What's Your Next Right Step in Trauma-Informed Leadership?

You do not have to be in crisis to benefit from this. You just have to be a leader who cares about doing the work right.

This 2-minute quiz will help you identify where you are right now and match you with one or two specific tools for your next right step. No generic download dump. No shame. Just a clearer place to begin.

Built for leaders in schools, courts, nonprofits, public agencies, and human-serving organizations who are already in the work and want to go deeper.

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1). What brings you here today? *

I'm carrying a lot and I need tools that help me hold it together

My team is struggling and I want to support them better

Our culture needs to shift and I need to lead that change

I'm not sure yet. I just know something needs to change

2). Which best describes your role within your organization or system? *

I support people directly (teacher, caseworker, corrections officer, direct care staff)

I lead teams or programs (principal, HR manager, program director, supervisor)

I influence systems or policy (superintendent, agency head, judge, executive director)

I wear multiple hats or work across levels (small nonprofit leader, collaborative lead)

3). When you think about this week at work, which feels most true? *

I'm running on empty and I'm aware of it

I'm fine until I'm not, and by then I've already snapped at someone or shut down

I push through because my team needs me to hold it together

I've built some routines that help. They don't always stick, but I have them

4). How familiar are you with trauma-informed practices? *

I am new to the concept

I've heard the term, but don’t know where to start

I've done some training or reading and I'm building from there

I've been doing this work for a while and I'm looking to go deeper

5). When there's tension between two people on your team, what usually happens? *

I wait and hope it resolves on its own (it usually doesn't)

I talk to each person separately but never bring them together

I try to facilitate a conversation but it often makes things worse

People come to me when things break down. I help coach them through it

6). What do you need most right now? *

Tools to regulate myself and prevent burnout

Ways to make meetings and hard conversations more people-centered

A step-by-step path to shift our organizational culture

Help translating trauma-informed ideas into things I can actually do Monday morning

7). Do you currently have any trauma-informed practices or rituals in place? *

Not yet

A few things, but not consistently

We have team rituals like check-ins or grounding that we use regularly

Yes, we've embedded this across our team or organization

8). What most often derails your trauma-informed intentions? *

I get triggered by my own stuff in hard conversations

There's no time. Survival mode takes over and the work falls away

My team is on board but our systems and policies aren't built for this

I'm doing this mostly alone without organizational support or buy-in

9). Have you used tools like a self-care plan, community meeting structure, or a team check-in protocol? *

No, I haven't

I've tried one or two things

I use them occasionally but not consistently

They're part of our regular rhythm

10). If your staff could say one sentence about your workplace right now, which would it be? *

'I love this work but I can't keep doing it at this pace'

'Nobody really talks about what's going on here'

'We want to change but we don't know where to start'

'We've made progress, but it disappears when things get hard'

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