Coalition Map

The room's real alignment.

The Coalition Map shows where the leadership team agrees, where it diverges, and who reads the organisation differently from the median. It is directional — pattern, not score.

What it is

A map of the conversation the room has been avoiding.

Most leadership teams believe they are aligned until a decision forces them to choose. The Coalition Map surfaces the divergence before the decision is made — while there is still time to design around it.

01
Agreement

The dimensions where the team reads the organisation the same way. These are the strengths the programme can build on.

02
Divergence

The dimensions where scores spread. This is where two leaders can use the same word — ready, safe, fast — and mean different things.

03
Distinct voice

The outlier who sees the organisation differently from the median. Not wrong. Just carrying a view the room needs to hear.

The threshold

Why three completions unlocks it.

One completion is a point of view. Two is a comparison. Three is a pattern. The Coalition Map does not generate until the leadership team has produced enough independent signal for the pattern to be real.

Honest limits

What it reveals. What it protects.

What it shows
Lens distribution across the team
Readiness band spread
Coalition pattern
Fault line — highest variance dimension
Distinct voice — outlier by overall score
What it does not show
×Individual scores
×Ranking from strongest to weakest
×Pass/fail judgement
×Comparison to other organisations
×Named criticism of any participant

The most useful thing a diagnostic can do is make the invisible visible before it becomes expensive.

From map to action

Pattern is not the destination.

01
Ranked risks

The Coalition Map feeds into a ranked risk card — show-stopper risks ordered by programme impact, not by who shouted loudest.

02
Strategist Brief

Three completions on Strategic and three on Build unlock the brief that synthesises leadership picture and execution constraint.

03
Sprint plan

Every intervention is assigned to a leader before the session closes. The map becomes the evidence base for the first thirty days.

Begin

Map your coalition.

Three leaders. Twenty minutes each. The map unlocks automatically. The useful part is not the score — it is the risk your team has not yet said out loud.