Before We Begin
This assessment measures your leadership mindset across five domains. It takes approximately 8–10 minutes. Your results will display instantly on screen and include your domain scores — ready to share with your team facilitator.
Domain Breakdown
Your Mindset Quadrant
Restricted
Low Awareness · Low SkillsAwakening
High Awareness · Low SkillsNatural
Low Awareness · High SkillsJOY Mindset®
High Awareness · High SkillsWhy This Works
Your result isn't a personality label — it's a mapping of research-backed drivers of performance and wellbeing that organizational psychology has studied for decades.
- Autonomy and values-alignment predict sustained motivation better than any external reward. (Deci & Ryan · Lyubomirsky et al., Psychological Bulletin 131(6), 2005)
- Trust and psychological safety come from emotionally intelligent, authentic leadership. (Goleman, 1995 · Avolio & Gardner, The Leadership Quarterly 16(3), 2005)
- Burnout is reduced by alignment and a sense of control — and worsened when wellness is ignored. (Maslach & Leiter, 1997 · Bandura, American Psychologist 37(2), 1982 · Shanafelt et al., Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2015)
That's why your next steps below are specific to where you are — not generic advice.
Your Personalized Next Steps
Continue Your JOY Journey
Ready to Go Deeper?
Your facilitator will use these scores to build your team's collective JOY Mindset® map and development plan.
Dr. Delphina JOY, EdD · joyoptions.org · Messenger of JOY®
