STORY TAX INDEX™ · SCORE CALCULATOR
Your answers calibrate the score to leaders like you. Takes two minutes.
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WHAT IS YOUR ROLE?
Calibrates the cost calculation to your level.
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HOW LARGE IS YOUR ORGANIZATION?
Larger organizations have more legitimate coordination overhead — we account for this.
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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP?
Longer-running patterns take more to interrupt. We factor this in.
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HOW OFTEN ARE YOU RECOGNISED FOR THIS LEADERSHIP STRENGTH?
Recognition validates the pattern and deepens its resistance to change.
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HAS THIS LEADERSHIP PATTERN EVER BEEN DIRECTLY CHALLENGED?
Patterns that have never faced challenge are the hardest to interrupt.
PASTE YOUR ANONYMOUS SIGNAL BLOCK
Copy Section 2 only — the block with no meeting names, no people, no company context.
YOUR SCORE IS READY
Enter your email to see your report. We'll send you a copy and flag if the pattern returns at 90 days.
WHAT THIS IS COSTING YOUR ORGANIZATION
hours lost per week
cost per week
working weeks lost per year
IF YOUR SCORE DROPS 15 POINTS
You recover per week — returned to your organization annually.
YOUR STORY TAX SCORE
WHERE THE DRAG IS COMING FROM
PATTERNS MAKING IT WORSE
WHAT YOUR SITUATION TELLS US
HAS THIS SPREAD TO YOUR TEAM?
HOW HARD WILL THIS BE TO CHANGE?
WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
YOUR ONE MOVE — NEXT 90 DAYS
BINARY RULE · EVALUATE IN 30 SECONDS
Leaders in the research cohort who held a rule like this for 90 days dropped 12–25 points on their score and recovered 3–5 hours per week. The leaders who received scores and changed nothing showed no meaningful change at 90 days.
Run the diagnostic every 90 days. See your score move. Know the moment the pattern starts returning — before it costs you another six weeks.
Quarterly score · Trajectory tracking · Early warning · Peer benchmark
Scoring your signal block
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