How Good a Strategist Are You, Really?
Fifty questions across ten competencies and the four faces of a modern head of strategy — Architect, Analyst, Activator, Counselor. Behavioral and scenario-based, not flattery. About 15 minutes. Built for the people who must make real strategic choices, bring the rigor behind them, drive them through the organization, and be the CEO’s most honest thought partner.
What this assessment measures
10 competencies across the 4 faces of the Head of Strategy role — Architect, Analyst, Activator, Counselor — built on the Corporate strategy: formulation, rigor, activation, counsel. Five questions each: scenarios, honest reads and forced choices designed to resist self-flattery.
Architect
Formulating real strategy — where to play and how to win.
- Strategy Formulation & Vision — An integrated set of hard choices, not a goals list; chooses what not to do.
- Competitive Advantage & How-to-Win — A clear, defensible way to win; builds and widens moats deliberately.
- Portfolio & Resource Allocation — A deliberate where-to-play portfolio; concentrates resources; exits to fund winners.
Analyst
Market insight, analytical rigor and foresight.
- Market & Competitive Intelligence — Deep, outside-in insight; reads industry economics; anticipates competitor moves.
- Analytical Rigor & Modeling — Fact-based, falsifiable analysis; tries to disprove its own thesis; value-linked models.
- Foresight & Scenario Planning — Plays multiple horizons; builds strategy robust across scenarios; pre-empts disruption.
Activator
Turning strategy into action the organization runs.
- Strategy Activation & Execution Linkage — Strategy wired into plans, OKRs and budgets — not a deck on a shelf.
- Strategic Initiatives & Measurement — Initiatives delivered with measured value; a disciplined execution rhythm; adapts on evidence.
Counselor
Thought partnership, alignment and building the muscle.
- CEO / Board Thought Partnership — The CEO’s strategic partner; intellectually honest; challenges with evidence, respectfully.
- Facilitation, Alignment & Team — Builds genuine commitment behind hard choices; co-creates; builds lasting strategy capability.
How the score reads
- Emerging (0–34) — Foundations forming — operating below a full strategy-leadership mandate today.
- Developing (35–51) — Real strengths with clear, nameable gaps before a top strategy seat.
- Established (52–67) — A solid, credible head of strategy across the four faces.
- Advanced (68–82) — A strong strategy leader operating ahead of the role — board-grade.
- World-class (83–100) — A boardroom-grade strategist — strategy the company actually wins with.
What you get
- An overall score out of 100 and a maturity level
- Your Head of Strategy archetype — the honest read on how you lead today
- A 10-competency radar across the faces above
- What companies actually demand from Head of Strategy hires, from real job postings, against your profile
- A personalized AI analysis and development roadmap, delivered by email with a print-ready PDF report
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