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What’s the extent of your emotional overdraft?

Take our FREE self-assessment to find out the drivers, thinking and behaviours that impact your personal emotional overdraft.

How to fill in and track the result of your personal emotional overdraft assessment:

  • Your free emotional overdraft self-assessment is at the bottom of this page.
  • Answer the questions relating to how you think about your business. It’s likely you don’t feel the same way about each question every day but simply Give yourself two points if a question applies to you some or all of the time, and one point if it rarely or never does. Try not to overthink the process; it shouldn’t take you more than a few minutes.
  • Submit your answers and wait for your free personalised emotional overdraft results - these will also be emailed to you

Thank you for filling in your emotional overdraft self assessment

Below, you’ll find a summary of your results, including a chart highlighting where you score on the ten drivers of an emotional overdraft. This chart can serve as a powerful reflective tool. I encourage you to download the image and revisit it from time to time as you navigate your leadership journey.

To receive these results on email please click the button below.

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1. I often put work before family(Required)
2. We seem to over service our clients(Required)
3. It’s easier for me to be flexible with time than it is for my colleagues(Required)
4. I consider myself to be a nice person(Required)
5. My to do list is endless(Required)
6. I worry that I dont have enough time for my family(Required)
7. Clients and customers are impossible to satisfy(Required)
8. I have the technical knowledge to help out my teams(Required)
9. I find it hard to tell my staff what I’m really thinking(Required)
10. I find myself getting frustrated with my team(Required)
11. The buck stops with me(Required)
12. When my team is stretched I step in(Required)
13. It’s quicker to do it than explain it(Required)
14. I won't let a colleague struggle(Required)
15. I see myself as a 'doer'(Required)
16. I’m the boss so I have to accept the pressure(Required)
17. When others are overwhelmed I step in(Required)
18. I could do with a few more staff(Required)
19. I feel closely connected to my team(Required)
20. I love ticking tasks off a to-do list(Required)
21. I don’t have a written job description(Required)
22. We're great at processes(Required)
23. I agree to do other people’s tasks even if my own work might suffer(Required)
24. I feel responsible for the success of my team(Required)
25. I may not be the best at prioritising(Required)
26. Friends ask me why I work such long hours(Required)
27. Recruiting the right people is stressful(Required)
28. I worry that our competitiors are one step ahead of us(Required)
29. People let me down(Required)
30. I'd like more time for my hobbies and passions(Required)
31. Firefighting is just part of the job(Required)
32. I worry about cashflow and late payers(Required)
33. I've kept staff on for longer than I should(Required)
34. I'm the escalation point(Required)
35. I resent having to work(Required)
36. I roll up my sleeves and pitch in when my staff are struggling(Required)
37. I hesitate to make new hires even if we need them(Required)
38. The important people in my life get annoyed when I work long hours(Required)
39. Delegation doesn't come naturally to me(Required)
40. Difficult clients are my problem to solve(Required)
41. I accept stress as part of my role(Required)
42. I find it hard to charge what we're worth(Required)
43. I feel like I'm in catch-up mode(Required)
44. Having staff working remotely worries me(Required)
45. I'm able to do most jobs in my company(Required)
46. I don’t receive support from a coach or adviser(Required)
47. Keeping costs down puts me under pressure(Required)
48. I’d love to have more people who could give me advice and support(Required)
49. My business is my baby(Required)
50. I can’t always rely on my senior management team to deal with problems(Required)