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    Work & Life Alignment Assessment

    A 20-question assessment measuring how well your current work fits your life across five dimensions: role satisfaction, energy, purpose, boundaries, and future direction.

    Life design research shows that most people evaluate their careers in isolation from the rest of their lives, which is why so many feel successful on paper but dissatisfied in practice. This assessment measures alignment across five dimensions: role satisfaction, energy management, purpose, boundary health, and future direction. The result is an honest picture of what is working, what is not, and where the gap between your current reality and a well-designed life is largest.

    Questions or items
    20 questions or items
    Completion time
    Around 10 minutes
    Dimensions
    Role Satisfaction, Energy & Wellbeing, Purpose & Meaning, Boundary Health, Future Direction
    What you receive
    Personalised results with configured interpretation bands, section scores and development guidance.

    What it covers

    • Role Satisfaction
    • Energy & Wellbeing
    • Purpose & Meaning
    • Boundary Health
    • Future Direction

    For each statement, rate how true it is for you right now from 1 (not at all true) to 5 (completely true). Rate your current reality, not the situation you are aiming for.

    Results: Personalised results with configured interpretation bands, section scores and development guidance.

    How this interactive diagnostic works

    This page provides the documented overview before the interactive experience is loaded. It lets you read the purpose, the material covered and the way the result is presented without entering answers or sending a request. When you choose to continue, the interactive version uses the same material shown here. It records your selections while you work and only calculates its result when its required items are complete.

    Analytics consent is required before the interactive experience is mounted. Declining consent does not start the diagnostic or its tracking. If you continue, the existing experience remains responsible for its own input, score and lead-capture step. Where the route requests a first name and work email, its existing form handles validation and submission. This overview does not replace those steps or submit a lead.

    Statements in this diagnostic

    The interactive version groups the statements below by section. Read them in relation to the situation named in the instructions, then use the response scale shown by the diagnostic. The section descriptions are part of the existing configuration and explain the aspect each group is intended to examine.

    Role Satisfaction

    How much your current role genuinely motivates you and makes good use of your abilities. Low satisfaction here suggests a fundamental mismatch between what the role requires and what you are designed to do.

    1. I feel genuinely motivated by the work I do each day
    2. My current role makes good use of my strongest skills and abilities
    3. I feel valued and fairly recognised for the contribution I make
    4. The work itself is stimulating and keeps me intellectually or creatively engaged

    Energy & Wellbeing

    Whether your current work is sustainable and how it is affecting your health and overall wellbeing. Energy depletion is often the first sign that something fundamental needs to change.

    1. I finish most working weeks feeling tired but not depleted or burnt out
    2. My workload is generally manageable and sustainable over the long term
    3. My mental health and physical wellbeing are in a good place relative to my work
    4. I have sufficient energy outside of work to invest in the people and things that matter to me

    Purpose & Meaning

    How much your work connects to something you care about. People who lack purpose at work can still perform, but they rarely sustain it — and it often surfaces as disengagement, cynicism, or chronic low motivation.

    1. My current work connects to something I care about or believe is genuinely important
    2. I feel like what I do contributes to something beyond my own personal success
    3. I can see the impact my work has and it feels meaningful to me
    4. I would be comfortable explaining what I do and why it matters to someone I respect deeply

    Boundary Health

    Whether work is respecting the limits of your time, attention, and personal life. Poor boundary health is a leading predictor of burnout and relationship strain, often before any other warning sign is visible.

    1. I am generally able to switch off from work when I am not working
    2. Work does not regularly interfere with my relationships, health, or personal commitments
    3. I feel in control of my time and workload rather than constantly driven by others' urgency
    4. I have enough time and space for the things outside of work that matter to me

    Future Direction

    Whether your current path is building toward something worth building toward. If you are on a treadmill with no destination in sight, future direction will be your lowest-scoring section — and it often predicts the impetus for career change.

    1. I can see a development path in my current role or organisation that genuinely excites me
    2. My current role is building skills and experience that will serve me well in the future
    3. Where I am heading professionally aligns with what I want my life to look like
    4. I am not in this role simply because it is safe or familiar

    How the result is read

    The interactive diagnostic totals the selected item scores by section and across the whole assessment. It then matches those totals to the configured interpretation bands and shows the section-level results alongside the overall result.

    • Well Aligned, 80 to 100: Your work fits your life well across most dimensions. Where your section scores are high, you have genuine alignment — protect it consciously when facing role changes or organisational pressure. Review any section where your score drops below 14, even if your total is high: a single area of significant misalignment can erode the rest over time.
    • Broadly Aligned, 60 to 79: Your work largely fits your life, but there are areas worth paying attention to. Look at your lowest-scoring section: this is where the friction is most likely to build. Broad alignment with pockets of misalignment is a common pattern in mid-career — the question is whether the misaligned areas are getting better or worse. If they are getting worse, early action is easier than late action.
    • Meaningful Misalignment, 40 to 59: Real gaps exist between your current work and what you need. This score range is where many people feel stuck — not in crisis, but not quite right. Your section scores will tell you where the misalignment is most acute. The most useful question at this score is not 'should I leave?' but 'what would need to change for this to work?' If the answer is things that cannot realistically change in your current situation, that is important information.
    • Significant Misalignment, 20 to 39: Your current situation is costing you — in energy, motivation, wellbeing, or a sense of direction. This score calls for honest reflection, not panic. Look at your section scores to identify which dimensions are most misaligned. Some of these may be addressable within your current role; others may require a more fundamental change. The clarity this result gives you is valuable: most people at this score already know something significant needs to shift.

    Sources named in this diagnostic

    • Burnett, B. and Evans, D. (2016) Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
    • Seligman, M.E.P. (2011) Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being. New York: Free Press.
    • Maslach, C. and Leiter, M.P. (2016) 'Understanding the burnout experience', World Psychiatry, 15(2), pp. 103-111.
    • Ryan, R.M. and Deci, E.L. (2000) 'Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation', American Psychologist, 55(1), pp. 68-78.

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    Frequently asked questions

    What does the Work & Life Alignment Assessment measure?

    Life design research shows that most people evaluate their careers in isolation from the rest of their lives, which is why so many feel successful on paper but dissatisfied in practice. This assessment measures alignment across five dimensions: role satisfaction, energy management, purpose, boundary health, and future direction. The result is an honest picture of what is working, what is not, and where the gap between your current reality and a well-designed life is largest.

    How many questions are in the Work & Life Alignment Assessment?

    It contains 20 questions grouped into 5 dimensions: Role Satisfaction, Energy & Wellbeing, Purpose & Meaning, Boundary Health, Future Direction.

    How is the Work & Life Alignment Assessment scored?

    Responses are scored within each section and totalled across the diagnostic. The total is compared with the configured interpretation bands.

    What happens after I complete the Work & Life Alignment Assessment?

    After the required items are answered, the existing first-name and email gate is shown before the results are displayed. The result includes an overall interpretation, section scores and development guidance.

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