Assess

Assess

Assess the leadership landscape for "$ARGUMENTS". Understand your leadership style, evaluate team maturity, and identify the key challenges to address.

Prerequisites

None — this is the first phase.

Process

1. Ask leadership assessment questions:

   • What is your role? (team lead, manager, director, founder)
   • How large is your team? What are their experience levels?
   • What's your current leadership challenge? (new team, scaling, conflict, performance, culture)
   • How do you currently communicate with your team? (1:1s, standups, async)
   • What's working well? What's not?

2. Assess team maturity:

   • For each team member: how experienced are they in their role?
   • Who needs more direction vs. more autonomy? (Situational Leadership)
   • Where are the skill gaps?
   • What's the team's morale and engagement level?

3. Identify leadership style:

   • Based on answers, identify the user's natural leadership tendencies
   • Recommend style adjustments based on team maturity
   • Flag potential blind spots

4. Write the artifact to .metapowers/leadership/$ARGUMENTS/01-assess.md with sections:

   • Leadership Profile — role, style, strengths, blind spots
   • Team Assessment — each member's maturity level and needs
   • Current Challenges — prioritized list of issues to address
   • Recommended Focus — what to tackle first in the Vision phase

Output

The assessment written to .metapowers/leadership/$ARGUMENTS/01-assess.md. Present a summary highlighting:

• Leadership style identified
• Team maturity overview
• Top 3 challenges to address