RADAR Assessment

Organizational Decision-Making Health Framework

RADAR prevents the conditions that make ESCAPE necessary.

The Thesis

A leader’s primary job is creating the conditions where good decisions happen naturally — where risks get surfaced before they become crises, authority is clear and stable, teams can process disagreement and commit, the organization learns from outcomes, and trust enables genuine collaboration.

RADAR measures these five structural conditions using research from Edmondson (psychological safety), Lencioni (Five Dysfunctions), Hackman (conditions for effectiveness), and Senge (learning organizations). Each dimension maps to a specific organizational dysfunction that, left unaddressed, produces the patterns that cause leadership failure.

What You’ll Learn

The resulting 5–50 scale maps to four response modes:

  • Healthy Conditions(40–50) Strong structural support for sound decision-making.
  • Mixed Health(25–39) Real strengths alongside areas needing targeted investment.
  • Significant Gaps(15–24) Structural gaps actively undermining decision quality.
  • Critical Dysfunction(5–14) Conditions that would reproduce failure with any leader.

Five Dimensions

  • R
    Risk Surfacing(Edmondson · Morrison · Westrum)

    Can risks be surfaced before they become crises? Maps to Lencioni’s Absence of Trust — people won’t surface risks if they don’t trust.

  • A
    Authority Architecture(Spreitzer · Vroom-Yetton · Kanter)

    Are decision rights clear, stable, and distributed? Maps to Avoidance of Accountability — unclear authority means no accountability.

  • D
    Decision Processing(Janis · Argyris · Stasser)

    Can teams process disconfirming information and decide? Maps to Fear of Conflict and Lack of Commitment.

  • A
    Adaptive Capacity(Senge · Garvin · Argyris)

    Does the organization learn from outcomes and adapt? Maps to Inattention to Results.

  • R
    Relational Infrastructure(Gittell · McAllister · Ancona)

    Is there sufficient trust and cross-boundary collaboration? Maps to Absence of Trust — the foundational dysfunction.

Before You Begin

These tools are not diagnostic instruments. They are designed to challenge assumptions, reframe thinking, and help you or your organization see patterns that may not be obvious from the inside. The recommendations are informed by Nocelion's experience across dozens of engagements and are offered as ideas for consideration — not prescriptions to adopt without context. Your situation is unique, and any meaningful action should be grounded in your own judgment and circumstances.

This tool does not constitute professional, legal, financial, or consulting advice. Results reflect your own self-reported perceptions and should not be relied upon as the sole basis for organizational or career decisions. For decisions with material impact, consult with a qualified professional.

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Choose Your Mode

RADAR offers two complementary perspectives. The gap between them is itself revealing.