Assess
Assess the leadership landscape for "$ARGUMENTS". Understand your leadership style, evaluate team maturity, and identify the key challenges to address.
Prerequisites
None — this is the first phase.
Process
Ask leadership assessment questions:
- What is your role? (team lead, manager, director, founder)
- How large is your team? What are their experience levels?
- What's your current leadership challenge? (new team, scaling, conflict, performance, culture)
- How do you currently communicate with your team? (1:1s, standups, async)
- What's working well? What's not?
Assess team maturity:
- For each team member: how experienced are they in their role?
- Who needs more direction vs. more autonomy? (Situational Leadership)
- Where are the skill gaps?
- What's the team's morale and engagement level?
Identify leadership style:
- Based on answers, identify the user's natural leadership tendencies
- Recommend style adjustments based on team maturity
- Flag potential blind spots
Write the artifact to
.metapowers/leadership/$ARGUMENTS/01-assess.mdwith sections:- Leadership Profile — role, style, strengths, blind spots
- Team Assessment — each member's maturity level and needs
- Current Challenges — prioritized list of issues to address
- Recommended Focus — what to tackle first in the Vision phase
Output
The assessment written to .metapowers/leadership/$ARGUMENTS/01-assess.md. Present a summary highlighting:
- Leadership style identified
- Team maturity overview
- Top 3 challenges to address