The Leadership Skills Profile – Revised® (LSP-R®) Focus is a scientifically validated, personality-based leadership assessment trusted by organizations worldwide. In just 25 minutes, the LSP-R helps you uncover top competencies, pinpoint skill gaps, and create clear, actionable development plans. Whether the goal is to strengthen succession planning, improve coaching programs, or build high-performing teams, the LSP-R provides the clarity and confidence needed to make better talent decisions.
What is the LSP-R® Focus?
The LSP-R® Focus is a personality-based leadership skills assessment that is useful for guiding employee and leader development efforts. The LSP-R® Focus is built on years of rigorous development efforts and validation research. When paired with the benchmarking option, the LSP-R offers a flexible experience by allowing selected leadership traits to be included in the report. The result is a customizable assessment that provides personalized development recommendations for each test-taker. The user-friendly report helps leaders focus development efforts on the competencies with the greatest potential for growth.
What Does the LSP-R Measure?
The LSP-R evaluates 50 key leadership competencies across four core areas of behavior, providing a complete picture of leadership potential. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, public institutions, and nonprofits worldwide, this scientifically validated assessment helps organizations identify high-potential talent, pinpoint skill gaps, and guide targeted development.
The leadership behaviors in this category emphasize decision-making and problem-solving abilities.
- Analytical orientation
- Creativity
- Objectivity
- Prioritizing
- Thoroughness
- Business acumen
- Decisiveness
- Risk taking
- Technical orientation
The leadership behaviors in this category relate to working effectively and cooperatively with people and maintaining positive interpersonal relationships.
- Active Listening
- Communication
- Interpersonal relations
- Formal presentation
- Operating upwards
- Sensitivity
- Client/Customer Focus
- Conflict management
- First impression
- Negotiation
- Persuasiveness
- Social Astuteness
The leadership behaviors in this category reflect the traits and personal characteristics that facilitate success in a leadership role.
- Achievement and motivation
- Desire to learn
- Emotional control
- Independence
- Open-mindedness
- Self-discipline
- Valuing diversity
- Ambition
- Dependability
- Flexibility
- Integrity
- Productivity
- Self-esteem
- Work/life balance
The leadership behaviors in this category are important to an organization’s operational activities and strategic direction.
- Assuming responsibility
- Delegation
- Emphasizing excellence
- Inspirational role model
- Monitoring and controlling
- Organizational spokesperson
- Short-term planning
- Vision
- Attractive staff
- Developing/coaching others
- Facilitating teamwork
- Involving direct reports
- Motivating others
- Organizing the work of others
- Strategic planning
Who Should Use the LSP-R Focus?
- Leaders or potential leaders who would like to gain insight into their current strengths and development opportunities
- Organizations looking to incorporate a scientifically valid assessment with their existing strategic or HR policies, including talent management programs, high-potential development plans, or succession planning processes
- Managers and HR professionals who want to provide focus and structure to their leadership development and executive coaching programs
- For more information about who should consider using the LSP-R, read our blog on Personality Tests and Their Role in the Workplace, and Why Are Leadership Assessments Important?
What Our Clients Are Saying
Creative Organizational Design (COD) has partnered with SIGMA Assessments for nearly two decades and I can report that they deliver simply excellent tools. The assessments are well-designed, easy to use, and generate brilliantly clear, unambiguous, concise, intuitive, easy-to-understand reports. In addition to their superior product line, they support it with a well-developed, intuitive, streamlined, easy to use web interface, and top-tier customer service. The latter is rarely needed, however, due to the aforementioned high quality of their products, materials, and delivery systems.
COD has worked with many such vendors during our nearly 50 years of existence, and SIGMA stands apart … (SIGMA) is one of our “go-tos” when recommending solutions to our clients … Both we and our clients are consistently thrilled and amazed by the quality and accuracy of the results. We find ourselves returning time and again for the same outstanding experience. We’re deeply grateful to have (SIGMA’s products) in our library of offerings and have absolutely zero reservations about recommending them to our clients. SIGMA is a joy to work with and I can’t say enough about how highly we regard what they produce, how they market their products and services, and how they handle delivery, pricing, and customer service.
J. David Towler, MA
President, Creative Organizational Design
Why Should I Use The LSP-R Focus?
Convenient Administration. The LSP-R can be completed in 25 minutes on SIGMA’s online platform, with reports available immediately upon completion. When paired with the benchmarking option, this leadership assessment allows organizations to identify the leadership competencies most critical for success and generate reports focused exclusively on those competencies.
User-Friendly Report. Get clear, tailored reports and feedback that help develop the competencies that matter most. The LSP-R Focus Report gives a snapshot of scores on all 50 competencies in SIGMA’s Leadership Competency Framework. It highlights which competencies are optimal for development, while remaining flexible enough for leaders to choose their own priorities. This report includes an easy-to-use development guide to support either self-directed or coaching-augmented leadership development.
Powerful and Robust. The LSP-R draws on the latest research in leadership theory and personality measurement to provide organizations with a valid and reliable measure of leadership potential. Its 50 leadership competencies are organized into four broad categories, making it possible to evaluate both individual competencies and overall scores across the Cognitive, Interpersonal, Personal, and Senior Leadership skill domains. The LSP-R can also be paired with SIGMA’s coaching services to drive real business impact.
Superior Development. The LSP-R items were carefully chosen from a pool of over 4,700 personality items, drawing on content from three of SIGMA’s seminal assessments: the Personality Research Form (PRF), Jackson Personality Inventory-Revised (JPIR), and Survey of Work Styles (SWS). For a copy of the LSP-R Psychometric Summary, please contact us.
