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The 5 CEO Bottlenecks
Scorecard
A 10-minute self-scorecard that shows you where speed, ownership, and execution are getting stuck, and which bottleneck to fix first.
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What this is. A ten-minute scorecard that shows where speed, ownership and execution are being slowed down across you and your organization, and which bottleneck to address first. Free, private to you, and no call required.
- Scores you against the five patterns we see most often in executive teams
- Tells you which one to fix first, rather than handing you five problems
- If you want the evidence-based version, the 14-Day Diagnostic asks your team rather than only you
Who this is for
Who Is the CEO Bottleneck Scorecard For?
This is built for CEOs, owners, and presidents running a genuinely complex organisation. The practical test isn't your revenue, it's this:
You have multiple direct reports each earning $200,000 or more a year. That's the mark of a real leadership team, with real delegation stakes, and it's the qualifier we use everywhere instead of a revenue band.
Issues keep escalating up the chain instead of resolving at the right level.
Growth is flat or stalled despite real effort.
A key relationship between two senior leaders is broken and it's quietly costing the business.
A high-stakes transition, a promotion, a handover, an integration, is landing on you and you're deciding under pressure.
If any of that sounds familiar, this is built for you.
What you'll score yourself on
Where Do CEOs Like You Usually Get Bottlenecked?
Most CEOs running a genuinely complex, multi-location business don't have a strategy problem. They have a bottleneck problem. This scorecard helps you rate yourself across five areas where leaders at your level tend to experience slowdowns, so you can name it and start fixing it:
Strategic Clarity & Focus
How sharp and protected your top priorities are, and whether your calendar and team behaviour match.
Decision Speed & Follow-Through
Whether critical calls move fast and stay closed, or keep bouncing back to you.
Delegation & Ownership
How much of the business still runs through you versus leaders one to two levels down.
Trust & Psychological Safety
How safe it is for people to bring you bad news, risk, and half-baked ideas early.
Communication & Visibility
How well your people understand what's going on, and what to do, without you in the room.
You'll rate simple, concrete statements in each area, then we'll show you how to interpret the totals so you can choose a single 90-day focus.
"People problems are really profit problems, and most CEOs in this room are solving the wrong one."Alex D. Tremble · Founder, GPS Leadership Solutions · Creator of TP3™
How it works
How Does the CEO Bottleneck Scorecard Work?
Answer 5 sets of questions (about 10 minutes)
Rate simple statements from 1 to 5. No one sees this but you (and, if you choose, your coach).
Score and interpret your results
We'll email you a simple scoring guide so you can see which areas are strengths, which are mixed, and which are likely bottlenecks, plus where you might have blind spots.
Choose one 90-day focus
You'll walk away knowing the single leadership bottleneck most worth fixing first, and a few prompts to turn that into a concrete 90-day experiment.
Why this matters now
Why Do These Bottlenecks Get More Expensive As You Grow?
Once your team is big enough that multiple direct reports are each carrying real, $200K-plus decisions, your problems change:
- You can't outwork the bottlenecks anymore.
- "Hero" leadership doesn't scale across locations.
- Every extra decision that routes through you quietly taxes speed, morale, and profit.
Most leaders at this stage never stop long enough to see exactly how they're in their own way. This scorecard is a fast, honest mirror so you can:
- Stop treating symptoms (more meetings, more dashboards, more "urgents").
- See where your own behaviour is teaching the organisation to wait for you.
- Decide where a small shift in how you lead could unlock outsized speed and ownership.
Where to start
Is the Scorecard Right for Me, or Should I Start With the Diagnostic?
Not there yet
If your team doesn't carry that kind of delegation weight yet, or you're not ready to involve them, this scorecard is still the right place to start. Treat it as a DIY diagnostic you can revisit every quarter.
Already there
If you already have multiple direct reports each earning $200K or more, this scorecard is just step one. What really moves the needle isn't just how you see yourself. It's how your execs, key managers, and board experience you day to day.
That's what the 14-Day Executive Leadership Diagnostic is built for. Same evidence-based read, TP3™, Trust, Proactivity, and Productivity, but measured from the people around you instead of just from you.
TP3™ is GPS Leadership's performance model. Each dimension gates the next: where trust is low, leaders withhold information and execution slows; where proactivity is low, every decision escalates; where productivity is low, effort produces activity rather than outcomes.
Once you complete the scorecard, you'll have the option to book a short 20-minute Executive Leadership Diagnostic Call where we can:
- Review your scorecard and highlight your most likely bottlenecks.
- Talk through how the 14-Day Executive Leadership Diagnostic would look with your team and locations.
- Decide together whether it's worth starting there now, later, or not at all.
Frequently asked questions
Questions Before You Start
How long does this take?
About 10 minutes to complete the questions, and another 5 to 10 to review your scores and reflection prompts.
Is this really private?
Yes. The scorecard report is for you first. You decide if and how you share it with your team, board, or anyone else.
Are you going to pitch me something?
On the next page and in the follow-up email, I'll offer a short 20-minute Executive Leadership Diagnostic Call. If your team doesn't have that kind of delegation weight yet, ignore it and just use the tool. If it does, that call is usually the smartest next step so we can see whether the 14-Day Executive Leadership Diagnostic makes sense. No hard close.
What does it cost?
The scorecard is free. The only paid work that follows from this is the 14-Day Executive Leadership Diagnostic and, if it makes sense, a 90-day coaching engagement after it. We'll only discuss that if it's a fit for you.
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