Three signals others can read.
Every leader sends signals into an AI-shaped organization — whether they realize it or not. Signalead™ measures the three that matter, then surfaces the specific behaviors that change how teams learn, adapt, and get work done with AI.
How a leader orients to AI
The alignment, identity flexibility, and learning disposition they bring before they ever interact with a team.
- Developmental Stretch
- Adaptive Leadership
- Outside-In Learning
How a leader builds capability
The coaching, climate, narrative, and role design that shift how a team actually adopts AI in the open.
- Proactive Transparency
- Role & Skill Evolution
- Team Learning Experiences
- Psychologically Safe Climate
- Purposeful Communication
How a leader protects the system
The ethical boundaries, contextual judgment, and disciplined governance that defend the organization from risk.
- Contextual Calibration
- Ethical Guardrails & Accountability
- Change Discipline
One signal teams can feel.
A signal only matters when the people around a leader experience it differently. Signalead™ develops the single highest-leverage signal through real work, manager reinforcement, and observer feedback — then re-measures it to show the change others experienced.
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Hover or tap any step or point to see what happens on that day.
Focused on one signal, anchored in real work, informed by observers, re-measured to show change.
See it two ways below — first read a leadership signal, then sample the 90-day sprint.
Sample Signal Profile™: Jennifer Watson
An illustrative Profile read across three signals and eleven dimensions, each placed in one of four bands. One dimension is chosen as the highest-leverage place to begin, and that focus carries straight into the sprint below.
Sample 90-Day Sprint: Jennifer Watson
The Signal Profile™ surfaces one focus. The Signal Sprint™ develops it with a live business challenge, leadership practice, and a stretch challenge — with continuous input and support from her manager and other stakeholders.
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Baseline Read — 3–5 people provide specific, practical suggestions for what Jennifer can do better over the next 30 days, to help the team systematically turn AI-use experience into shared learning and improved work practices. Hover any point to explore the journey.
Measured, anchored in real work, informed by observers, re-measured to show it moved.
Built on established research.
Developed and independently tested with 1,191 working leaders across six independent samples, with content validity evaluated by 199 doctoral-level expert judges. All 36 behavior scales show strong internal consistency. Published as a research preprint (arXiv:2609.17965).
The 95% Problem
The AI value gap, the three-signal architecture, and the research findings — co-authored with Dr. Mustafa Akben (Elon University).
Read the white paper (PDF) →29 pages · September 2026 · no sign-up required
"Signalead™ measures the leadership behaviors that relate to AI adoption — and it does it with the psychometric discipline the category has been missing."
Vision, proven by science,
delivered in the room.
Leslie Coyne
Architected the Signalead™ framework and diagnostic. 20+ years building assessment, succession, and leadership-development systems at GE, United Technologies, Honeywell, Jabil, and LivaNova — across workforces of up to 240,000 in 100+ countries.
Dr. Mustafa Akben
Director of AI Integration and Assistant Professor of Management at Elon University, Dr. Akben leads the psychometric validation of the Signalead™ instrument. His research sits at the exact intersection Signalead™ is built on — using deep-learning models to identify leadership skills and measure organizational AI readiness — and he won the 2022–2023 SIOP Machine Learning Competition, the field’s premier contest fusing I/O psychology and artificial intelligence. It’s a rare pairing of organizational science and applied AI.
Jack Ryan
Co-delivers the Executive Tier. Two-time CHRO, former Chief Learning Officer at GE and head of Crotonville, subsequently CAO at Rockefeller Capital Management — where he helped grow the firm from $17B to $160B in assets.
One system, three connected stages.
Measure the signal, develop it, and advise the organization. Every product is named, so a CHRO or talent leader can ask for exactly what they need.
Read the signal.
From a two-minute Signal Pulse to a full executive read — across the three signals and eleven dimensions of AI-era leadership.
Close the gap.
Receive your read, then run a Sprint — 90 days of structured practice for a leader or a team, anchored in a real business challenge.
Move the org.
Senior engagements that turn Signal Profile™, Signal Profile 360™, and Sprint data into a clear picture for leadership teams and boards.
Start with the signal.
Take the free Pulse or go deeper with the Signal Profile™ to see how your leadership reads in the AI-era.