Tools & Reading

Resources for Structural Leaders

Diagnostic worksheets, implementation templates, reference guides, and reading — everything you need to locate what's breaking and start reinforcing it.

📄 PDF Worksheet · Structure

Truth Lane Diagnostic

Five questions — one for each Truth Gate — that reveal how safely and quickly information moves through your system.

2 pages · Free
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📄 PDF Template · Structure

Decision Rights Map Template

A blank RACI-adjacent template designed around Gate 6 — one owner per decision type, with clear consultation and approval boundaries defined.

3 pages · Free
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📋 Worksheet · Formation

Five Pillars Self-Assessment

Rate your current strength on each of the five Formation pillars — Foundation, Frame, Core, Beam, and Capstone — with a simple 10-point scale and reflection prompts.

4 pages · Free
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📊 Spreadsheet · Assessment

ROI Calculator (Full Version)

The expanded version of the website calculator — tracks friction cost, turnover cost, rework cost, and decision delay across your whole leadership team.

Excel / Google Sheets · Free
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📄 PDF Reference · Structure

The 22-Gate Reference Card

All 22 Gates on a single two-sided card: gate name, core tension, failure signal, and one-line reinforcement. Print it. Keep it on your desk.

2 pages · Free
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📋 Worksheet · People Lane

Conflict Protocol Builder

Step-by-step template for installing Gate 11 — defines first-contact expectations, time boundaries for resolution, and the escalation path when direct resolution fails.

3 pages · Free
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📅 Journey Planner · Formation

49-Day Formation Planner

A blank 49-day calendar template for teams running the Formation Journey together — with space for daily principle, reflection prompt, and one application note.

7 pages · Free
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📄 Worksheet · Standards Lane

Drift Detection Log

A monthly one-page review template for tracking standards against historical benchmarks — designed to surface Gate 18 failures before normalization takes hold.

1 page · Free
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📊 Framework · Assessment

Court of Wisdom Profile Guide

Descriptions of all 10 DIAL™ profiles — each with characteristic strengths, failure mode under load, and a three-step reinforcement path to the next level.

12 pages · Free with Book
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📋 Template · People Lane

Load Review Conversation Guide

A structured 1:1 template for the Gate 15 Load Compassion conversation — surfaces unsustainable capacity concentrations before they produce failures or attrition.

2 pages · Free
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📄 PDF Guide · Implementation

30-Day Starter Retrofit Guide

The minimum viable structural install — the three reinforcements that produce the fastest visible results in organizations just starting the framework.

8 pages · Free with Book
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🎧 Audio · Formation

Chapter One — Audio Reading

A professional recording of the full first chapter. Ideal for commutes, runs, or any context where reading isn't possible but you want to understand the structural argument.

~45 min · Free
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