Do I need a formal ADHD diagnosis?

No. You can use the assessment if you have ADHD or are exploring whether it fits your experience. It does not diagnose ADHD.

Do I have to be in the C-suite?

No. It is also relevant to founders, board-level leaders and senior leaders moving toward executive responsibility.

What will my results tell me?

They summarize which of the eight areas appear more active based on your answers, with an explanation and reflection question for each. They do not establish the cause of a difficulty.

Does a higher score mean I am a less effective leader?

No. It suggests that an area may be taking more attention or energy right now. It is not a measure of leadership ability.

Do I need to have attended a webinar?

No. The assessment stands on its own.

I completed the earlier version. Should I take this one?

The expanded version includes four additional areas covering resourcing, responses to challenge, relationships, and novelty and boredom.

Does completing it commit me to coaching?

No. You can use the results for your own reflection. Exploring coaching is optional.

C-Suite Leadership Pattern Check - Powered by ReadySetChoose.com

For executives, founders and senior leaders who have ADHD or think they might.

Where is leadership taking more out of you than it needs to?

You're delivering results. But perhaps you're spending more energy managing how you come across, stepping into work your team could own, or staying engaged once the initial challenge has passed. Take the free C-Suite Pattern Check to identify which areas deserve your attention.

16 short reflection questions. Personalized results across eight leadership areas, with questions to help you explore what comes up.

A senior leader listening in a board meeting

What you'll get

A clearer view of where leadership is taking more of your energy and attention.

Insight into familiar habits that may be creating pressure for you or your team.

Focused questions to examine what's happening in your own leadership.

A starting point for deciding what deserves attention first.

You may recognise some of this

Are the habits that helped you reach the C-suite still serving you in the role?

How these experiences show up can depend on your ADHD, the demands of your role and the environment you work in.

You see the strategic direction quickly, but your team needs more time and context before they can act on it.

You float an idea, and people start redirecting work before you have decided it is a priority.

You step into an operational issue to move things forward, and decisions increasingly come back to you instead of staying with your leadership team.

A board member or peer challenges your judgement, and you find yourself defending your position before fully considering their perspective.

You expect others to connect the dots as quickly as you do, and their questions can feel like resistance.

You keep delivering by absorbing gaps in your team’s capacity, while your own recovery becomes harder to protect.

You are ready for the next initiative while the organization is still implementing the last one.

What you get from the C-Suite Pattern Check

Look at both your impact and the effort behind it.

The way you lead can help the organization move forward while placing increasing demands on you. Understanding both matters when deciding what to keep doing and what needs to change. The Pattern Check helps you reflect on how your approach affects others and what it takes for you to sustain it.

How your leadership lands

How others interpret you, whether they can follow your pace, what you continue to carry, and how your strengths show up under pressure.

Visibility and Presence

Pacing and Prioritization

Role Definition and Delegation

Strengths Under Pressure

What it takes to sustain your leadership

Your energy and support, how you respond to challenge, expectations in working relationships, and staying engaged after the exciting part is over.

Resilience and Resourcing

Challenge, Rejection & Fear of Failure

Assumptions, Relationships & Systems

Novelty & Boredom

Who created this

Created by coaches who understand senior leadership and ADHD.

Cathy Rashidian

Founder of Ready Set Choose Coaching. Executive and ADHD coach, ICF PCC and PAAC PCAC.

Coaching since 2019, following twenty years of corporate experience including TELUS and Deloitte. Faculty member and Lead Trainer and Mentor with ADD Coach Academy. She brings lived experience of a late ADHD diagnosis.

Kathryn Pope

Executive and team coach. Senior coach within the Ready Set Choose Coaches Collective.

Over 25 years working with senior leaders at C-suite and board level. ADD Coach Academy graduate, Marshall Goldsmith Certified Team Coach and Accredited Coach Supervisor.

Who this is for

Is this relevant to your role?

This is a leadership reflection tool, not an ADHD diagnostic test or a rating of leadership ability.
A formal ADHD diagnosis is not required.

C-suite executives and board-level leaders.

Founders and business owners carrying senior leadership responsibility.

Senior leaders preparing for broader executive roles.

It is relevant to people with ADHD and those exploring whether ADHD helps explain aspects of their experience.

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Questions you may have

Which area of your leadership deserves a closer look?

Take the free C-Suite Pattern Check and choose one area to explore with more intention.

Free. 16 short reflection questions, then your personalized results.