Nerve
- Confidence under uncertainty
- Speed and decisiveness
- Courage delivered with empathy
Today demands rapid, high-stakes decisions, often with incomplete data. Nerve is the rare ability to act fast without losing your humanity. It’s the combo of candor and kindness that sets real leaders apart.
Do you shy away from hard truths — or face them with care and clarity?
Are you truly fast, or just constantly busy?
Elasticity
- Adaptability as a core strength
- A love of reinvention
- Openness to new people, ideas, and experiences
Staying relevant and adapting requires learning new things with energy. Elastic people see change not as a threat, but as a playground.
When did you last unlearn something that no longer served you?
Are you building relationships with people who challenge your thinking?Soundness
- Emotional steadiness
- Accountability and resilience
- Deep self-awareness
High performers often burn bright, and burn out. Soundness is about sustainable excellence: showing up with perspective, managing your state, and owning your part fully.
How do others experience you under pressure?
Can you spot your own patterns, and shift them when needed?
Wonderment
- Intellectual curiosity
- Cultural and tech fluency
- A drive to bring the outside world in
Relevance is a moving target. The best professionals don’t just keep up, they peer ahead, and share their findings generously. Wonderment is how you spark innovation and energize teams.
Do you just consume new ideas or share and apply them?
When was the last time you surprised your team with a new perspective?