Leadership Transition Intelligence™
Liru Wang · PhD · ICF Master Certified Coach

Which Leadership Transition
Stage Are You In?

An 18-statement self-assessment based on the LTQ framework from Lead Through It: A Compass for Leadership Transition Intelligence

18 statements~6 minutesInstant personalized resultsFree

About This Assessment

This assessment is designed to help you identify where you currently are in your leadership transition journey — and what that position is asking of you.

This assessment shows where you are now, not what you are capable of. It maps the stage you are in and where the transition is pressing hardest. Your current and future capacity is what you build next, through reflection, coaching, and deliberate practice.

It contains 18 statements grouped into three sections. Your responses across the three sections will identify your primary transition stage and the layer of your experience that is most activated right now.

Instructions: Rate each statement from 1 (Not at all true) to 5 (Very much true) based on your experience over the last 60–90 days. Answer based on your genuine experience — there are no right or wrong answers.

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Section A

Statements 1 – 6

1I frequently question whether I truly belong in my current role or at this level of leadership.
Not at all
Very much
2I still rely primarily on the skills and expertise that earned me this role, rather than developing the new ones this level requires.
Not at all
Very much
3Building trust with my team and key stakeholders feels like active, ongoing — sometimes uncertain — work.
Not at all
Very much
4I am navigating the complexity of relationships that shifted when my role changed — former peers, new direct reports, or people who wanted this role.
Not at all
Very much
5I am actively working to understand the informal rules and unwritten expectations of my current context.
Not at all
Very much
6I am working harder than before this transition, but I am not always sure my effort is focused where it matters most.
Not at all
Very much
B

Section B

Statements 7 – 12

7I am competent and effective in my role, but something quietly important feels missing.
Not at all
Very much
8External success — results, recognition, titles — no longer provides the same sense of satisfaction it once did.
Not at all
Very much
9My relationships at work function well, but I wonder if they have the depth and honesty they once did.
Not at all
Very much
10I feel competent but not deeply energized — by the work itself or by the people I do it with.
Not at all
Very much
11I am beginning to sense that the contribution I want to make has grown beyond what my current role is structured to support.
Not at all
Very much
12I wonder whether my current role is still as strategically relevant to the organization as it once was.
Not at all
Very much
C

Section C

Statements 13 – 18

13I am asking deeper questions about my purpose and direction than I have at any previous point in my career.
Not at all
Very much
14I notice a gap between the version of myself I present professionally and the person I sense I am becoming.
Not at all
Very much
15I feel drawn to exploring who I want to be in the next chapter — not just what I want to do — and this is shaping how I lead others.
Not at all
Very much
16I find myself more interested in developing the people around me than in advancing my own position.
Not at all
Very much
17I feel drawn to a different kind of contribution or impact than the one my current role allows.
Not at all
Very much
18Something is completing in my current chapter, even if I cannot yet name what comes next.
Not at all
Very much

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Once you submit, your personalized results will appear below — showing your primary stage, score breakdown, what this stage is asking of you, and three practices for right now.

Your LTQ Self-Assessment Results

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Three Practices For Right Now
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Ready to Go Deeper?

This assessment is drawn from the LTQ framework in Lead Through It: A Compass for Leadership Transition Intelligence by Liru Wang, PhD, ICF Master Certified Coach. Your stage is the beginning of the map — not the end of it.

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