8-Week Cyber Leadership Program Analysis & Planning Tool
Week 1 establishes the foundation for cyber leadership transformation, heavily emphasizing personal development across Strategy, Influence, and EQ pillars. Participants undergo a fundamental identity shift from technical operators to strategic influencers. The STRIKE self-assessment diagnostic reveals current competency gaps, while the SUPER 100-day plan provides a strategic roadmap for leadership development.
Complete overview of leadership development progression across all competency areas
The 8-week STRIKE program demonstrates a carefully orchestrated progression from individual leadership foundation to organizational transformation mastery. Week 1-2 focus on personal identity and strategic thinking, establishing core competencies in self-leadership. Weeks 3-4 pivot to organizational impact through culture transformation and operational excellence. Weeks 5-6 achieve peak influence and governance expertise, preparing participants for C-suite interactions. The final weeks (7-8) solidify crisis leadership capabilities and sustainable performance, creating well-rounded cyber executives.
Explore your cyber leadership strengths and growth opportunities across the STRIKE framework. This is not a testβit's a mirror for continuous development.
There are no right answersβonly insights to guide your growth. This reflection tool helps you identify your current leadership strengths and uncover blind spots across the six STRIKE pillars.
This comprehensive reflection covers all 24 areas of the STRIKE framework: 6 pillars across 4 leadership levels. Take your time to thoughtfully consider each dimension of your leadership journey.
Aligning cybersecurity with business value creation and competitive advantage
I consistently think strategically about cybersecurity challenges, connecting them to broader business outcomes and competitive positioning.
I can clearly articulate my personal vision for how cybersecurity creates business value and competitive advantage.
I effectively communicate strategic cybersecurity vision to my team, ensuring everyone understands how their work contributes to business strategy.
My team consistently delivers strategic initiatives that directly support enterprise business objectives and growth plans.
My cybersecurity strategy is fully integrated with enterprise business strategy, informing major organizational decisions and directions.
I influence organizational strategic planning processes, ensuring cybersecurity considerations shape enterprise-wide initiatives from inception.
I contribute to industry-wide cybersecurity strategic thinking, influencing sector standards and competitive practices.
My strategic insights and approaches are recognized and adopted by peers across the cybersecurity domain and broader industry.
Leading organizational change and capability evolution across all levels
I continuously evolve my own capabilities and adapt my leadership approach to meet changing cybersecurity demands.
I proactively identify and develop new competencies needed for future cybersecurity leadership challenges.
I successfully guide my team through capability transformations, building new skills and operating models that enhance performance.
My team embraces change and innovation, consistently developing new approaches to cybersecurity challenges.
I design and execute major organizational cybersecurity transformations that fundamentally improve enterprise resilience and capability.
I create future-ready cyber operating models that scale with business growth and adapt to emerging threats.
I drive transformation initiatives that influence cybersecurity practices across my industry sector and professional domain.
My transformation methodologies and approaches are recognized and adopted by cybersecurity leaders across the broader professional community.
Building antifragile capabilities and conscious risk ownership culture
I maintain composure, clear judgment, and effective decision-making under intense cybersecurity pressure and uncertainty.
I continuously develop my personal antifragility, growing stronger and more capable through cybersecurity challenges and setbacks.
I build resilient teams that perform effectively under pressure and learn from cybersecurity incidents to become stronger.
My team demonstrates conscious risk ownership, proactively identifying and managing cybersecurity challenges before they escalate.
I create and embed a culture of conscious risk ownership throughout the organization, making resilience a core enterprise capability.
I design organizational systems and processes that become stronger and more capable through cyber stress and adversity.
I contribute to building sector-wide cybersecurity resilience, sharing knowledge and practices that strengthen the broader professional community.
My resilience approaches and crisis leadership methods are recognized and adopted by cybersecurity leaders across my industry domain.
Executive presence, stakeholder engagement, and strategic communication mastery
I consistently project executive presence and credibility when communicating cybersecurity priorities and insights.
I effectively adapt my communication style and influence approach to different stakeholder audiences and contexts.
I inspire and motivate my team to achieve exceptional cybersecurity outcomes through compelling vision and clear direction.
I effectively influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders to prioritize and support cybersecurity initiatives.
I effectively influence executive peers and the board, shaping enterprise-wide cybersecurity mindset and decision-making.
The board and executive leadership trust my judgment on cybersecurity risk trade-offs and strategic investment decisions.
I am recognized as a thought leader whose cybersecurity insights influence practices and standards across my industry sector.
My influence extends beyond my organization to shape cybersecurity discourse and decision-making across the broader professional domain.
Translating technical knowledge into business insight and governance excellence
I continuously expand my cybersecurity knowledge and stay current with emerging threats, technologies, and business implications.
I effectively synthesize complex cybersecurity information to form clear insights and actionable intelligence for decision-making.
I effectively develop my team's cybersecurity knowledge and analytical capabilities, creating a learning organization.
My team consistently produces high-quality cybersecurity intelligence and insights that inform strategic decisions.
I translate complex cybersecurity knowledge into meaningful KRIs, executive dashboards, and governance frameworks that create board trust.
My governance frameworks enable agile business alignment while maintaining rigorous cybersecurity oversight and accountability.
I contribute specialized cybersecurity knowledge to industry forums, standards bodies, and professional communities.
My cybersecurity knowledge and insights are recognized as authoritative by peers and sought after across the professional domain.
Self-awareness, people leadership mastery, and sustained executive performance
I maintain exceptional self-awareness of my emotions, reactions, and impact on others in high-pressure cybersecurity situations.
I sustain peak performance and energy as a cyber executive, managing stress and pressure while maintaining personal effectiveness.
I effectively read and respond to my team's emotional needs, creating psychological safety and high performance in cybersecurity work.
I routinely mentor and develop emerging leaders within my team, helping them grow both technical and emotional intelligence capabilities.
I effectively navigate complex organizational politics and stakeholder dynamics to advance cybersecurity objectives.
I create and sustain a positive organizational culture that attracts, develops, and retains top cybersecurity talent.
I demonstrate emotional intelligence that inspires and elevates the broader cybersecurity professional community.
My leadership approach and emotional intelligence are recognized as exemplary, influencing how cybersecurity leaders across the domain develop and lead.