Leadership Intelligence Toolkit (LIT)™
Core Execuctive Leadership Skills
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
EQ
Confidence & Gravitas in the Room
Holding the seat in the right room
Self-care & resilience
Intentionality & Focus
Values, Meaning, Purpose
(Executive) Presence
RQ
OQ
Prioritization & Time
Management
XQ
Multi-Phasal Leadership Modes (crisis, change, etc.)
External Relationship Orchestration, Evangelizing
Systems Integration
CQ
SQ
RELATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Trust, empathy, accountability, influence
Self-awareness, regulation, presence
OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Systems, structure, decision rights
Delegation & Feedback
Systems
EXECUTIVE/CEO INTELLIGENCE
Meta-leadership,
vision, identity,
X-factor
Enterprise-wide Thinking, Cohesion
Culture Architect
Identity Leadership
COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE
Clarity, narrative, alignment
STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE
Business foresight, design, scaling
Vision, Strategy, Culture
Funding,
Investor & Board Relations
Customer & Market Alignment
Goal Setting Systems & Operational Strategy
Org Design, Functional Bench-Building
Hiring, Onboarding, Discipline, Dismissals
Accountability
Negotiation, Listening & Effective
Requests
Motivation & Recognition
Managing
Conflict &
Difficult Conversations
Stakeholder Mapping & Strategy; Cross Functional Leadership
Building Trust & Psychological Safety
Storytelling for Impact
Strategic Messaging: Distilling Technical Complexity to
the Right Level
Communication Systems & Channels
Public Communications
Internal Communications that Drive
Culture
WORK ON SELF (VERTICAL)
Performance management
Decision-making
& Rights
Budgeting, Comp Structures, Resource Allocation
Off-Function
Base Skills
(i.e., finance, marketing)
WORK ON THE BUSINESS (HORIZONTAL)
WORK ON THE BUSINESS
(HORIZONTAL)
WORK ON SELF
(VERTICAL)
EQ
RQ
CQ
SQ
OQ
XQ
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Self-awareness, regulation, presence
(Executive) Presence
Confidence & Gravitas in the Room
Holding the seat in the right room
Self-care & resilience
Intentionality & Focus
Values, Meaning, Purpose
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Trust, empathy, accountability, influence
Building Trust & Psychological Safety
Accountability
Negotiation, Listening & Effective Requests
Motivation & Recognition
Managing Conflict & Difficult Conversations
Stakeholder Mapping & Strategy; Cross Functional Leadership
-
Clarity, narrative, alignment
Storytelling for Impact
Strategic Messaging: Distilling Technical Complexity to the Right Level
Communication Systems & Channels
Public Communications
Internal Communications that Drive Culture
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Business foresight, design, scaling
Vision, Strategy, Culture
Funding, Investor & Board Relations
Customer & Market Alignment
Goal Setting Systems & Operational Strategy
Org Design, Functional Bench-Building
Hiring, Onboarding, Discipline, Dismissals
-
Systems, structure, decision rights
Prioritization & Time Management
Delegation & Feedback Systems
Performance management
Decision-making & Rights
Budgeting, Comp Structures, Resource Allocation
Off-Function Base Skills (i.e., fin, mktng)
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Meta-leadership, vision, identity, X-factor
Enterprise-wide Thinking, Cohesion
Culture Architect
Identity Leadership
Multi-Phasal Leadership Modes (crisis, change, etc.)
External Relationship Orchestration, Evangelizing
Systems Integration