For Enterprises
Protect Your Most Consequential Decisions
Before you promote. Before you hire. Before you transform. Know what interviews can’t tell you.
Where Readiness Engine™ Makes the Difference
Executive Hiring
You’ve committed $400K in comp, 6 months of onboarding, and your division’s credibility to this hire. Readiness Engine™ helps you protect that investment before you make it.
Succession Planning
Your succession pipeline shouldn’t favor the loudest voice in the room or the longest tenure on the org chart. Assess readiness, not proximity.
Transformation Leadership
Digital transformation, post-merger integration, market expansion — all VUCA environments that require leaders who can adapt under pressure. Are yours ready?
AI Transition Readiness
The leaders who will navigate AI adoption aren’t just technically fluent — they’re adaptive, resilient, and able to lead teams through fundamental change.
How It Works
From invitation to insight: a research-backed leadership assessment process
👤 Invite Client
Executive or leader receives invitation to participate in Readiness Engine™ assessment
📋 Data Privacy Agreement
Executive signs data privacy & confidentiality agreement
Choose Your Input Method ↓
📹 Submit Transcript Data
- •Video uploads
- •Transcript files
- •Recorded sessions
📝 Take Assessment
- •45-60 minutes
- •Scenario-based
- •Secure, private
🤖 Human & AI Scoring
AI processes data, human analysts validate findings
📊 Risk Readout & Report
Comprehensive assessment with actionable insights
💡 Optional: Coaching
OPTIONALTurn assessment insights into targeted growth with certified coaches
We coordinate directly with executives for assessments, or with your data holders (HR, legal, etc.) for transcript analysis — taking the logistics off your plate while ensuring complete data privacy and security. All data is handled in accordance with our Trust & Ethics framework.
The VP Who Wasn't Ready
Challenge
A PE-backed SaaS company ($50M ARR) was preparing to promote their VP of Product to Chief Product Officer. On paper, the candidate was perfect: 12 years at the company, beloved by the team, deep product knowledge. The board was ready to approve.
Assessment
The CHRO requested a Readiness Engine™ assessment before finalizing the promotion. The structured evaluation surfaced:
- • High scores on domain expertise and team relationships
- • Low scores on adaptive capacity and strategic ambiguity tolerance
- • Red flag: Difficulty articulating how they'd lead through uncertainty or pivot strategy when market conditions shifted
Outcome
Instead of immediate promotion, the company:
- Paired the VP with an executive coach focused on strategic leadership
- Created a 6-month development plan targeting adaptive capacity
- Had them shadow the CEO during board meetings and investor calls
18 months later, the VP successfully led the company through a major product pivot after a competitor launched. They earned the CPO role—and were ready for it.
Impact
- • Avoided a $500K+ mis-hire (severance, re-recruiting, team disruption)
- • Retained institutional knowledge and team morale
- • Developed a high-potential leader instead of losing them
The Executive Readiness Level™
Purpose-built for CHROs and talent leaders evaluating executive capacity for high-stakes roles. Readiness Engine™ assesses the constructs that matter most for transformation leadership: strategic decision-making under pressure, adaptive capacity in VUCA environments, team leadership during organizational change, and the ability to execute when outcomes are uncertain.
Structured Assessment
Open-ended, scenario-based questions that can be administered as a standalone evaluation or integrated into your existing interview process. Designed to surface how a leader performs under pressure and navigates VUCA conditions — volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.
Leadership Signal Analysis
Already have internal presentations, town halls, conference talks, or leadership interviews? Readiness Engine™ can analyze existing artifacts to generate a readiness profile — reducing assessment fatigue while still delivering actionable insights.
How It Works
Whether you choose the Structured Assessment or Leadership Signal Analysis, the process is designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing hiring workflow.
Select Your Approach
Choose between structured assessment or content analysis based on your hiring timeline and available candidate materials.
We Administer Readiness Engine™
Candidates complete scenario-based questions or we analyze existing leadership content—all evaluated against validated executive constructs.
Receive the Readout
Get a comprehensive executive readiness profile benchmarked across strategic decision-making, adaptability, team leadership, and execution capacity.
Optional: Development Support
Access targeted executive coaching to develop high-potential leaders or support onboarding for newly hired executives.
We Don't Just Diagnose — We Develop
Every Readiness Engine™ profile can be paired with our certified coaching network. Our coaching partners translate assessment insights into targeted development plans — so the leaders you invest in become the leaders you need them to be.
Explore Our Coaching NetworkExecutive Hiring ROI Estimator
This tool provides an illustrative estimate based on industry research and your inputs. Assessment pricing varies by engagement scope and volume. Contact us for custom pricing. Not financial advice or a guarantee of performance.
Input Variables
1. Organization Context
2. Mis-Hire Risk
3. Readiness Engine™ Intervention
Impact Analysis
Cost per Mis-Hire
$270,000
Expected Annual Mis-Hires
2.0
Annual Mis-Hire Exposure
$540,000
Savings from Prevented Mis-Hires
$270,000
Total Annual Program Cost
$12,500
Net Annual Savings
$257,500
Mis-Hire Rate Improvement
20.0%
Ready to Protect Your Next Decision?
Talk to us about how Readiness Engine™ can strengthen your executive hiring, succession planning, and transformation leadership decisions.