What the Heatmap reveals
Visibility where it matters most.
The Leadership & Talent Risk Heatmap™ surfaces patterns that indicate where leadership and talent strain is building long before it shows up in performance.
The free Self-Scan highlights where leaders currently feel pressure across the six Architecture layers. Heatmap Pro™ then tests those signals against evidence to show which risks are local and which are systemic. It helps leaders see:
- Critical Roles Carrying Disproportionate Strain
- Leadership Judgment Under Pressure And Ambiguity
- Talent Systems Where Progression Or Succession Is Fragile
- Informal Power Dynamics Shaping Outcomes
- Cultural Signals That Weaken Leadership Resilience
- Quiet Depletion And Identity-Based Load
- Early Indicators Of Future Leadership Fragility
The Self-Scan is a structured reflection tool. Heatmap Pro™ is a governance tool designed for organisations where leadership and talent decisions carry material consequence.
How the Heatmap Works
From self-scan signal to structured diagnostic.
The Heatmap is anchored in the Leadership & Talent Architecture™, assessing risk across six layers that shape leadership capacity and organisational sustainability.
First, senior leaders complete the free Self-Scan, generating a visual pattern of perceived strain across the six domains. Where that pattern suggests material concern, Heatmap Pro™ provides a consultant-led diagnostic that uses data, interviews and decision review to reach evidence-based judgments.
A structured assessment across six architectural layers
Layer 1: Context & Strategic Reality
Where external pressure, growth or scrutiny create conditions for leadership strain.
Layer 2: Leadership Capability & Capacity
How much load leaders are holding and how consistently judgment can be sustained.
Layer 3: Talent Systems & Decisions
Where progression, succession and appointment decisions create vulnerability.
Layer 4: Culture & Informal Power
How informal influence dynamics strengthen or weaken resilience.
Layer 5: Individual Energy, Identity & Trajectory
Where depletion, identity-linked pressure or stalled progression accumulate.
Layer 6: Outcomes, Risk & Sustainability
The downstream impacts that shape trust, continuity and performance.
SELF-SCAN AND HEATMAP PRO™
Two tools. Two different purposes. One architecture.
Leadership & Talent Risk Heatmap Self-Scan
A structured, self-reported picture of where leadership and talent strain may be building across the six Architecture layers. Free, fast and designed as a starting point for senior conversations.
Heatmap Pro™ Diagnostic
A consultant-led, evidence-based assessment used by Boards and senior leaders to understand severity, root causes and system-level drivers of leadership and talent risk.
The Self-Scan surfaces signals. Heatmap Pro™ reveals what sits beneath them.