Standing Up Your Team · Free to take
The first 90 days predict the next three years. Free to find out where you stand.
A longitudinal assessment and operating system for leaders in the first 90 days of a new role. Six scenarios routed to your situation. Eight dimensions scored. One verdict: whether you have actually taken charge of the team. The Day 0 assessment is free to take. Your Starting Diagnostic lands in your inbox the minute you finish.
Six scenarios · Eight dimensions · Three checkpoints · Free to take
Six scenarios. One you are actually in.
Most leadership content treats every transition the same way. The work is not the same. A first-time leader needs different content than someone inheriting a team that just survived a layoff. The assessment routes you to the scenario you are actually in and the dimensions that matter most for it.
First-Time Leader
You were an individual contributor on Friday. You are a leader on Monday. Different muscle, no playbook from your past job that translates cleanly.
Promoted Insider
You got promoted from inside. The people who now report to you used to sit next to you. The dynamic flipped overnight and the memo did not go out.
Outside Hire
You came in from outside. Your resume got you the job. Your resume is not running the team. They care what you do here, starting with whether you listen.
Survivor Steward
Your team just lived through something. Layoffs, restructure, merger, leadership removal. Trust is broken, and not by you. The work is stabilization before transformation.
Returning Leader
You left. The team kept going. That is not failure. That is the design working. Now you come back, and the standing does not transfer automatically.
Scale Shifter
Your team size just changed dramatically. The leadership skills that built the last team are not the skills for this team. You are operating at the wrong altitude.
Three checkpoints. One transition.
This is not a one-time diagnostic. It is the operating system for the 90-day window that determines whether you ever fully take charge of the team. The trajectory across the three checkpoints is more predictive than any single score.
Day 0
You accepted the role.
Take the assessment before or in your first two weeks. You get a Starting Diagnostic naming your scenario, the dimensions weighted heaviest for you, and a week-one playbook with three specific actions.
Day 30
You are in seat.
Retake. You get a Recalibration brief. What you have learned, where reality is matching expectations, where the gap is wider than you thought, and the 60-day plan.
Day 90
The transition window closes.
Final assessment. You get the Standing verdict. Whether the team operates as a team that has you as their leader. Plus the handoff into Build Your High-Performing Team.
Eight dimensions. Every dimension scored at every checkpoint.
Each dimension is anchored in named research from 2022 or newer, with the field-defining works of Watkins, Hill, Frei, Heifetz, and Grove as foundation. The weighting changes by scenario and checkpoint. Trust Velocity matters more at Day 30 than Day 0, and Standing is not measurable on Day 0 at all.
Context Read
Did you accurately diagnose the situation you actually walked into.
Stakeholder Map
Have you identified the people who decide whether you succeed.
Trust Velocity
Are you building trust faster than you spend it.
Team Diagnostic
Do you know who is actually on the team. The humans, not the org chart.
Operating Cadence
Have you installed the rituals that signal who you are as a leader.
Early Wins
Have you picked the right early wins for your scenario, and started executing.
Leader Energy
Are you managing yourself through the transition, not just your team.
Standing
Does the team believe you belong in the chair. The integrated outcome.
Pricing
Standing Up Your Team is included with the Coach Briggs Assessment Library Membership. One subscription unlocks all three SUYT checkpoints, the workbook, the full 38-lesson course, and three other lenses when you finish your 90 days.
Assessment Library Membership
$24.99/month
Or $249 a year. Saves about $51.
Cancel anytime. SUYT plus BYB, BYLP, and Forward Momentum, one at a time, 90 days each.
- Day 0, Day 30, Day 90 checkpoint assessments with trajectory
- Interactive workbook, PDF reports, 38-lesson course
- Dashboard with action tracker, streak counter, retest countdown
- BYB, BYLP, and Forward Momentum unlock when you finish SUYT
Frequently asked
Who is this for?
Leaders in the first 90 days of a transition. Whether that is your first leadership role, a promotion from inside, an outside hire, leading a team that just survived something, returning from leave, or stepping into a dramatically different team size. If you have ever been told 'take charge of the team' without being told how, this is for you.
Why three checkpoints instead of one?
Because the patterns set in the first 90 days predict the next three years, and a single snapshot misses the trajectory. A leader at 67 with a +17 trajectory is in better shape than a leader at 72 with a +2 trajectory. The platform measures both.
How long does each assessment take?
Between 15 and 25 minutes per checkpoint. The assessment auto-saves on every response so you can leave and return.
What is in each report?
Day 0 is your Starting Diagnostic and week-one playbook. Day 30 is the Recalibration. What changed, what is at risk, and the 60-day plan. Day 90 is the Standing verdict and the handoff into Build Your High-Performing Team.
What if my Day 90 score is below 40?
That is the Not Yet Standing band. The recommendation is direct. Engage a coach before continuing to Build Your High-Performing Team. The standing is still earnable. The 90-day window does not have to be the only window.
What is included with the Assessment Library Membership?
Everything on the SUYT side. The three checkpoint assessments (Day 0, Day 30, Day 90), the three PDF reports, the interactive workbook beneath every lesson, and the full 38-lesson course. $24.99 a month or $249 a year (the annual plan saves about $51), cancel anytime. The membership also unlocks the other three lenses (BYB, BYLP, Forward Momentum) when you finish SUYT.
Is this the same as Build Your High-Performing Team?
No. Standing Up Your Team measures whether you have taken charge of the team in the first 90 days. Build Your High-Performing Team measures whether you can now build that team into a high performer. They are sequential. The graduation handoff is automated.
What is the research behind this?
The transition window is anchored in Michael Watkins' The First 90 Days. Trust Velocity is anchored in DDI's 2024 Global Leadership Forecast and Frances Frei's trust framework. Operating Cadence is anchored in Andy Grove's High Output Management. Every dimension cites named research from 2022 or newer.
Standing is given by the team, not the title.
Most leadership content is written by people who have read about leadership. This product was built by someone who has done the work, across 16,000-person crisis response, fifteen years of change management, and every one of the six scenarios this assessment addresses.