Stay or Leave Diagnostic

What This Is

A structured decision tool that resolves one specific question:

Does staying in your current role still make strategic sense, or is leaving the more rational move given what you know today?

This is not coaching, exploration, or career advice.
It is a diagnostic that produces a clear, defensible conclusion you can act on.

What You Get

A complete diagnostic built on the HNP Strategic Decision Framework, applied through five sequential assessments:

• Context Reality
  Separates what is real from what is wished-for in your situation.

• Position and Risk Evaluation
  Assesses readiness and the risk asymmetry between staying and leaving.

• Leverage Verification
  Identifies actual negotiating power versus competence or effort.

• Decision Synthesis
  Forces a clear directional conclusion.

• Execution Implications
  Clarifies what your decision realistically requires to hold.

You also receive:

• A Decision Capture Worksheet to document your assessment as you work.

• Execution Support covering conversation framing, signal interpretation, and boundary principles for independent implementation.

• A Decision Record Protocol to track predictions against outcomes and improve future judgment.

What You Will Have at the End

A documented strategic position stating one of four conclusions:

• Stay and Push – Context is workable and leverage can increase

• Stay and Stabilize – Temporary hold to rebuild position

• Prepare Exit – Staying no longer rational, preparation improves outcome

• Exit Now – Staying increases risk faster than leaving

You will also have:

• explicit reasoning

• evidence supporting your conclusion

• predictions

• reassessment triggers

This is your decision, recorded clearly.

Time Investment

90–120 minutes, completed in one or two focused sittings.

This Is Right for You If

• You sense something is off in your current role

• You have been thinking about leaving, even intermittently

• You want a decision you can defend six or twelve months from now

• You can implement independently once you have clarity

This Is Not Right for You If

• You want someone to tell you what to do

• You need reassurance more than clarity

• You are browsing or exploring rather than deciding

• Execution requires political navigation or multi-stakeholder management
  (A Decision Brief is appropriate in that case)

What This Does Not Include

• Individual feedback or interpretation of your situation

• Follow-up clarification or coaching

• Political navigation or execution strategy for complex contexts

• Personalized judgment accounting for your manager, company, or power dynamics

The diagnostic provides the structure.
You apply it to your situation.

When to Escalate

If execution requires:

• navigating internal politics

• timing sensitive conversations

• interpreting ambiguous organizational signals

• managing multiple stakeholders

Then a Decision Brief is the appropriate next step.

The diagnostic resolves whether staying makes sense.
Decision Briefs resolve how to execute under complexity.

How This Works

1. Purchase access

2. Set aside 90–120 uninterrupted minutes

3. Work through five assessments sequentially

4. Document your reasoning in the worksheet

5. Record your decision and evidence

6. Use execution framing if acting independently

7. Review against predictions at 30, 90, and 180 days

What Makes This Different

• Evidence-based
  Built on decision science addressing common cognitive biases such as confirmation bias, planning fallacy, loss aversion, status quo bias, and illusion of control.

• Judgment-driven
  Produces clear conclusions, not open-ended reflection.

• Decision-quality focused
  Separates decision quality from outcome quality so you can actually learn over time.

• No false reassurance
  It will not tell you what you want to hear. It will surface what the evidence supports.

Common Questions

Is this personalized to my situation?
No. You apply the framework to your situation. The structure is designed to surface the right questions and prevent common decision failures, but interpretation is yours.

What if I am not sure after completing it?
Uncertainty usually signals missing leverage or unresolved risk. The diagnostic will show you what is unclear, which is valuable information in itself.

What if my situation is very complex?
Complexity in execution is different from complexity in deciding. If execution requires political navigation or careful sequencing, escalation is appropriate.

Purchase Includes

• Complete Stay / Leave Diagnostic

• Decision Capture Worksheet (Notion-ready)

• Lifetime access

• Permission to reuse for future stay/leave decisions

Not Included

• Review of your completed assessment

• Feedback on reasoning or conclusions

• Follow-up questions or clarification

• Execution support beyond framework guidance

Refund Policy

No refunds after purchase.
This is a self-directed diagnostic tool. You are purchasing the framework and structure, not guaranteed outcomes.

If you are unsure whether this is appropriate, email before purchasing.

Next Step

If this matches what you need, purchase access now.

If you need judgment applied to your specific context rather than a framework to apply yourself, start with a Decision Brief instead.