Seizing high-stakes moments demands a fine-tuned skillset. This brief 10-question assessment was designed with ROI in mind to identify leadership communication gaps and offer actionable next steps to strengthen your organization.
You’ve seen the signs.
Leaders heavy on vision but short on process.
Managers allergic to feedback.
Teams that lack an understanding of what it means to be effective communicators.
Misremembered details, muddled messaging, and unclear expectations can knock timelines out of alignment and undermine results. When left unchecked, communication gaps can manifest as meetings going nowhere, roadmaps without a clear destination, and ideas withering on the vine. It’s costly when it happens once, but even more so when it’s occurring at scale.
Do you know where communication is falling flat at your organization?
To help shore up communication skills for leaders and teams alike, our skills gap assessment gets to the heart of the problems hindering progress and empowers your talent pool to present with polish and precision
Here’s how.
In just 10 questions, this free assessment pinpoints blockages and diagnoses the breakdowns happening at critical touch points across your organization. Each question frames a situation or asks you to select a description of how you or your team approaches preparing or executing a task. This helps get the full picture of your process and isolate where the approach goes off the rails. After some brief number crunching, you’ll walk away with actionable next steps to transform your approach and execution delivered straight to your inbox.
This assessment can help executives and aspiring leaders correct communication to:
No matter where the problem starts, you’ll walk away with immediate pathways to ensure your leadership communication always lands. Break out of communication limbo. Convert bad habits across your organization. And start arriving on time for every deadline.
Whether you’re bracing for a product launch, gearing up for a make-or-break keynote, or navigating organizational change, this tool can reveal weak points in any communication skillset and generate actionable plans for charting a more effective course.
Leaders shoulder monumental tasks.
They align hybrid and global workforces, make high-level strategic decisions, and communicate change that inspires transformation. They’re the embodiment of brand values during boom times and lightning rods for scrutiny when expectations go unmet. And with employees, board members, customers, and shareholders all keeping close watch, the pressure to succeed can feel overwhelming.
For these challenges, leaders need ironclad communication skills at their disposal. Afterall, the stakes couldn’t be higher.
In reality, “soft skills” like listening, public speaking, and delivering with conviction are the backbone of great leadership. But the path to gaining these essential skills is rarely straightforward. And when quick-fix courses fail to deliver real impact, leaders are left feeling adrift.
That’s where Duarte can help.
For over 30 years, Duarte has helped Fortune 50 companies hone leadership skills, communicate change, and stay nimble in competitive industries. This free resource synthesizes that experience and illuminates the core communication skills that leaders need.
For leaders and organization looking to enhance their professional toolkits and polish emerging talent, let us help with the heavy lifting.
Take the Leadership Communication Skills Gap Assessment to turn lackluster practices into processes that meet your organization’s unique needs.
For more information and free resources visit The Duarte Guide to Leadership Development.
