strongest domain: Character. Specific recommendations included for each domain.
What participants receive
A results report that drives development, not just reflection.

Scored domain-by-domain results, a perception-versus-reality comparison, priority development areas with calibrated action steps, and automatic longitudinal tracking every time you retake. See exactly what you get before you purchase.

⇣  Download sample report (PDF)
ELL Evans Learning Labs Take now Home Toolkit Research For Organizations ASSESSMENT RESULTS Leadership Capability Maturity Profile 3.4 / 5.0 FUNCTIONAL Predicted: 4.1 Gap: -0.7   Blind spot identified Self-Awareness 2.8 / 5.0 DEVELOPING People Dev. 3.6 / 5.0 FUNCTIONAL Decision-Making 3.9 / 5.0 FUNCTIONAL Change Leadership 3.2 / 5.0 DEVELOPING Systems Thinking 3.6 / 5.0 FUNCTIONAL PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS Priority 1 Self-Awareness   2.8 / 5.0 This week: After difficult conversations, write how you believe the other person experienced the exchange... Priority 2 Change Leadership   3.2 / 5.0 This week: Map the last change you led. Identify specifically where adoption stalled...
Who it is for
Built for three distinct audiences.

Every tool in the Evans Learning Labs suite is designed to serve a specific purpose for a specific audience, not everything to everyone.

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Individual Leaders and Managers
Take an honest look at how you actually lead across effectiveness, your emotional intelligence, your career direction, your management habits. Get specific, actionable guidance on what to work on next.
Personal Effectiveness Index, Emotional Intelligence and Resilience Profile, Career Clarity and Direction Profile, Virtuous Leadership Profile, Leadership Capability Maturity Profile, Manager Effectiveness Index
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Organizations and Teams
Diagnose what is actually limiting your organization's performance across strategy, culture, execution, alignment, talent, communication, and team dynamics. Get a clear map of where to invest first.
Strategic Clarity Index, Organizational Alignment Index, Culture to Performance Index, Execution Effectiveness Index, Talent Development and Succession Readiness Index, Meeting and Communication Effectiveness Index, and more
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Educators and Academic Institutions
Grounded in established frameworks of virtuous business principles, these tools are designed for classroom use, student assignments, and institutional licensing as curriculum supplements.
Full suite available for academic licensing. Contact us to discuss curriculum integration.
How it works
Take it. Read it. Act on it.

No consultant required. No waiting for a report. Every tool is self-directed and delivers results immediately on completion.

1
Choose your tool
Browse the catalog and select the tool that matches what you are trying to understand. Not sure where to start? The free Organizational Performance Assessment gives you a broad picture in about 15 minutes.
2
Answer honestly
Each tool walks you through 25 questions across five domains using behavioral descriptions rather than generic rating scales. Before you begin, you predict your own scores, so you can see exactly where your self-perception diverges from your responses.
3
Get your results immediately
Results include domain-level scores, an overall profile, a perception-versus-reality comparison, priority development areas, and specific recommendations. Download as a PDF report. Retake any time. Your history is saved to your dashboard.
The toolkit
20 tools. Every dimension of performance.
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Individual

Personal Effectiveness Index

How effectively you manage your time, energy, priorities, and follow-through.
25 questions · 25 min
$49 / seat
Individual

Emotional Intelligence and Resilience Profile

Your self-awareness, emotional regulation, empathy, and capacity to recover under pressure.
25 questions · 20 min
$49 / seat
Individual

Strategic Thinking Profile

How effectively you think about the future, navigate complexity, and turn insight into action.
25 questions · 20 min
$49 / seat
Individual

Virtuous Leadership Profile

How consistently your leadership reflects character, relationships, practice, stewardship, and purpose.
25 questions · 15 min
$49 / seat
Team

Team Dynamics Indicator

How effectively your team functions across trust, communication, accountability, and collaboration.
25 questions · 20 min
$49 / seat
Team

Psychological Safety Index

Whether your team has the safety to speak honestly, take risks, and admit mistakes without fear.
25 questions · 20 min
$49 / seat
Organizational

Strategic Clarity Index

Whether your organization has genuine strategic clarity at every level, not just at the top.
25 questions · 20 min
$49 / seat
Organizational

Execution Effectiveness Index

Why your organization struggles to execute on its priorities and what to address first.
25 questions · 20 min
$49 / seat
Organizational

Culture to Performance Index

Whether your culture is a liability, neutral, or a genuine performance accelerator.
25 questions · 20 min
$49 / seat
Organizational

Organizational Alignment Index

How tightly your strategy, structure, systems, and behavior are aligned.
25 questions · 20 min
$49 / seat
Organizational

Change Readiness Index

Whether your organization is actually ready for the change you are trying to make.
25 questions · 20 min
$49 / seat
The framework
Grounded in established theory. Operationalized for practice.

