Lead2Inspire™ Assessment
Understanding how leadership intent translates into influence and impact
Leadership Context
Organizations invest heavily in leadership development - yet often struggle to pinpoint what actually needs to change. Leadership development often fails not because of competence but because leaders don’t know how their communication lands. This becomes visible when:
Leadership intent isn’t clearly understood by teams
Teams misinterpret key decisions
Trust in leadership erodes due to poor engagement
Execution speed slows down
For HR, the challenge is not leadership intent, expertise or effort. It is a lack of visibility into how leaders communicate under pressure.
What L2I Reveals
L2I has been designed to help HR uncover communication pattern of their leaders under different real-life scenarios:
How leaders understand their audience
How they simplify complex situations
How they frame and communicate decisions
How they balance data, emotion, and context
How they influence alignment and action
The assessment focuses on actual leadership behaviour in a given context, not traits or preferences.
Who is L2I Designed For
Senior and mid-level leaders
High-potential talent pools
Leadership cohorts entering development journeys
Organizations seeking clarity before capability building
L2I is an ideal assessment for leaders seeking to close the communication gap by translating their intent into clear and trusted actions by their teams. It’s applicable across functions and industries because communication is a universal leadership capability.
Leadership impact is shaped less by what leaders know and more by how they close the communication gap between intent and execution in real moments.
Lead2Inspire™ (L2I) is Stori5’s proprietary leadership capability assessment that reveals how leaders think, communicate, and influence to build Trust, create Clarity and inspire Action in real-world situations.
Frequently asked questions
What leadership situations does L2I focus on?
L2I focuses on realistic leadership situations involving decision-making, communication, influence, and alignment - not abstract competencies.
How is L2I different from personality or psychometric assessments?
L2I does not measure traits or preferences.
It examines how leaders respond in leadership moments that mirror real work situations.
How do organizations typically use L2I results?
Results are used to:
Shape leadership development journeys
Identify focus areas for improvement
Enable more targeted coaching or interventions
Is L2I used as a standalone tool or part of a journey?
L2I can be used independently, but is most powerful when integrated into a broader Stori5 leadership development journey.
How long or intensive is the L2I assessment?
The assessment is designed to be focused and respectful of leader time, while still generating meaningful insight.
How long or intensive is the L2I assessment?
The assessment would take a leader anywhere between 10-12 mins.
How does this connect with other Stori5 offerings?
L2I naturally feeds into:
BaseCamp (foundational capability building)
DiveCamp (context-specific depth)
Leadership Studio and CXO Trek for senior leaders