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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

  • 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