Diagnose
What Kind of Clarity Do You Need Right Now?
Two sets of free, interactive tools for the moments management gets murky. 18 scenario-based manager quizzes to check your gut, and 48 manager calculators to put a number on what feels off. No email, no signup, no catch.
Specific, Not Generic
Articles teach. Tools diagnose. Each one targets a single, real situation you might be in this week.
Built for Action
Every tool ends with a recommendation, a number, or a next step. Not just a score and a wish of luck.
Free, No Email Gate
Quizzes and calculators are free and require no signup. You take them, you get your results, you leave.
Two Ways to Diagnose
Quizzes
Self-assessments for the moments you can't see clearly.
Scenario-based, multi-dimensional, no email required. Get an honest read on yourself, your team, or a specific decision you're facing.
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Calculators
Numbers that make the invisible cost visible.
Interactive tools that turn vague management problems (meeting cost, turnover, time budget, span of control) into concrete numbers. Use them in your next conversation with your boss.
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Which tool fits which problem?
A direct map. Find the situation closest to yours, click straight into the right tool.
| If you're trying to... | Use this |
|---|---|
| Decide whether to fire someone | Should I Fire This Employee? |
| Decide whether to put someone on a PIP | Should I Put This Employee on a PIP? |
| Spot a flight risk before they quit | Am I About to Lose My Best Employee? |
| Put a dollar number on your meeting time | Meeting Cost |
| Decide if you can afford to make this hire | New Hire Break-Even |
| Show your boss what turnover actually costs | Employee Turnover Cost |
| Check whether your 1-on-1s actually work | Are Your 1-on-1s a Waste of Time? |
| Audit how much time 1-on-1s really eat | 1-on-1 Meeting Load |
| Find out if your team is too big or too small | Span of Control |
| See if your team goal-setting is doomed | Are Your Team Goals Setting You Up to Fail? |
| Check whether you're burning out | Are You Burning Out? |
| Audit how you actually spend your manager time | Manager's Time Budget |
Don't see your situation? Browse all 18 quizzes or all 48 calculators.
Featured Quizzes
Four self-assessments managers come back to most.
Are You Burning Out?
15 questions · 5 dimensions · ~4 min
Built for managers, not generic burnout scales. Measures emotional drain, cynicism, overload, identity erosion, and physical warning signs. Honest scoring, no email gate.
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Should I Fire This Employee?
15 questions · 5 dimensions · ~5 min
A structured decision tool for the conversation no one teaches you to have. Walks you through performance pattern, coaching investment, team impact, and alternatives. Not legal advice.
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Are Your 1-on-1s a Waste of Time?
15 questions · 5 dimensions · ~4 min
Three result tiers (Actually Working, Going Through the Motions, Waste of Time). Diagnoses agenda discipline, depth of conversation, follow-through, and whether you're actually investing in the relationship.
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Are You Winning Your First 90 Days?
15 questions · 5 dimensions · ~4 min
For new managers in the trial-by-fire window. Reads listening, early wins, team relationships, boss alignment, and strategic clarity. Tells you if you're on track or just surviving.
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Featured Calculators
Four numbers worth getting right before your next manager conversation.
Meeting Cost Calculator
Loaded hourly cost · 30 sec
Type in salaries, length, attendees. Get a number. Most useful number a manager can hand their boss when proposing to cancel a recurring meeting.
Run the calculator →
Manager's Time Budget
6 categories · health score 0-100
Audit how you spend your week across People, Strategy, Managing Up, IC work, Admin, and Buffer. Outputs a health score, the dollar cost of misallocation, and your top 3 allocation gaps.
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Cost of Bad Hire Calculator
Based on DOL 30% baseline
Models what a bad hire actually costs across recruitment waste, ramp loss, replacement cost, and team disruption. Multipliers for IC, Manager, or Executive role.
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Span of Control Calculator
5 inputs · sustainable max output
Tells you if your team size is right-sized, stretched, unsustainable, or under-utilized. Adjusts for complexity, interdependence, tenure, and your experience.
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Why these aren't another set of generic online quizzes
These tools were built by a manager, for managers, with help from people who have been in the same seats. Quizzes are scenario-based, not personality-based. They ask what you would actually do in a real situation, not whether you "love" leadership.
Calculators are grounded in published benchmarks (SHRM, DOL, Gallup, McKinsey) and document their assumptions visibly. There is no email gate, no upsell wall, no consultant pitch at the end. The goal is simple: give you a number or a read, then point you to the article that helps you act on it.
Frequently asked questions
Not sure which tool fits?
Start with a quiz if you want a read on yourself or a decision. Use a calculator when something feels expensive or off and you want a number.