Trusted by more than 8,500 organizations across North America, including:
Assessment Pricing
The LSP-R Focus is available for online testing only. Below are the associated startup costs.
| US Pricing | Canadian Pricing | |
| Online Testing | $142 | $154 |
- This pricing includes SigmaTesting.com account set-up, 1 LSP-R test administration, 1 LSP-R Focus Report, and access to technical support.tt
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Ready to start developing your leaders?
Ordering the LSP-R online is a quick and easy process. Complete the application form below to receive approval for an online account. Once approved, you will receive an email with your login information. From there, you may log in, purchase the leadership development profile test, and begin administration immediately. If you have questions or need more information, please contact us. Our customer service team will respond within 24 to 48 hours.
Get Certified
The LSP-R is a versatile assessment that supports a wide range of talent management applications. To maximize its value, practitioners need a strong understanding of its features, reports, and applications. The interactive certification program is designed to build that expertise by teaching participants how to interpret, communicate, and apply LSP-R results with confidence.
LSP-R Guides
LSP-R® for Leadership Development
Build strong leadership pipelines with competency-based benchmarks and personal development plans.
LSP-R® for Identifying High Potential
Use data to reliably spot high potential employees and create development plans that attract and retain top talent.
LSP-R® for
Performance Management
Design feedback and performance management processes that create a culture of growth and continuous improvement.
LSP-R® for
Succession Planning
Create a structured, strategic succession planning process based on equitable, data-driven decisions.
How to use the LSP-R
*Slides for administering and debriefing the assessment
How to Launch a Talent Development Program
*Manual for talent development
How to use the LSP-R for Team Building
*Workshop package
Other Resources:
- Step-by-Step Guide to the LSP-R Focus Report
- How to Use the LSP-R Across Cultures
- How to Interpret LSP-R Results Across Cultures
- How to Use the LSP-R in Business Schools (contact us for PPT session slides)
- How to Use the LSP-R in HR Programs (contact us for PPT session slides)
- How to Plan for Succession with the LSP-R
- How to Develop Large Groups on a Small Budget Using the LSP-R
- How to Measure Leadership Using the LSP-R
- For a copy of the LSP-R Psychometric Summary, please contact us.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Leadership Skills Profile – Revised® (LSP-R®) is a 25-minute online leadership assessment. It evaluates 50 key leadership competencies across cognitive, interpersonal, personal, and senior leadership skills, helping human resource leaders, talent managers, and executives identify high-potential talent, close skill gaps, and accelerate leadership growth.
The LSP-R is designed for professionals and is ideal for:
- Current leaders (managers, directors, executives)
- High-potential employees being considered for advancement
- Leadership candidates in hiring or promotion processes
- Participants in leadership development programs
The LSP-R follows a simple, scalable process designed to deliver actionable leadership insights quickly:
- Leaders complete a 25-minute online assessment answering questions about their typical workplace behaviors
- The responses are evaluated across 50 leadership competencies to measure critical leadership capabilities
- Each leader receives clear insights into where they excel and where development is needed, along with indicators of readiness for more complex or senior roles
- HR and executive teams can view results across groups of leaders to identify systemic capability gaps, bench strength, and succession risks
This streamlined process allows organizations across the U.S. and Canada to move quickly from assessment to action, without the delays, costs, or complexity of traditional assessment methods.
The LSP-R helps organizations identify high-potential talent, reduce leadership risk, and accelerate development. Used by thousands of organizations across North America, it enables leaders to:
- Make data-driven hiring and promotion decisions
- Identify high-potential (HiPo) individuals
- Build strong succession pipelines
- Improve leadership development ROI
- Gain clear visibility into leadership bench strength
Whether used in a mid-market organization with 200 to 2,000 employees or a large enterprise with more than 10,000 employees, the LSP-R provides standardized data that supports consistent comparison across leaders.
No. Unlike many other leadership assessments, the LSP-R is:
- Certification-free
- Self-directed for development
- Scalable across populations without individual coaching fees
This makes it economically viable for mid-market and enterprise organizations across the U.S. and Canada.
Many tools focus on personality, require costly coaching, or don’t scale well. Others fail to support broader talent decisions or provide meaningful organizational insight. The LSP-R is different:
- Measures 50 clear leadership competencies (not abstract types)
- Supports both talent decisions and development in one tool
- Scales cost-effectively with no required coaching or certification
- Provides organizational insight into bench strength and succession gaps
- Scientifically validated and widely trusted
The LSP-R delivers actionable, scalable data for real leadership decisions.
The LSP-R makes it possible to generate leadership insights quickly across the organization. Each assessment takes about 25 minutes, and results are available immediately upon completion. As responses are collected, organizations can build a standardized view of leadership capability, identify bench strength and succession gaps, and bring more objective data into board-level talent discussions.
The LSP-R assessment follows a transparent pricing structure:
- U.S.: $137 per assessment
- Canada: $149 per assessment
This includes platform access, reporting, and support, with no mandatory coaching fees or hidden costs, making it highly cost-effective for scaling across large leadership groups.
The LSP-R provides a clear financial and strategic case by keeping the total cost of implementation, administration, and ongoing use low while delivering measurable value. Because one assessment supports both talent decisions and leadership development, organizations avoid paying for multiple tools. Its scalability allows companies to assess large populations without escalating costs, and follow-up measurement options make it possible to demonstrate real improvements in leadership capability over time.
