We built the STEER Permanent Beta Index™ to give every leader who enters the STEER Lab a clear starting point. A snapshot of where they are today across the four dimensions of high-performance leadership, so they can measure exactly how far they go.
Before a single training session. Before the first module. Before anything else.
Over 400 leaders joined STEER Lab since its launch just two weeks ago. They completed an intake assessment telling us where they are, what they are working on, and what they came here to build. The first cohort to complete the full Permanent Beta Index™ baseline gave us something even more specific: a dimensional snapshot of leadership performance across four areas.
Leaders could select as many goals as applied to them. Three rose to the top in a near-perfect tie.
Before starting the program, every member told us what they wanted to learn, practice, and improve over the next nine weeks. Reading through nearly 50 responses, the same themes surfaced again and again regardless of industry, career stage, or organization.
- Communication and clarity came up most often, 39% of leaders. Not just how to talk more. How to make what they say actually land.
- Time management and prioritization appeared in 33% of responses. The leaders entering STEER Lab are not short on effort. They are short on system.
- Coaching and developing others showed up in 29% of goals. Leaders who want to get better at growing the people around them, not just performing themselves.
- Confidence, self-belief, accountability, and execution each appeared in 22% of responses.
Leaders told us:
I want to take decisive action. Communicate and stick to my priorities. Take ownership and hold others accountable. Inspire more, instruct less.
I want to lead with clarity. Not carry the weight. Give structured intentional coaching instead of reactive feedback. Stay steady under pressure.These are not abstract aspirations. They are specific, honest, and exactly what great leadership requires.
Every STEER Lab member completes the Permanent Beta Index™ as their first step. It is a 20-question self-assessment built on the High-Performance Diamond™ model, four dimensions that together reflect the complete game of leadership.
- Confidence. Belief, composure, and self-trust under pressure. The mental game.
- Capability. Turning strategy into clear, decisive action. The playbook.
- Consistency. Discipline, follow-through, and performance rhythm. The conditioning.
- Connection. Care, clarity, and the energy you bring to others. The locker room.
Each dimension is scored on a 1 to 10 scale. The result is a visual High-Performance Diamond™ profile, a map of leadership strengths and growth edges as individual as the leader who created it.
The average overall Permanent Beta Index™ score across our first baseline cohort is 7.9 out of 10.
Many of these leaders are very good. And every single one of them chose to get better anyway. That is Permanent Beta in action. 74% of leaders scored 8 or above overall. Not one leader scored below 6.
Here is how the four dimensions broke down:
Here is what makes this data remarkable. The Index scores and the leaders' own words are telling the exact same story.
Capability scores lowest at 7.5. And the goals leaders wrote down are almost entirely Capability goals. Communication that lands. Strategic plans that drive action. Coaching that develops others. Time management that creates space to lead instead of react.
Connection scores highest at 8.1. And almost nobody wrote down a goal about building relationships or creating culture. They already feel strong there.
Leaders know themselves. They care deeply about their people. And they want a real system to channel that care into the execution, structure, and clarity that makes a team actually perform.
Consistency tells a similar story. For one in three leaders it was their lowest individual dimension. Following through on commitments. Designing each week with intention. Modeling the discipline they expect from their teams. These are the behaviors STEER Lab's weekly training rhythm is built to strengthen.
The Permanent Beta Index™ is designed to be taken quarterly. The most important data in this report is not the scores themselves. It is the gap between the baseline and the follow-up. That is where the real story of leadership development lives.
We will share that data as it comes in.
Get in the STEER Lab today and take the Permanent Beta Index™. It takes less than five minutes and gives you a map of exactly where to focus your development energy. Every great athlete knows their numbers. Great leaders should too.
