PRISMLEADERSHIP
The leadership assessment that actually changes behavior. Not who you are — what you do differently on Monday morning.
Most assessments tell leaders
who they are
not what to do about it.
Every year, organizations spend billions on personality profiles, 360-degree surveys, and competency frameworks. Leaders complete them, receive a report, attend a debrief — and return to their desks leading exactly the way they always have.
The data isn't wrong. The design is. PRISM was built to close that gap.
FIVE PRISM
DIMENSIONS
The internal orientation of a leader — deep preferences and tendencies that shape how they approach people, problems, and decisions. Think of these as the wiring beneath the surface. Harder to change, slower to shift, but the source of everything that comes after.
SIX LEADERSHIP
EXPRESSIONS
What teams actually experience from their leader day-to-day — the observable outputs of the internal wiring. More coachable, quicker to shift, and directly tied to the specific behaviors that create or destroy team performance. Each expression is built from two dimensions, so you can trace exactly where to find your leverage.
WHAT PRISM
DOES differently
Behaviorally
Anchored
Every one of 60 questions asks about actual behavior, not preference or self-concept. Not "I value relationships" — but "I invest time understanding what motivates each person I lead." More accurate, more honest, more actionable.
Names the
Shadow Side
PRISM explicitly identifies where every strength becomes a liability. Leaders who understand their shadow patterns are far less likely to be blindsided by the very behaviors they consider strengths.
Genuinely
Integrated 360°
Multi-rater data sits inside the same framework as the self-assessment — not bolted on as an add-on. Gap analysis at both the dimension and expression level. Blind spots and unrecognized strengths identified explicitly.
Personalized
30-Day Actions
Development actions are specific to every score band. The 30-day actions for a Drive score of 28% are entirely different from those for 74%. No generic advice. Ever.
AI-Generated
Insight Layer
An AI-powered insight layer produces development recommendations that account for the interaction between all dimension and expression scores simultaneously — treating the leader as a whole, not a list of scores.
Team Impact
Perspective
Most assessments focus entirely on the leader. PRISM includes explicit team experience data for every score band — telling leaders what the people around them are likely living as a result of how they lead.
WHAT AM I DOING DIFFERENTLY
MONDAY
MORNING?
After any assessment, there is one question that determines whether the investment was worthwhile. Most assessments cannot answer it with specificity.
They can tell you your type, your trait profile, your competency gaps. But they cannot tell you what to do differently before your 9am meeting. PRISM can.
NOT JUST ANOTHER PROFILE
Personality typing creates identity, not change. Competency frameworks measure what, not how. 360-degree surveys capture perception without context. Trait-based models describe but do not develop.
PRISM starts from a different premise: the purpose of a leadership assessment is not to classify a leader — it's to develop one.
WHO PRISM IS built FOR
Designed for leadership development practitioners, coaches, and organizational development professionals who are tired of running assessments that don't change anything.
Individual Coaching
Works as a standalone tool for coaching engagements. The participant guide is self-navigable — a motivated leader can work through results independently without waiting for a coaching conversation.
Team Development
Works as the foundation for team development workshops where collective patterns are as important as individual ones. See how your team's combined profiles create organizational dynamics.
Program Pre-Work
Works as a pre-work instrument for leadership programs that want participants to arrive already holding real data about themselves — ready to connect learning to action from day one.
Benchmarking Over Time
Works as a benchmarking tool for organizations tracking leadership development over time against normative data. Measure actual behavior change, not just satisfaction scores.
THE ASSESSMENT
THAT CHANGES
BEHAVIOR
PRISM is available at assessment.ephektiv.co. For information about licensing, implementation, or coach certification, contact us directly. The coaching guide provides structured debrief frameworks, score-band specific questions, and observation notes that make even a single 90-minute session genuinely developmental rather than merely informational.
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Ephektiv is also an accredited Superuser of select third-party behavioral assessments for organizations that require them.
LSI Self & 360
Life Styles Inventory assesses thinking and behavioral patterns across multiple dimensions. Normed database with decades of research. Available for organizations requiring this specific instrument.
Leadership Impact
Designed for senior leaders. Provides feedback on how the leader is motivating direct reports and others to behave — measuring the impact of management approaches on culture.
Management Impact
Designed for managers. Assesses effectiveness, impact on behavior, and approach to common management responsibilities. Ephektiv holds accredited Superuser status for the full Human Synergistics suite.