Most leaders don't realize how off they're running until they see it in data. Two gut-checks, twelve questions, four minutes. A score that shows your real operating capacity, and the gap between what you'd guess and what's true.
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6Dimensions
1Score
Performance Readiness Index™Before we start
Before we start
On a scale of 1 to 10, how much real operating capacity do you have right now?
Go with your gut. We'll compare your answer to what the next twelve questions measure.
Almost none — I'm running on fumesPlenty — I'm fully resourced
01 / 12 · Energy
How would you rate your energy level on a typical workday right now?
Think about how you feel mid-afternoon on an average day — not your best day or your worst.
Running on empty most daysConsistently energized and clear
02 / 12 · Recovery
After a full night's sleep, how recovered do you feel when you start work?
Recovery isn't just about rest — it's about whether your system actually resets between demands.
Still exhausted when I wake upFully restored and ready
03 / 12 · Cognitive Load
How would you rate your ability to think clearly and make decisions under pressure?
This is about decision quality — not speed. Are you operating with full cognitive capacity or working around it?
When something stressful happens at work, how quickly do you return to calm?
Regulation is your ability to recover from activation — not just emotionally, but physiologically.
I stay activated long after the stressor is goneI return to calm quickly and reliably
05 / 12 · Energy
How consistent is your energy across the week — not just on good days?
Sustainable performance requires consistent energy — not peaks followed by crashes.
Huge swings — I crash and burn regularlySteady and consistent all week
06 / 12 · Sustainability
How sustainable does your current pace feel — honestly?
Not whether you can keep it up. Whether you should.
This cannot continue much longerThis pace is completely sustainable
07 / 12 · Cognitive Load
At the end of a typical workday, how present are you for the rest of your life?
Cognitive overload doesn't clock out when you do. This measures overflow — how much work is still running in the background.
Work follows me everywhere — I can't switch offI'm fully present outside of work
08 / 12 · Regulation
How often do you build deliberate recovery into your workday — a real reset, not just a break?
Recovery isn't passive. It's a physiological state that requires intentional design — or it doesn't happen.
Never — I push through from start to finishDaily — built into how I work
09 / 12 · Sustainability
How clearly can you recognize the early signals that your capacity is depleting — before it becomes a problem?
Signal recognition is the first layer of sustainable performance. Most high performers don't recognize their signals until it's already expensive.
I only notice when I've already crashedI catch it early and course-correct reliably
10 / 12 · Recovery
After a demanding stretch of work, how often do you actually recover before the next push?
Relief that it's over isn't the same as being restored. Think about your last few big pushes.
Never — I just move to the next thingEvery time — I recover fully first
11 / 12 · AI Integration
How well is AI built into the way you work, as part of your structure rather than an occasional tool?
Not whether you use it. Whether it has changed how your work is designed.
I rarely use it, or only in scattered one-offsIt's built into how I work and frees up real capacity
12 / 12 · AI Integration
When AI speeds up your work, what happens to the time it frees?
Faster output only helps if the capacity it creates doesn't get spent on more output.
It gets absorbed by more work. I'm busier, not betterI protect it for thinking and recovery
Last one · Not scored
Where do you think your team's average readiness would land, 1 to 10?
If everyone on your team took this assessment right now, what would the average be?
Critically depleted. The team is running on fumesFully resourced. The team is thriving
Almost there
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The Performance Readiness Index™ is a diagnostic tool developed by Amy Margolies / Sunshine Theory™.
It is not a clinical instrument. Results are directional and designed to open a conversation — not replace one. sunshinetheory.com · calendar.app.google/MVYTGanRbhz5ZGCL6