Every Evans Learning Labs tool is built on a coherent theoretical foundation grounded in principles of virtuous leadership and organizational integrity, and expressed in language that works in any organizational context.

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Alignment with virtuous business principles
The virtuous leadership and organization tools map directly to established frameworks of virtuous business principles, extended with stewardship and purpose domains that strengthen practical application.
2
Behavioral description methodology
Every answer option is a precisely calibrated behavioral description, not a generic rating scale. This forces honest self-assessment rather than aspirational rating and produces more accurate and actionable results.
3
Perception versus reality built in
Before answering, you predict your own scores. After completing the assessment, you see exactly where your self-perception diverged from what your responses revealed. Often the most valuable part of the whole exercise.
4
Grounded in established research
Every tool is built on a foundation of peer-reviewed research in leadership development, organizational behavior, applied psychology, and management science. The frameworks are academically defensible and practically tested.
Sample: Strategic Clarity Index
Direction
4.1
Priorities
2.8
Cascade
2.4
Execution
3.2
Adaptability
3.6
Emerging Strategic Clarity
Primary gaps: Priority Alignment and Strategy Cascade. Specific leverage points provided per domain.
For educators
Designed for the classroom as much as the boardroom.

Evans Learning Labs tools are built to function as academic instruments, not just commercial products. The frameworks are grounded in established theory, the language is accessible, and the output is specific enough to anchor meaningful classroom discussion.

Grounded in virtuous business principles. The virtuous leadership and organization tools align with established frameworks of character-based and values-driven leadership, making them natural complements to curricula built on those principles.
Assignment-ready. Each tool produces a detailed results page that can serve as the basis for a reflective essay, a group discussion, or a leadership development plan assignment.
Institutional licensing. Volume pricing and institutional licenses are available for programs that want to assign tools to cohorts of students. Visit the academic licensing page to submit a request.
Curriculum integration support. Reach out to discuss how these tools can be integrated into your program's leadership development curriculum.
Request academic licensing
Framework alignment at a glance
Principle
Character and Integrity
ELL Tool
Virtuous Leadership Profile
Extends with
Stewardship and Purpose
Principle
People and Culture
ELL Tool
Virtuous Organization Index
Extends with
Purpose in Practice
Principle
Principled Operations
ELL Tool
Execution and Alignment Indexes
Extends with
Role Clarity and Decision Quality
Evans Learning Labs tools operationalize established frameworks of virtuous business principles into structured self-assessments suitable for classroom use and leadership development programs.
Why this is different
Diagnosis. Action. Measurement. In one system.

Most assessments tell you your type, your color, or your style – then leave you to figure out what to do with it. Every tool in this library asks you to identify actual behaviors, scores each domain independently, tells you the specific actions most likely to close each gap, and tracks whether your scores actually move after you do the work. Diagnosis, action, and measurement in one system.

Identify
Behavioral descriptions, not rating scales
You choose the description that matches what you actually do, not a number from 1 to 5 that you interpret however you like.
Act
Concrete actions, not vague suggestions
Every result includes specific, domain-level recommendations tied to what your responses revealed, not generic advice that applies to everyone.
Measure
Retake it. Compare. Track real change.
Retake any tool after doing the work. Your history is saved. See whether your scores actually moved and where the next gap is.
Most popular assessments tell you your type, your strengths, or your style. None of them tell you your current weaknesses, how to change them, and what you've actually changed.
Looking for a guided engagement?
These tools are self-directed, but sometimes you want an expert to help interpret results, prioritize gaps, and build a plan.
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Terms of Use and Disclaimer

Informational and Educational Use Only

The diagnostic tools, assessments, profiles, and indexes offered by Evans Learning Labs are designed for informational and educational purposes only. Results do not constitute professional consulting advice, legal advice, psychological assessment, clinical evaluation, or any form of certified professional guidance.

Self-Reported Results

All results are based entirely on the responses provided by the individual completing the assessment. Evans Learning Labs makes no representation that scores or profiles accurately reflect objective organizational conditions or any other measurable external reality.

No Guarantee of Outcomes

Evans Learning Labs does not guarantee that use of these tools will produce any specific organizational, leadership, or performance outcome. Recommendations are general in nature and may not be appropriate for every individual, team, or organizational context.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Evans Learning Labs, its principals, employees, and affiliates shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from the use of or reliance on these tools or their results.

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