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Wa'a Leadership Role Theory™
Discover which seat you naturally occupy in the Wa'a — and how that shapes your leadership

This is Step 3 of 3. For the most accurate result, complete the Wa'a Within™ and Core Connect Blueprint™ first — your personality and communication style are the foundation your leadership role is built on.

You can learn to lead the way others need to be led. This assessment identifies the role you default to when that learning is tested — when the storm hits, when the team looks to you, when the pressure is high enough that training recedes and instinct takes over. That is your seat in the Wa'a.

What this assessment reveals

The Wa'a Leadership Role Theory (WLRT) is built on the six-person Polynesian-Hawaiian Wa'a tradition. Every person on a team leads differently — and that difference is not random. It is rooted in how you naturally think, feel, and act when it comes to leading others. This assessment identifies which of the six WLRT roles reflects your natural leadership operating style: where you sit in the canoe, how you paddle, and what the crew depends on you for.

Your result will show your dominant role, your blended strengths, how you show up under pressure, and how your power and influence profile connects to the Power-Influence Mosaic at the heart of WLRT.

How to complete it

There are 60 statements across three sections of 20. For each statement, answer Yes if it genuinely describes how you lead and behave most of the time, or No if it does not.

Answer from a specific, real leadership context — a team you currently lead or have recently led. The most common source of inaccurate results is answering how you lead in your best moments rather than your most frequent ones. Your first instinct is almost always the right one. Trust it.

All 60 questions must be answered. You can move back and change answers before submitting.

The Six Roles of the Wa'a

Style A · Dominant
The Outfitter
Intellect · Head · Strategy
Style B · Dominant
The Bowman
Empathy · Heart · Connection
Style C · Dominant
The Middleman
Action · Hands · Execution
Style A/B · Blended
The Steersman
Intellect + Empathy
Style A/C · Blended
The Pilot
Intellect + Action
Style B/C · Blended
The Transporter
Empathy + Action

Takes approximately 8–12 minutes · 60 questions · Results displayed immediately upon completion

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Your WLRT Leadership Role Profile

Wa'a Leadership Role Theory™ · The Creek & Paddle System™ · One Crew. One Canoe. One Mission.

Section 1 · Style A
Outfitter
0
out of 20
Section 2 · Style B
Bowman
0
out of 20
Section 3 · Style C
Middleman
0
out of 20

How to Read Your Scores

One high score, two lower (dominant style): You are a dominant-role leader. The high score is your natural seat in the Wa'a — the role you default to under normal conditions and lean harder into under pressure. The Outfitter (A), Bowman (B), and Middleman (C) are the three dominant styles.

Two high scores, one low (blended style): You are a blended-role leader. High A + high B = Steersman. High A + high C = Pilot. High B + high C = Transporter. Blended leaders do not switch between roles — they operate from both simultaneously, which creates a uniquely powerful but uniquely complex leadership profile.

Flat or even scores: Your scores are not settled into a clear pattern, which usually means one of two things: you are actively developing your leadership style across multiple dimensions, or you answered based on aspiration rather than actual behavior. Retake with a specific recent leadership challenge in mind.

Score 14–20 · Primary role

This is your natural seat in the Wa'a. You operate here automatically, and this role intensifies under pressure. The crew reads you through this role.

Score 8–13 · Backup role

You can access this role when required, but it takes deliberate effort. This is your growth edge — developing it expands your range significantly.

Score 4–7 · Limited access

You rarely lead from here naturally. Team members who rely on this style may feel unseen or undersupported by you. Awareness is the first step.

Score 0–3 · Absent seat

This style is nearly absent from your natural leadership pattern. If your team depends on this role and no one fills it, the canoe drifts.

Connection to Paddle 2 — The Core Connect Blueprint™

Your WLRT leadership role and your Core Connect communication style are two different — but deeply related — things. Your role describes how you lead; your style describes how you communicate that leadership. An Outfitter who leads as an Ihu™ communicator drives with directness and strategy simultaneously. A Bowman who leads as a Wake communicator layers empathy on empathy — powerful with people, potentially uncomfortable with conflict. Taking the Core Connect Assessment alongside this one gives you the complete picture of how your leadership role and communication style either amplify or limit each other.

Wa'a Leadership Role Theory Assessment™ · Paddle 1 of The Creek & Paddle System™
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