the leadership intelligence system™
The 3 Layers of the Velocity Method™
(Part 2 of 3: Continued)
The Velocity Method™ is built across three layers.
Here's the second layer:
2. The Leadership Intelligence System™
The Leadership Intelligence System™ is designed to address the real leadership crisis no one wants to name: disconnection. While everyone is talking about disengagement, it's just the symptom (what you see), but the root cause is disconnection (what you may not see).
Today’s leaders are increasingly disconnected from:
Themselves (intuition, instincts, purpose)
Their teams (relational trust, collaboration)
The company (direction, values, legacy)
The Leadership Intelligence System™ maps the 5 Core Intelligences of Self™—Intuition, Instinct, Intelligence, Imagination, and Impact—which drive how leaders operate, relate, and influence.
When leaders (and their teams) don’t know which intelligence is leading, they default to GRIP - the Self-Protection Loop. But when they know how they operate, they become recalibrated forces—grounded and undeniably effective.
The Five Core Intelligences of Self™
There are five Core Intelligences of Self™ that drive how you lead, relate, and create change:
The Instinctive
Bold. Protective. First to move when the fire alarm blares.
The Intelligent
Structured. Precise. Brings the spreadsheet and the receipts.
The Impactful
Influence-driven. Purpose-fueled. Born to mobilize movements.
The Intuitive
Insightful. Energetically attuned. Sees around corners.
The Imaginative
Visionary. Nonlinear. Will solve in 4D what others miss in 2D.
Your unique mix of these intelligences shapes everything—from how you make decisions to how you build trust, navigate conflict, and influence culture.
Every team has hidden brilliance—and untapped blind spots—but most leaders only see productivity, not potential.
The Velocity Leadership Intelligence Profile™
The Velocity Leadership Intelligence Profile™ is a personalized, archetype-based snapshot that helps each team member understand their Core Intelligence of Self™—and how it drives their leadership strengths, communication style, blind spots, and decision-making energy.
It’s not about personality types or labels. It’s about unlocking the leadership identity that’s been waiting beneath the role.
What Each Profile Includes:
Primary Intelligence of Self™ - Which of the 5 leadership intelligences is your dominant type.
Strengths - The natural leadership superpowers this archetype brings to the table—especially under pressure or uncertainty.
Blind Spots - What gets missed, misunderstood, or over-relied upon when unbalanced
Stress Patterns - How this intelligence reacts in conflict, urgency, or control spirals.
Leadership Wounds - The formative moments—past feedback, early conditioning, identity pressure—that shaped how you learned to lead.
Values, Motivators & Unique Role - What truly moves you. What kind of work energizes you. And the specific role you’re here to play on a team when aligned (even if you’ve been put in another one).
Limiting Beliefs - The core beliefs—often unconscious—that are keeping you from your next level. These aren’t mindset hacks. These are identity codes formed to protect you.
Growth Edge -The energetic gap between who you are now—and the leader you’re becoming. This is where your evolution lives. We name it clearly, so you can walk right into it.
Communication Style - How they express ideas, give feedback, and collaborate best
Decision-Making Signature - Fast or methodical? Gut-led or system-driven? Big picture or operational depth?
Synergy & Conflict Tips - Best practices for working with opposite intelligences on the team
The Velocity Team Intelligence Matrix™
The Velocity Team Intelligence Matrix™ is a powerful visual snapshot of your team’s Core Intelligences of Self™. It goes beyond personality and performance. It maps how your team actually thinks, leads, and decides.
