A proprietary framework built specifically for senior technology leadership, combining emotional intelligence with strategic capability to reveal what truly drives executive success.
Why technology leadership requires a different assessment approach
With over 25 years placing 500+ technology executives and interviewing 7,000+ senior technology leaders, we've identified a consistent pattern: the capabilities that get technology executives promoted (IQ) are fundamentally different from the capabilities that determine their effectiveness once they arrive (EQ).
Most organisations assess technology leaders using frameworks designed for general executives, missing what actually differentiates effective technology leadership. Technical capability and strategic vision are table stakes at C-suite level. What determines success is the emotional intelligence to navigate board psychology, translate complex technical decisions for non-technical peers, build credibility across the C-suite, and drive organisational change through political complexity.
The Agency Three EQ/IQ Assessment was built to reveal this gap.
The EQ/IQ Assessment is designed for:
Seeking evidence-based insight into how they're positioned for advancement, what specifically needs to develop, and where blind spots may be limiting progression.
Evaluating technology leaders for readiness, identifying development needs that generic assessments miss, or building succession pipelines with clear capability benchmarks.
This isn't a psychometric test or 360 review. It's 25 years of executive assessment expertise applied to understanding the specific EQ/IQ balance that determines effectiveness for technology leaders at C-suite level.
Our proprietary framework, developed over 25 years and refined through collaboration with Harvard and MIT, assesses technology leaders across ten dimensions that determine executive effectiveness:
Senior technology leadership success is defined by two forces:
Reflects how a leader builds trust, communicates with clarity, creates followership, and navigates stakeholders under pressure. It captures the leadership behaviours that drive alignment and momentum across the organisation.
Reflects how a leader thinks, prioritises, simplifies complexity, and drives commercially aligned outcomes. It measures judgement, strategic clarity, and execution discipline.
Together, EQ and IQ provide a balanced and realistic view of leadership capability, grounded in how executives are evaluated at C-suite level.
Unlike generic leadership assessments, the EQ/IQ framework:
Comprehensive diagnostic across all ten EQ/IQ dimensions
Detailed capability profile showing strengths, development areas, and blind spots
Clear assessment of how you're likely being perceived at executive level
Specific development pathway for strengthening executive positioning
90-minute confidential debrief with strategic counsel
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