The NLI Assessment

How NeuroAdaptive is your leadership, really?

The NeuroAdaptive Leadership Index (NLI) scores your readiness to lead under pressure across the 5 science-backed dimensions of ADAPT model.

Take the NLI free
7 min  average completion
36 items  research-validated
Free 
Sample report NLI · v1.0
72 NLI Score Above average · Building momentum
  • 01Clarity81
  • 02Confidence68
  • 03Speed74
  • 04Regulation62
  • 05Adaptability78
  • 06Culture-shaping69
Six dimensions

The science of leading under pressure — measured.

Each dimension maps to a different brain system that drives how leaders perform when stakes are high. Your NLI tells you which ones are working for you, and which to strengthen first.

01

Clarity

How well your prefrontal cortex holds the signal when noise spikes — your ability to think clearly when others can't.

02

Confidence

The grounded steadiness that lets you make and own a call. Tracks reactivity, second-guessing, and threat sensitivity.

03

Speed

How quickly you move from input to decision to action. Where reward circuitry helps — and where it hijacks you.

04

Regulation

Your ability to notice and shift your state in real time, before pressure leaks into your words and choices.

05

Adaptability

How well you reframe, recover, and re-engage when the plan changes. The core NeuroAdaptive muscle.

06

Culture-shaping

How the brains around you respond to yours. Measures the signals you send your team — intended or not.

How it works

From assessment to action in 30 minutes.

01

Take the 12-minute assessment

36 research-validated items. No trick questions. Built to be honest with yourself, fast.

02

Get your NLI report

Overall score plus six dimension scores, normed against 10,000+ leaders. With plain-language interpretation.

03

Run your 30-day protocol

A personalized starting plan — three small moves a week — targeting your two lowest dimensions first.

Your NLI Report includes
  • 01Overall NLI score with norm-referenced interpretation
  • 02Six dimension scores with strengths and growth edges
  • 03Your "pressure profile" — how your brain typically responds
  • 04A 30-day personalized starting protocol
  • 05Mapped chapters in NeuroAdaptive Leadership to read first
  • 06Optional 90-day re-assessment to track your upgrade
Built on real research

A score you can actually act on.

The NLI was developed across three studies with mid- and senior-level leaders in healthcare, technology, financial services, and the public sector. It's been validated against established measures of executive function, decision quality, and team performance — and refined for the leader who has 12 minutes, not 12 hours.

Research-validated

Three published validation studies, n > 3,400.

Confidential

Your results are private to you. Always.

Plain language

Zero jargon. Every score has a "so what."

Action-first

Every report ends with a 30-day plan.

Free · 12 minutes · Instant results

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Find out exactly where your leadership brain is strongest — and where to start. Pre-launch access is open now.

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