What it reveals:
Dominant archetypes across the team
Intelligence gaps that lead to decision fatigue, conflict, or stalled momentum
Where natural collaboration flows
Where misunderstandings tend to erupt
Underutilized power centers—brilliance hiding in plain sight
It helps you:
Restructure roles based on actual strengths
Build cross-functional teams that make sense energetically
Reduce unnecessary conflict
Improve meetings (finally)
Align decisions with each person’s
Strategic Self™
This individual profiles and the team matrix become:
A mirror for team- and self-awareness
A blueprint for role alignment
A tool for collaboration that’s emotionally intelligent, based on actual strengths
Imagine if every leader on your team could name…
How they make decisions
What their inner compass points to
When they’re most misunderstood
And how they bring their full power to the table without pushing others away
The Leadership Intelligence Lab™
Our signature high-impact TEAM experience. Designed to reveal hidden brilliance, activate diversity of thought, and explore how your team thinks, communicates and makes decisions—together. Every participant will:
Sort themselves into their dominant Intelligence of Self™
Discover their unique strengths, blind spots, and decision-making style
Learn how to communicate without over-explaining or over-apologizing
Map out friction points and power clusters across the team
Receive tools to lead, decide, and collaborate—without the mask
The Shift from Self-Protection to Self-Leadership
Each of the 5 Core Intelligences unlocks a different kind of power. Each one challenges you to lead in a way that’s more grounded and more aligned with who you are.
Below, you’ll see what this shift actually looks like—side by side for each of the 5 Core Intelligences:
INSTINCT= Power & Presence
INTELLIGENCE= Decision Making & Strategy
IMPACT= People & Relationships
INTUITION= Alignment & Growth
IMAGINATION= Creativity & Possibility
INSTINCT
Power & Presence
Core Intelligence: Instinct
Instinct over impulse. Boundaries over burnout. Presence without performance.
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| Perform to prove | Lead from presence |
| Charisma for approval | Clarity for alignment |
| Titles = power | Intelligence = power |
| Hustle culture | Aligned motion (Velocity) |
| Reacting to pressure | Leading under pressure |
| Ignoring physical cues | Noticing physical cues |
| Energy used to impress | Energy held to lead |
| Authority through Control | Authority through Trust |
| Visibility = value | Presence = impact |
| Hovering | Guiding |
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| Perform to prove | Lead from presence |
| Charisma for approval | Clarity for alignment |
| Titles = power | Intelligence = power |
| Hustle culture | Aligned motion (Velocity) |
| Reacting to pressure | Leading under pressure |
| Ignoring physical cues | Noticing physical cues |
| Energy used to impress | Energy held to lead |
| Authority through Control | Authority through Trust |
| Visibility = value | Presence = impact |
| Hovering | Guiding |
"Stillness is louder than strategy.”
—The Velocity Method™
INTELLIGENCE
Decision Making & Strategy
Core Intelligence: Intellectual
Discernment. Pattern recognition. Strategic clarity.
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| Relying solely on logic | Balancing logic and nuance |
| Certainty addiction | Capacity for paradox |
| Conventional wisdom | Curiosity and courageous questioning |
| Problem-focused | Reframe to possibility |
| Achievement at any cost | Purpose-infused success |
| Over-reliance on precedent | Present-moment discernment |
| Intelligence used to prove superiority | Intelligence used to unlock alignment |
| Repeat what worked | Create what’s needed next |
| Binary thinking (right/wrong) | Integrative thinking (both/and) |
| Knowledge is power | Knowledge is collaboration |
| Information gatekeeping | Information generosity |
| Micro-managing | Managing outcomes |
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| Relying solely on logic | Balancing logic and nuance |
| Certainty addiction | Capacity for paradox |
| Conventional wisdom | Curiosity and courageous questioning |
| Problem-focused | Reframe to possibility |
| Achievement at any cost | Purpose-infused success |
| Over-reliance on precedent | Present-moment discernment |
| Intelligence used to prove superiority | Intelligence used to unlock alignment |
| Repeat what worked | Create what’s needed next |
| Binary thinking (right/wrong) | Integrative thinking (both/and) |
| Knowledge is power | Knowledge is collaboration |
| Information gatekeeping | Information generosity |
| Micro-managing | Managing outcomes |
“The most brilliant leaders aren’t the ones with the right answer. They’re the ones who know when to question the rulebook.”
—The Velocity Method™
IMPACT
People & Relationships
Core Intelligen20ce: Impactful
Relational power. Cultural presence. Energetic authority.
