Organizations and practitioners
Use the LPI in leadership selection, succession planning, assessment centers, coaching and structured leadership-development programs.
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An Assessment for Organizations and Individuals
The LPI provides structured feedback for selection, coaching, learning and development.
Individual customers
Explore your leadership strengths, preferred styles and development priorities across the complete leadership cycle.
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Support Leadership Development, Coaching and Succession Planning
LPI provides a consistent framework for exploring how people approach leadership. Relate the profile to the responsibilities of the role and examples from the participant’s experience.
Develop emerging leaders
Explore strengths and development needs across the leadership cycle. Use the findings to select learning goals, stretch assignments and opportunities to practice.
Inform succession discussions
Compare the profile with the demands of a future role. Combine questionnaire findings with performance history, structured interviews and relevant assessment exercises.
Focus executive coaching
Use the report to discuss direction, communication, influence and delivery. Ask for workplace examples and turn the discussion into a small number of practical development goals.
Understanding leadership potential
Use the Profile as Part of a Broader Assessment
LPI asks participants how far they agree with statements about their own competencies. Scores describe their self-reported profile relative to the comparison group; they are not direct observations of performance or a guarantee of success in a future role.
Selection and high-potential assessment
Define the leadership requirements first. Use LPI alongside other relevant evidence rather than applying a universal score threshold to label someone a high-potential employee or make a promotion decision.
Development and feedback
Explore the participant’s examples, context and goals. Agree actions that can be practiced and reviewed, rather than assuming that a score alone establishes a strength or limitation.
From assessment to action
What the LPI Can Help You Understand
Shape direction
Understand capabilities related to strategic thinking, analysis, creativity and vision.
Engage people
Explore communication, influence, support and the ability to build commitment.
Deliver results
Examine planning, execution, resilience and continuous improvement.
What the LPI measures
Four Leadership Functions and 20 Competencies
The LPI follows the leadership cycle from creating direction through engaging people to successful delivery.
Developing the Vision
- Strategic thinking
- Creating direction
Sharing the Goals
- Communicating purpose
- Clarifying priorities
Gaining Support
- Influencing people
- Building commitment
Delivering Success
- Executing plans
- Achieving results
Scores should be considered together and interpreted in relation to the person’s role, goals and circumstances. A high or low result is not automatically a strength or limitation.
The feedback report
What You Receive in the LPI Report
The structured report combines accessible results with practical interpretation for participants and practitioners.
Overall leadership-potential result
Four leadership-function scores
Profiles of 20 competencies
Leadership-style indicators
Strengths and development priorities
Practical leadership-development guidance
Evidence and technical quality
A Structured Assessment with a Clear Evidence Base
The supplied LPI User Manual documents the framework, norms, scale reliability and validity studies. These summaries describe that evidence and its limits; suitability should be considered for the intended role and population.
Conceptual model
The questionnaire uses self-ratings on a five-point agreement scale. It reports 20 competencies across four leadership functions, with scores compared to an international reference group.
Comparison data
The manual describes a norm dataset of 20,000 cases with equal numbers of men and women, selected from over 28,000 online test takers. The incidental sample includes individual customers and corporate assessment participants; it is not a representative UK workforce sample.
Reliability
The manual reports a median scale reliability of 0.71 using Cronbach’s alpha. Reliability varies by scale; Table 10 provides individual coefficients and measurement-error estimates.
Validity
The manual examines relationships with other leadership measures and with self-assessed job performance. Associations based on self-report should not be treated as independent proof that LPI predicts future executive success. See Chapter 5 for methods and results.
Optional AI-assisted exploration
Explore LPI Findings More Deeply with AI
After receiving the report, participants and practitioners can use ChatGPT or another capable generative AI tool to explore the findings conversationally.
- Examine patterns across leadership functions
- Identify strengths and possible gaps
- Relate findings to a leadership role
- Prepare coaching or succession questions
- Develop a focused leadership action plan
The LPI report remains the primary source. AI does not score the questionnaire, conduct a new assessment or replace the participant’s experience, relevant context and professional judgment. Output should always be checked against the report.
Clear assessment pricing
LPI Pricing for Organizations and Individuals
An individual assessment costs £25, including the personal feedback report. Organizations can purchase assessments using the standard self-assessment price bands below. Prices are in GBP per assessment; the ordering page shows the price for your chosen quantity.
| Number of assessments | Price per assessment |
|---|---|
| 1–20 | £25 |
| 21–50 | £24 |
| 51–75 | £22 |
| 76–100 | £19 |
| 101–200 | £15 |
| Over 200 | £10 |
Purchase the assessment
Choose the LPI Route That Fits Your Purpose
Organizations and practitioners
Purchase and manage LPI assessments for candidates, employees, clients, teams or learners through an organizational account.
Open an AccountRequest a free trial →Individual customers
Complete the LPI online, pay £25 after the questionnaire and receive your personal feedback report immediately.
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LPI Resources
Example Report
Review the profile, interpretation and development guidance.
View report →User Manual
Review the model, development, scoring, reliability, validity and norms.
View manual →Preparation Guide
Understand the purpose, areas measured and how to complete the questionnaire.
View guide →LPI Presentation
View a short introduction to the purpose and structure of the assessment.
View presentation →AI Analysis Guide
Explore feedback reports responsibly with ChatGPT and similar AI tools.
View guide →Your questions answered
Leadership Potential Assessment FAQs
What does the Leadership Potential Indicator measure?
LPI assesses 20 self-reported management and leadership competencies across Developing the Vision, Sharing the Goals, Gaining Support and Delivering Success.
Who can use LPI?
Organizations, HR practitioners and coaches can use LPI in leadership development, coaching, assessment centers and succession planning. Individuals can also purchase it to explore their own leadership profile.
Can LPI identify high-potential employees?
LPI can contribute to a high-potential assessment process by providing structured information about self-reported competencies. It should be combined with role requirements, performance evidence and other assessment methods; it does not conclusively identify future leaders on its own.
Is LPI an ability test or a 360 degree survey?
Neither. LPI is a self-report questionnaire using agreement ratings. It does not test performance on ability tasks or collect coworker ratings. TSQ is the separate 360 degree feedback survey in the MySkillsProfile portfolio.
How long does LPI take?
The questionnaire typically takes 10–15 minutes. Allow additional time to read the feedback report and discuss the results with a coach or practitioner.
What does the report include?
The report includes an overall leadership-potential result, four leadership-function scores, profiles of 20 competencies, leadership-style indicators and development guidance. The sample report shows the format before you purchase.
How much does LPI cost?
An individual assessment costs £25, including the personal report. Standard organizational prices range from £25 to £10 per assessment depending on quantity; the full bands are displayed above.
How should organizations use the results in selection?
Relate the profile to the specific role, explore workplace examples and combine it with interviews and other relevant evidence. Avoid using a questionnaire score as the sole basis for a hiring or promotion decision.
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