Identity Snapshot Questionnaire
Rate each line 1 to 5.
1 means not like me. 5 means that's me.
Rate all four. Two can both be high. All four can be low.
Character
1. Think about the last time somebody on your team was struggling and you stepped in. What did you actually do?
Sat with them and listened
Asked questions until the real problem showed up
Told them plainly what I saw
Took something off their plate
2. Think about the last meeting you were in but not running. Where were you?
Connecting people to each other
Quiet until I had something worth saying
Asking questions until it made sense to me
Pushing the room toward a decision
3. Somebody who worked under you five years ago is describing you today. What do they say?
They noticed me
They made things clear
They expected a lot
They were steady when things got rough
Contribution
4. Think of a piece of work you finished that you're still proud of. What made it good?
It still runs without me
Somebody finally understood something
A decision that was stuck got made
A group that was scattered got moving
5. Last week. When did you look up and two hours were gone?
Building or fixing something
Working out why something wasn't working
Talking with one person about their situation
Getting people lined up and moving
6. Think about a time you found something nobody else had spotted. The problem underneath the problem. What stayed with you?
Working it out myself
Telling them. Watching it land
Seeing the fix hold
Being right when everyone else had it wrong
Driver
7. It's Friday and the week was worth it. What happened?
Somebody saw something about themselves
Something I built started working
Something stuck finally moved
Somebody trusted me with something real
8. Ten years out. Somebody introduces you at an event. What do you want them to say?
They changed how I see myself
They gave me my time back
They found the thing nobody else found
They left something behind that still works
9. You have one year and money isn't a problem. What do you spend it on?
Helping people figure out what they're built for
Clearing out what's slowing capable people down
Taking scattered strengths and making them usable
Something outside of work entirely
Burden
10. You walk into a company that's struggling. What do you notice first?
Good people doing less than they could
Smart folks deciding without enough information
An owner who can't step away
Effort going to waste because the setup is wrong
11. Somebody's stuck and coming to you about it. What do you do first?
Ask what they've already tried
Tell them what I think is really going on
Look at how the thing is set up
Sit with it before I say anything
12. Think of a problem you've never been able to let go of.
Why that one?
Somebody's potential is sitting there unused
The waste bothers me
Nobody's looking at it right
Something about it is personal to me
Anything the numbers didn't cover?
Optional. A sentence or two is plenty.