EQV Framework — Client Intervention Process Flow

EQV Framework — Client Intervention Process Flow

Entry · Pre-Flight Diagnostic · Three-Phase Architecture · Day 90 Review · Sustained Authenticity
Instrument Key:
Pre-Flight / Retake
EQV Compass Worksheet
Values Filter / Translation Map / Inventory
Daily Authenticity Journal
Psychological Safety Survey
No-Spin Zone / 48-Hr Rule
Authenticity Indicators / Culture Ritual
Identity Calibration
Decision Gate
ENTRY: Initial Practitioner Engagement
Leader referred or self-referred  ·  EQV intake conversation initiated  ·  Accountability partner identified within Days 1–3
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Pre-Flight Diagnostic
Pre-Flight Administered at first contact
  • 15-item behavioral honesty instrument scored across four trap clusters (Q1–Q15)
  • Raw score (0–45) converted to 0–100 Authenticity Score
  • Trap Profile derived: Wisdom Theater · Unicorn Syndrome · Extraction Mindset · Performative Pivot
  • Score determines entry pathway — see band routing below
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Accountability Partner Onboarding
Days 1–3
  • Partner identified and briefed before any behavioral commitments made
  • Partner receives orientation on EQV model and accountability function
  • Written behavioral log (Truth Journal) established as Day 1 commitment
◆  AUTHENTICITY SCORE ROUTING  ◆
80–100
Strong Authenticity
  • Compass + org culture work
  • Coaching optional
  • Maintain & refine existing practices
60–79
Solid Foundation
  • EQV Compass Worksheet
  • 1–2 targeted trap areas
  • Coaching optional
40–59
Active Challenges
  • Compass + coaching strongly recommended
  • Floor Assessment required
  • Foundation work first
0–39
Multiple Active Traps
  • Identity Calibration first
  • Certified practitioner required
  • Immediate structured intervention
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Identity Calibration Assessment
0–39 Band Only
  • Administered before Compass entry
  • Values clarification prior to Compass entry — prevents building on aspirational values
  • Chapter 10 Compass reference instrument
MILESTONE: Day 14 · Compass & Floor Assessment
④ EQV Compass Worksheet — Draft by Day 14
  • · Core Values · Actions · Challenges · Strategy Selection
  • · Strategy Library items #1–3 selected from trap profile
  • · Day 14 is a working draft — incomplete sections are diagnostically useful
  • · Reviewed & revised at Day 30 partner review
⑤ Values Inventory Exercise — Precedes Compass
  • · 60–90 min behavioral backward-mapping exercise
  • · Decision Archaeology · Energy Patterns · Protect & Compromise · Synthesis
  • · Produces 3 verified genuine values with 1–10 alignment scores
  • · Required before Translation Map
⑥ Values Filter — At Compass Entry
  • · Three-Question Test per candidate value: cost · defense under pressure · external recognition
  • · Output: Genuine · Partial · Aspirational scored shortlist
  • · Confirms 3 verified values for Translation Map Phase 1
⑦ Values-to-Behavior Translation Map — Floor Assessment
  • · Phase 1: Values Identification (via Three-Question Test)
  • · Phase 2: Behavior Translation (3 observable behaviors per value)
  • · Phase 3: Frequency Rating 1–5 (lowest = Compass Challenge Behaviors)
  • · Phase 4: Pressure Triggers (risk conditions per value)
  • · Phase 5: 30-Day Commitment (1 specific commitment per value)
Phase 1 · Awareness Phase
Micro-Commitments · Days 1–30
Daily journaling & pattern observation · Partner briefed by Day 3 · Day 14 check-in · Day 30 partner review
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Daily Authenticity Journal
Every Day · Days 1–30
  • One specific moment per day: authentic vs. performative response chosen
  • Discomfort score recorded: 1–10 rating per entry
  • Reveals highest Inauthenticity Trap activation contexts
  • Score 7–10 entries = primary Phase 2 structural intervention targets
  • Weekly summary written and shared with accountability partner
  • Pattern analysis completed by Day 28 — input for Phase 2 structural design
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EQV Compass Worksheet
Active Throughout Phase 1
  • Initial draft completed by Day 14 milestone
  • Reviewed and revised at Day 30 partner review
  • Journal patterns compared against Compass strategy selection
  • Incomplete or uncertain sections revised based on 30 days observation
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Day 14 Check-In
Midpoint Review
  • Compass draft completeness assessed
  • Floor Assessment / Translation Map scoring reviewed
  • Partner briefed on emerging journal patterns
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Day 30 Partner Review
Phase 1 Close
  • Journal patterns reviewed: highest and lowest discomfort contexts identified
  • Compass Worksheet revised — draft promoted to working document
  • Trap pattern clarity confirmed before Phase 2 structural design
Decision Gate: Trap pattern clear from Phase 1 journal?
