The Leadership Loop Quiz
The Leadership Loop Quiz
By Ana Sasmiresan
STAY IN THE TENSION™
Leadership Self-Assessment
The Wedge of Disagreement — complimentary chapter

What does your response to disagreement teach your team?

Leadership is never neutral in the presence of disagreement. Every response teaches your team what is safe, what is valued, and what is possible next. When someone challenges an idea, raises a concern, admits a mistake, or offers a different perspective, your response sends a signal. Over time, those signals teach people whether to speak, stay quiet, soften what they really think, or bring their best thinking into the room.

The Leadership Loop Quiz is a 20-question self-assessment that reveals your strongest current listening pattern—showing not just how you believe you listen, but what your team is actually learning from how you respond when perspectives differ from your own.

Reflective

Coaching-oriented, never judging. Behavior, not personality.

Practical

Each result ends with a concrete next listening behavior.

Actionable

A clear path to schedule a Leadership Coaching Call.

Before you begin

Think about the dynamics of your team meetings and evaluate your level of intentional listening, exploring dissenting opinions and gathering diverse input to make key decisions.

For each statement, rate your current leadership behavior. Answer based on what you actually do; not what you believe a good leader should do.

1
Rarely true (0%)
2
Occasionally (25%)
3
Sometimes (50%)
4
Often (75%)
5
Always true (100%)
You'll answer 20 statements. Your responses are scored across four listening patterns and reveal your strongest current pattern—not a label for who you are.

“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

I invite you to take the quiz again and explore a new dimension—your family conversations, the way you listen to your life partner, and other meaningful exchanges that shape your daily connections.