Look at the evidence
Ask managers separately for the top three current priorities.
Compare their answers with actual time and resource allocation.
Review a recent trade-off made without the founder.
A case to think through
Sales pursues urgent new work while delivery protects an existing promise. Both may have reasonable local goals, revealing an unresolved business-level priority.
This is a hypothetical operating example, not a client result.Avoid a misleading conclusion
Agreement in a leadership meeting may conceal different interpretations once managers return to their teams.
Direction concerns shared priorities and the ability to make trade-offs. Compare what people say with where time and resources actually go. A clear document is helpful, but the stronger evidence is a real choice made coherently when competing demands arrive without the founder supplying the answer.
Your evidence check
Bring supporting and contrary examples. A self-reported answer is a starting point; these notes do not calculate or validate a score.
| Prompt | Notes from your case |
|---|---|
| Priority stated | |
| work receiving resources | |
| conflict | |
| decision basis |
Should all managers use identical wording?
No. Look for compatible choices and understanding, not memorised phrases.
See the wider pattern.
20 questions. An indicative, self-reported result with a five-dimension profile and an optional conversation.
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