Guiding Flame Academy · Where insight becomes leadership

The Leadership Loop Assessment

A free 10-minute leadership self-assessment. See the patterns shaping how you lead, then turn that insight into one intentional shift.

Take the assessment Free · About 10 minutes
Understand the loop
Notice → Name → Shift
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Awareness creates choice.

Randy May

Created by Randy May, Guiding Flame Academy

Where insight becomes leadership: fostering success at the intersection of behavioral science, adult learning principles, and empowering leadership

Why the loop matters

How you lead shapes what happens next.

Every leadership move creates a response. That response reinforces a pattern, and, over time, the pattern becomes culture.

The Leadership Loop helps you pause inside that cycle. Not to judge your style, but to understand it well enough to lead with more range and intention.

What you will gain

Clarity that moves.

Useful reflection should not end with a label. It should change what you notice, and what you do next.

01

See the pattern

Surface the habits shaping how you decide, communicate, and respond when the stakes rise.

02

Name the impact

Understand what your team experiences, and where your intent and your impact may diverge.

03

Choose your shift

Leave with a focused practice you can apply to a real leadership moment this week.

How it works

One pause.
Three moves.

  1. 01

    Reflect

    Respond to a focused set of prompts about how you lead in real situations.

  2. 02

    Recognize

    See the pattern beneath your choices, including its strength and its shadow.

  3. 03

    Respond

    Choose one small, specific shift to bring into your next leadership moment.

Ready when you are

Start with the pattern you are in.

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Questions, answered

Before you begin.

The next move is yours

Lead the loop you want to create.

Ten thoughtful minutes can change what you notice in your next conversation.

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