OUR TOOLS
Growth through behavioral science
In working with hundreds of startup leaders, we needed a toolset that could help them navigate difficult conversations, understand their blindspots, and quickly grasp how to be effective leaders.
We couldn’t find one, so we built it. We started by asking 225+ startup executives how they built or lost the confidence of their teams. Based on that research, we created a set of tools that lay the foundations for leadership development and collaborative cultures.
“Jason and his firm’s assessment tools helped me increase the accountability, decision-making and transparency across my leadership teams. I got precise feedback, made small changes in how I led, and saw immediate results.”
— Rod Favaron, Spredfast Chairman, CEO (Exited)
OUR FOUNDATION
In partnership with Saturn Leadership™, Neuberg Gore has outlined the leadership behaviors needed to build thriving startups.
We’ve packaged them into an essential behavioral science toolkit:
The Saturn Leadership™ Index 360 (SLI), a self- or peer-to-peer 360 leadership assessment that maps 46 micro-behaviors into a detailed growth plan;
The CUBE for Conflict,™ a communications model for leading difficult conversations; and
The Seven Pillars of Leadership™, a comprehensive breakdown of the behaviors great leaders and individual contributors master.
SATURN LEADERSHIP™ INDEX
The SLI is the foremost behavioral application of its kind, providing a practice regimen and leadership growth plan for hundreds of startup CEOs and executives.
Powered by pioneering behavioral tools, the Saturn Leadership Plan is the most comprehensive and actionable growth curriculum available, providing an auditable and practical guide to micro-changes that transform leadership.
Saturn’s Self-Assessment is a quick and easy way for leaders to understand their leadership in terms of four aspects of communication, seven pillars of leadership, and nine foundations of building trust. Addressing 46 micro-behaviors in all, the SLI Self-Assessment is the fastest way to identify your blindspots and see how you do in the behaviors that great leaders master. We invite everybody to take it here.
Saturn’s Leadership Index 360 goes deeper by asking your team members how you do across the same micro-behaviors. You nominate a mix of anonymous and on-the-record colleagues who assess how you best communicate and lead — and where you need work.
Meet the CUBE for Conflict
A Simple, But Effective System for Better Communications
Negotiations, group decision-making, providing negative feedback, and other conflicts can be some of the hardest challenges a leader faces. Getting them right can be the difference between success and failure — and it all comes down to communications skills.
Our CUBE for CONFLICT™ toolset helps leaders say what they need to say in the most effective way possible, increasing the chances that the conversation and relationship go well.
“When conversations go poorly, leaders typically fall into one of four major pitfalls. These traps are pretty easy to avoid once you understand them.”
— Jason Gore
The 7 Pillars of Leadership
Defining leadership around the core behaviors great leaders master.
By identifying the areas where executives gain or lose the trust of their teams, the Seven Pillars of Leadership™ offers a simple way to become a better leader. In tandem with the SLI leadership assessments, the 7 Pillars provides a daily practice, helping emerging leaders target their weaknesses and develop better habits. Each pillar is further broken down into micro-behaviors, creating a comprehensive guide to growth through incremental change.
The Saturn Leadership™ Index is also the foundation for our embedded coaching programs, which support middle managers and build collaborative cultures.
The 7 Pillars of Leadership
Inspires with a clear vision and roadmap
Listens with openness and curiosity,
Speaks with transparency and authenticity
Facilitates healthy debates and meetings
Makes Decisions inclusively and effectively
Delegates effectively and creates accountable teams
Supports Others in developing and succeeding.