The Story Tax Index My Dashboard →

You already know
something is
costing you.

The decision that's been open for three weeks — and the four people who can't move until you close it.avg 2.3 wks open
The delegation you handed off that came back to your desk — because your team learned you'd retrieve it.4.1 hrs/wk retrieved
The 11 PM message you sent because you couldn't set it down — and the signal it sent to everyone watching.off-hours signal

These aren't character flaws. They're patterns — and they're running on a meter. The median senior leader loses $7,000–$12,000 every week to behavioral drag they can't see and can't prove. Until now.

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The cost

The median senior leader carries
$7,000–$12,000 in weekly drag.

Most have suspected it for years. None had a score.

What happens when you click

Three steps from
suspicion to proof.

See Your Bleed Rate

One slider. One floor number. How many hours per week are waiting on you — and what that costs the organization per year at your loaded hourly rate.

Under 60 seconds

Run the Full Diagnostic

Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot or use the self-assessment path. Five behavioral pillars scored against a research cohort. Your STIx score in under 15 minutes.

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Run the 90-Day Protocol

One behavioral rule. Pulse check-ins at Day 21, 45, and 90. Track your score delta. See the dollar cost close in real time.

Documented recovery

Total time to first score: under 15 minutes.

The Research

Four numbers
from the study.

13.5 Hours per week
recoverable

21 Days — minimum
signal window

90 Days to
close the gap

18pts Avg. STIx reduction
90-day protocol

13.5 hrs/week is a research-based estimate of recoverable leadership time (Perlow et al., HBR 2017; Mankins et al., HBR 2013). The 21-day window is the minimum observation period at which stable behavioral signal emerges from M365 data (Fleeson, 2001). 4 leaders completed the full 90-day outcome protocol — averaging 18-point STIx reductions and 13 hours recovered per week. The dataset grows with every Index taken.

See The Index in 90 seconds

What the tax looks like
when you can finally see it.

Your score. Under 15 minutes. Free.

A calibrated dollar figure — what your behavioral patterns cost the organization per week, per year. One dominant pillar. One rule to change it. A 90-day track to close the gap.

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You already knowsomething iscosting you.

Three steps fromsuspicion to proof.