No → Extend observation period
↓ Yes
Trap pattern clear
from Phase 1 journal?
No → Extend Observation
Phase 2 · Structural Change Phase
Meso-Commitments · Days 31–60
Psych safety baseline Day 31 · Structural changes implemented · Day 45 Compass revisit · Day 60 psych safety check
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Psychological Safety Survey
Day 31 Baseline
  • Administered at Day 31 — before Phase 2 structural changes take effect
  • Establishes team's current experience of organizational climate for authentic communication
  • Same survey repeated at Day 60 for comparison
  • Shift ≥ 0.5 pts on 10-pt scale = structural change having intended effect
  • No improvement at Day 60 = change not genuinely structural, inconsistently implemented, or wrong challenge category
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No-Spin Zone / Truth Dashboard
Launched Days 31–45
  • One structural change created based on Phase 1 journal's highest-discomfort context
  • No-Spin Zone: Meeting format — one genuine unresolved challenge shared before any agenda item
  • Truth Dashboard: Canonical metric definitions documented · actuals-vs-plan tracked weekly · reviewed before any external communication
  • Must modify a process, meeting format, communication protocol, or decision framework
  • Test: Would the change continue to operate if leader's motivation temporarily dropped?
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48-Hour Disclosure Rule
Days 31–60
  • Transparency protocol with leadership team
  • Defines what information travels upward, in what format, and to whom
  • Put in writing and reviewed with the team
  • Directly derived from Translation Map Phase 4 pressure trigger analysis
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Values Filter — Strategic Decision Application
Phase 2 Rehearsal
  • Applied to one major decision requiring senior leadership review this phase
  • Values Filter questions completed before strategic and financial analysis is presented
  • Functions as rehearsal for Phase 3 mandatory decision integration
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Daily Authenticity Journal — Structural Change Log
Continues · Phase 2
  • Journal format shifts from discomfort tracking to structural change documentation
  • Records whether structural commitments occurred or did not occur each week
  • Non-negotiable accountability component — absence of log = limited benefit from accountability architecture
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Day 45 Compass Revisit
Phase 2 Midpoint
  • Compass strategy selection compared against actual Phase 1 journal pattern
  • Catches most common Phase 2 failure: strategies addressing stated challenge but journal shows different actual pattern
  • Journal data more reliable than initial self-assessment — journal captured real time before interpretive narrative constructed
  • Misalignment between journal and Compass = revise strategy selection at Day 45
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Day 60 Psychological Safety Check
Phase 2 Close
  • Comparison survey administered — same instrument as Day 31 baseline
  • Shift ≥ 0.5 points required to advance to Phase 3
  • If no improvement — diagnostic questions: Was the change genuinely structural? Consistently implemented? Correct challenge category targeted?
Decision Gate: Psych safety shift ≥ 0.5 pts at Day 60?
No → Revisit structural change before proceeding
↓ Yes
Psych safety shift
≥ 0.5 pts at Day 60?
No → Revisit Structure
Phase 3 · Culture Integration Phase
Macro-Commitments · Days 61–90
Values alignment embedded in decision processes · Authenticity Indicators added to performance framework · Pre-Flight retaken at Day 90 · Team feedback gathered
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Authenticity Indicators
Phase 3 · Performance Framework
  • 3–5 specific observable behaviors drawn from Translation Map and 30-60-90 commitments
  • Added as evaluated dimensions in performance review framework
  • Behaviors not orientations: specific, confirmable actions required
Example Indicators
  • "Disclosed ≥1 material client challenge to full leadership team within 48 hrs"
  • "Applied Values Filter to ≥2 major strategic decisions in review period"
  • "Made ≥1 public acknowledgment of organizational mistake without qualifying framing"
1.0–1.9
Developing
2.0–2.9
Emerging
3.0–3.9
Operational
4.0–5.0
Embedded
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Values Alignment Check — All Major Decisions
Ongoing · Phase 3
  • Values Filter questions added as mandatory first step in agenda template for all decisions requiring senior leadership review
  • Sequencing deliberate: values check completed before strategic and financial analysis is presented
  • Prevents Performative Pivot by requiring genuine strategic fit before market appeal evaluated
21
Cultural Ritual
One Established & Embedded
  • One recurring organizationally recognized practice embedded in existing rhythms
Options
  • "Honest accounting" minute: 60-sec round at start of each leadership meeting — each member names one thing currently true and difficult
  • "Values check" step: Post-decision review naming which values were present and under pressure
  • "Authentic moment" recognition: Brief weekly acknowledgment of observed authentic leadership
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Day 90 Compass Review
With Practitioner or Partner
  • Full Compass Worksheet reviewed — all four sections
  • Pre-Flight comparison scores reviewed against Day 1 baseline
  • Strategy selections assessed against behavioral outcomes
Decision Gate: Authenticity Score improved & habits sustained?