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| Command & control | Empathize & integrate |
| Burnout disguised as commitment | Rest and recovery as a leadership strategy |
| Diversity tolerated | Uniqueness celebrated as contribution |
| Seeking consensus | Grounded conviction |
| Judgment & comparison | Self-awareness and compassion |
| Charisma used for approval | Confidence that transmits clarity |
| Validation-seeking visibility | Authenticity that creates trust |
| Positional authority | Relational trust |
| People-pleasing disguised as diplomacy | Truth-telling in service of connection |
| Overgiving | Self-respecting boundaries |
| External validation | Authentic confidence |
| Safe Space | Brave Space |
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| Command & control | Empathize & integrate |
| Burnout disguised as commitment | Rest and recovery as a leadership strategy |
| Diversity tolerated | Uniqueness celebrated as contribution |
| Seeking consensus | Grounded conviction |
| Judgment & comparison | Self-awareness and compassion |
| Charisma used for approval | Confidence that transmits clarity |
| Validation-seeking visibility | Authenticity that creates trust |
| Positional authority | Relational trust |
| People-pleasing disguised as diplomacy | Truth-telling in service of connection |
| Overgiving | Self-respecting boundaries |
| External validation | Authentic confidence |
| Safe Space | Brave Space |
“In the new paradigm, leadership isn’t how well you perform. It’s how clearly you hold presence without losing yourself.”
—The Velocity Method™
INTUITION
Alignment & Growth
Core Intelligence: Intuitive
Deep knowing. Self-trust. Inner alignment in motion.
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| External validation | Internal alignment |
| Reactive leadership | Intuitive responsiveness |
| Siloed thinking | Whole-system sensing |
| Fear of failure | Adversity as a portal for growth |
| Surface-level achievement | Purpose-aligned evolution |
| Intuition dismissed as “woo” | Intuition trusted as strategic intelligence |
| Gut instinct overridden by logic | Inner knowing integrated into decision-making |
| Logic = pattern recognition | Pattern recognition as intuitive knowing |
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| External validation | Internal alignment |
| Reactive leadership | Intuitive responsiveness |
| Siloed thinking | Whole-system sensing |
| Fear of failure | Adversity as a portal for growth |
| Surface-level achievement | Purpose-aligned evolution |
| Intuition dismissed as “woo” | Intuition trusted as strategic intelligence |
| Gut instinct overridden by logic | Inner knowing integrated into decision-making |
| Logic = pattern recognition | Pattern recognition as intuitive knowing |
“Intuition isn’t anti-intellectual. It’s what you already know—before the mind catches up.”
—The Velocity Method™
IMAGINATION
Creativity & Possibility
Core Intelligence: Imaginative
Futurecasting. Vision. Creative grit. Strategic imagination.
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| Innovation is risky or disruptive | Innovation is regeneration |
| Only certain people are “creative” | Creativity is a leadership function |
| Vision = fixed 5-year plan | Vision = evolving possibility play |
| Failure = threat to reputation | Iteration = path to invention |
| Imagination = fluff or distraction | Imagination = strategic intelligence |
| Stick with what works | Reinvent when the system no longer serves |
| Checking boxes | Checking what matters |
| Designing by brief | Designing by vision |
| Responding to what already exists | Creating what’s never existed before |
| Old Leadership | The Velocity Method™ |
|---|---|
| Innovation is risky or disruptive | Innovation is regeneration |
| Only certain people are “creative” | Creativity is a leadership function |
| Vision = fixed 5-year plan | Vision = evolving possibility play |
| Failure = threat to reputation | Iteration = path to invention |
| Imagination = fluff or distraction | Imagination = strategic intelligence |
| Stick with what works | Reinvent when the system no longer serves |
| Checking boxes | Checking what matters |
| Designing by brief | Designing by vision |
| Responding to what already exists | Creating what’s never existed before |
“At some point, every system breaks. Every role, every brand, every identity you outgrow. Reinvention isn’t a crisis. It’s a calling.”
— The Velocity Method™
NEXT: The Leadership Impact System™
Knowing your Core Intelligence and how you lead isn’t enough—your team, culture, and company are still shaped by how you show up.
That’s where the Leadership Impact System™ comes in...
Click to continue to Part 3 and discover how to turn inner alignment into lasting leadership impact.
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Reveal your leaders' true operating system
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Ideal For: Busy teams, leadership cohorts, onboarding tracks, culture reset initiatives
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