Melissa LaciOrg Psychologist
Culture Curriculum · The method

You can’t audit a curriculum by asking the teachers.

Leaders do not know what they are teaching. This is not a criticism of leaders. Behavior is invisible to the person doing it, so a leadership self-assessment gives you the syllabus they meant to write.

So ask the class. Same seven behaviors, different questions, and one rule: every answer has to be something a person observed.

PRIORITIZE
Teacher’s copy
What gets prioritized within your team?
Student’s copy
What gets asked about in every meeting?
MODEL
Teacher’s copy
What characteristics do leaders model?
Student’s copy
What do leaders visibly and repeatedly do?
REWARD
Teacher’s copy
What actions get rewarded?
Student’s copy
Who got promoted last, and what did they actually do?
CORRECT
Teacher’s copy
What behaviors do you correct?
Student’s copy
What is the last thing that carried a real consequence?
TOLERATE
Teacher’s copy
What behaviors get ignored, or that leaders don't do anything about?
Student’s copy
What keeps happening that nothing happens about?
PROTECT
Teacher’s copy
Who or what is protected from having to meet the guidelines or the values you've written down?
Student’s copy
Who does not have to meet a standard that applies below them?
CELEBRATE
Teacher’s copy
What actions or behaviors get celebrated?
Student’s copy
What was the last thing celebrated, and what was it for?

Put the two copies side by side. The mismatches are the finding, and each one traces back to a single behavior.

What leaders answered
What people described
Prioritize

Quality comes before the date.

Gap

Every review starts with the date.

Model

Leaders ask for help when they are stuck.

Aligned

Leaders ask for help in front of the team.

Reward

We promote people who grow other people.

Gap

The last two promotions closed big deals alone.

Tolerate

We address disrespect quickly.

Gap

One senior person is an exception everyone works around.

No score comes out of this. The gaps are the finding, and each one traces back to a single behavior you can change.

How the session runs
01
Leaders answer

Seven behaviors, the teacher's copy, written down before anyone talks.

02
The room answers

Same seven behaviors, the student's copy. What people saw, not how they feel.

03
Compare

Two copies side by side. Agreement is worth knowing. Mismatch is the finding.

04
Name the drift

Each gap traces back to one behavior, which makes it small enough to act on.

05
Protect and correct

Decide what to keep deliberately and what changes before the next quarter.

Then run it again next quarter, so you have a before and an after rather than a memory of a good day.