The Executive Tribe Assessment
How to diagnose the conditions behind missed signals, cross-functional friction, unresolved conflict, and high-performer departures
(Without Writing It Off as a Motivation Problem)
The Executive Tribe Roadmap is a FREE 5-Day email course that shows you how to spot where your teams have lost a shared direction, find the information your people are holding back, and name the one conversation your leadership team has been avoiding.
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What you’ll get
- How to turn “everyone is busy, but we’re not moving together” into priorities every department reads the same way
- The 4 Wolf Wisdoms (alignment, belonging, healthy conflict, and sustainable thriving) to diagnose a recurring problem in your organization
- CEO diagnostic questions that show where information reaches you late, softened, or incomplete
- Why avoiding difficult conversations gets more expensive the longer it continues, leaving you with passive resistance, personal resentment, and sudden resignations
…and after reading it, you will be able to name one recurring problem in your organization, trace it to its leadership cause, and know which conversation or decision should happen next.
Is this for me?
- You're a CEO of a company generating $10 million or more per year
- You're a C-suite executive, senior leader, or middle manager in a larger organization who influences culture, communication, and team performance
- You want people to communicate and collaborate well enough to execute well and quickly
- You're looking for the real cause behind disengagement, silos, and the departure of capable employees
- You want to turn a vague sense that something is off into a named problem, with a next step - just by working through six assessment questions!
…then you should take a look at The Executive Tribe Roadmap.
A sneak peek of what’s inside…
Avoid the 5 mistakes that keep leadership teams from communicating, collaborating, and staying committed
- Day #1
Assuming Busy Means Aligned.
You pick one priority that two departments read differently, then document what it was meant to mean, what the gap costs, and the leadership decision that creates clarity.
- Day #2
Mistaking Silence for Agreement.
You map what employees say publicly, what they may be saying privately, and what information is missing, then identify one leadership behavior that makes honesty safer.
- Day #3
Confusing Politeness With Collaboration.
You take one unresolved disagreement and write down the shared outcome, the assumption each side is making, and the next conversation that needs to happen.
- Day #4
Running Performance on Exhaustion and Heroics.
You find one recurring source of unnecessary friction, classify it, and choose one leadership behavior or system change to reduce it.
- Day #5
Treating Symptoms One at a Time.
You use the four Wolf Wisdoms to examine one problem: what is happening, what it costs, who is closest to it, and how you'll know conditions are improving.
…All of which lead to: Information that reaches you filtered, departments that protect their own interests, high performers who leave, and a workplace people want to escape.
About the author
Philip Folsom
Philip Folsom is an anthropologist, author, and former elite U.S. Army warrior who integrates the ancient wisdom of warrior cultures into modern leadership practices.
Some of his achievements include:
- Founding Wolf Tribe, where he has transformed the organizational cultures of world-renowned companies such as Apple, Disney, SpaceX, Google, and Red Bull
- Serving as a leadership instructor at USC’s Marshall School of Business, where he works with the Master of Business for Veterans Program
- Co-founding Valor Resiliency, an initiative that provides resilience training and support to veterans, first responders, and high-stress professionals
And now, you can start with the framework he uses, for free.