The Mechanism
Every senior leader develops a story about the source of their value. That story was accurate once. It earned them this role.
At some point, the story stopped describing a capability and started demanding one — in every meeting, every decision, every moment of organizational life.
When that happens, the organization stops getting the capability.
It starts getting the performance of it.
Performance costs more than it produces.
The Story Tax Index™
The Story Tax Index measures each one. Together, they produce a single number between 25 and 125. Lower is operationally cleaner.
What each pillar measures, how scores are calculated, and what your top pillar is costing you — in the book.
The Benchmark
Where do you sit? The book tells you how to find out.