How these instruments are built and scored

Cycle Breaker Score™

Thirty statements are rated on a five-point agreement scale across six pillars. The raw maximum is 150. The headline score is round((raw / 150) × 100) and each pillar is round((pillar raw / 25) × 100). Behavior style and strength pattern are forced-choice tallies; ties are reported as Blended rather than resolved arbitrarily.

• 0–29Poverty
• 30–44Belief Poverty
• 45–59Scarcity Builder
• 60–74Emerging Success
• 75–89Abundance Builder
• 90–100Legacy Architect

Culture DNA™

Eight pillars, five statements each, rated on the same five-point scale. Each pillar is normalized with round(((average − 1) / 4) × 100) and the overall score is the rounded average of the eight pillar scores.

• 80–100AnchoredNorms are consistent enough to hold under pressure. Protect and document what works.
• 65–79EmergingHealthy intent is present, but consistency depends on specific people.
• 50–64StrainedPatterns are repeating faster than they are being corrected.
• 0–49At RiskThe operating norm is actively costing trust, speed and retention.

Leader–team alignment

Leaders complete the same instrument as a self-view. The gap is the difference between the leader score and the aggregate team score for each pillar. Alignment thresholds (0–7 Aligned, 8–14 Watch, 15+ Significant Blind Spot) are pilot thresholds and require future validation.