The G.Y.S.T. Score

How do you actually know where you stand as a leader?

Self-leadership is the foundation. Measure it today, and track it every 3 months.

If you want people to follow you, they need someone to look up to.

That starts with proof that you can lead yourself. Anyone can claim it, but almost no one measures it. We give our people KPIs. Why not ourselves?

The G.Y.S.T. Score turns your self-leadership into clear numbers. Take it today, retake it every 3 months, and watch your foundation grow.

Before5.5

3 months later6.1

Soft skills will never be fully measurable, but you can feel the change with your team. For our purposes, a number is better: you see that this went from 5.5 to 6.1.

What you get

Eight numbers. No total.

You get part scores in different areas of life and of self-leadership. Three inputs, which are how you think, how you feel and how you act. And five areas of proof: health, relationships, career, family and finances.

Do it again every 3 months. The numbers go up or they go down, and so you know whether you are working in the right direction.

You see your numbers and the focus that fits your age right away. A few minutes later a personal written evaluation of your own answers arrives by email.

Before you start

Set up the next 30 minutes.

Block the time. About 30 minutes, completely uninterrupted. Switch off your phone and put everything else aside.
Make a coffee or a tea. There is a reason the mug is on the table.
Rate, then explain. Every statement gets a number from 1 to 10 and a short Why with a real example. Do not just write "because I do".
Stay honest. Do not lie to yourself, do not be a hero, do not play the victim. If you did something once last year, that is not a 10. If you are having a bad week, that is not a 1.
Score 1 where it does not apply yet. No partner, no children: the answer is 1, and that is correct.

The G.Y.S.T. Score booklet and a filled-in wheel on a desk next to a coffee mug

Be ready for one hard moment

The first time, this is not going to be fun.

You rate yourself, and then you give the reason for every number. Done for the first time, that shows you all your flaws. I can make grown-up people cry with this little self-assessment. The result might not be sexy. You will not want to show it to your friends.

I promise you will have a moment. One question will hit a pain point, because this is not yet working in your life. You will want to stand up, go somewhere else, pick up your phone, do anything but finish. Do not. Stay with the emotion. Breathe through it. Then move on to the next one.

This is what separates the people who are willing to do the work from the people who only observe it.

Put the spotlight on you

Be okay with looking in the mirror.

You read the book. You watched the videos. You had ideas, and you probably thought, I know someone who does this wrong, and maybe I do too. We tend to see it in other people.

This self-assessment puts the spotlight on you. When you are able to do that, you become coachable. And that is what we want: to say, this is where I am right now, and now let us build on it. You can become really great, really fast, if you are willing to do this.

Your answers stay on this device until you add your details at the end.