No → Return to Phase 2 structural change work
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Team Qualitative Feedback
Gathered at Day 90
  • Qualitative feedback collected from leadership team
  • Informs culture integration assessment and Phase 3 outcome evaluation
  • External calibration against leader's self-assessment of Authenticity Indicators
↓ Yes
Authenticity Score improved
& habits sustained?
No → Revisit Phase 2
Day 90 Review & Close · Full Instrument Inventory
Day 90 Review Complete
Pre-Flight comparison scores reviewed · Score vs. Day 1 baseline · Next 90-day architecture designed before review concludes
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Pre-Flight Diagnostic — Day 90 Retake
Pre-Flight R2
  • Full re-administration of the 15-item instrument
  • New Authenticity Score and Trap Profile generated
  • Comparison against Day 1 baseline: score improvement and trap cluster movement
  • If score not improved: review commitment structure — not leader motivation. Architecture is the variable to redesign.
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EQV Compass Worksheet — Final Review
Full Review
  • Full four-section review with practitioner or accountability partner
  • Strategy selections assessed against behavioral outcomes
  • Forms the basis for next 90-day architecture design
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Psychological Safety Survey — Final Score
Third Administration
  • Third administration — comparison against Day 31 and Day 60 data points
  • Confirms whether structural changes produced durable organizational climate shift
  • Trust Density subscale reviewed separately
27
Authenticity Indicators — Scored & Reviewed
Performance Review
  • Leader self-assessment complete
  • Facilitator independent review complete
  • Overall Authenticity Score compared against band classification
  • Output copied to performance review record
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Next 90-Day Architecture Design
Before Day 90 Concludes
  • Designed before the Day 90 review ends — not after
  • Highest-frequency Translation Map behaviors (rated 4–5) reviewed for Culture Codification input
  • Aspirational values from Values Filter reconsidered — which are now ready for Translation Map entry?
  • New Compass Worksheet cycle begins
Continue Development Arc?
Yes → New 90-day cycle begins
No → Sustained Authenticity Architecture embedded
Yes → New 90-day cycle
Continue
development arc?
Sustained Authenticity Architecture · Each 90-Day Cycle
SUSTAINED AUTHENTICITY ARCHITECTURE
EQV practices embedded in org processes & leadership culture  ·  Authentic leadership is navigational — phases and milestones continue
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Pre-Flight Diagnostic
Each Cycle
  • Re-administered at start of each new 90-day architecture
  • Tracks cumulative Authenticity Score trajectory
  • Trap Profile monitored for regression under new pressures
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EQV Compass Worksheet
Each Cycle
  • New cycle begins before previous Day 90 review concludes
  • Core values reviewed against new organizational context
  • Strategy Library updated as challenge patterns evolve
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Values Filter — All Decisions
Organizational Practice
  • Embedded in decision-making agenda template
  • Applied before strategic and financial analysis in every senior leadership decision
  • No longer a coaching exercise — an organizational operating procedure
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Authenticity Indicators
Performance Framework
  • Active in each performance review cycle
  • Indicators updated each 90-day cycle to reflect new Translation Map behaviors
  • Scoring band trajectory tracked across cycles
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Daily Authenticity Journal
Navigational Practice
  • Maintained as a navigational practice — not a phase-specific compliance tool
  • Discomfort scores used to identify emerging pressure conditions before they produce regression
EQV Framework  ·  Client Intervention Process Flow  ·  Confidential Instrument Deployment by Phase  ·  Source: Ch. 8 Pre-Flight · Ch. 9 Four Traps · Ch. 10 Compass  ·  Esse Quam Videri