R.I.S.E. Index™ Inventory

Welcome to the R.I.S.E. Index™.

The R.I.S.E. Index™ (Reflexive Inquiry for Systemic Equity) is a leadership inventory designed to illuminate how equity-centered leadership capacities are expressed in your everyday practice. Grounded in the Renfaut Praxis Paradigm and informed by critical race theory, critical realism, and complexity theory, the inventory invites you to pause, reflect, and examine how you recognize systems, engage complexity, take courageous action, and sustain meaningful transformation.

This inventory is not about perfection or passing a test. Your responses will identify areas of strength, reveal opportunities for continued growth, and generate a personalized Leadership Profile.

What to Expect

  • Reality ReckoningRecognizing systems, power, history, and structural inequity.
  • Indeterminate BecomingLeading through uncertainty with learning, adaptability, and curiosity.
  • Disruptive EngagementTaking courageous action to interrupt harmful patterns and challenge injustice.
  • Emancipatory ShiftCreating equitable systems that expand participation, belonging, and shared power.
  • Radical RenewalSustaining transformation through regeneration, accountability, and collective care.

How to Complete This Inventory

Please read each statement carefully and respond according to how you typically lead, not how you hope to lead or how you believe you should respond.

  • Think about your leadership across the situations you encounter most often rather than one isolated event.
  • Choose the response that best reflects what is consistently true of your current practice.
  • Trust your first reaction and avoid overthinking individual statements.
  • Select one response for every statement.
  • Allow approximately 10–15 minutes and complete the inventory in one sitting when possible.

Response Scale

  • Very Much Like MeThis statement describes me consistently.
  • Somewhat Like MeThis statement describes me fairly often.
  • A Little Like MeThis statement describes me occasionally.
  • Not Like MeThis statement rarely or never describes me.

Before you begin: There are no right or wrong answers. Honest responses provide the most meaningful Leadership Profile. Review how responses are collected, used, and stored in the Renfaut Privacy Notice.

Consent and Confidentiality

The R.I.S.E. Index™ Inventory is designed to support reflection on your current leadership practice. Your responses will be used to generate your individual Leadership Snapshot and, when applicable, confidential aggregate reports for organizations. Individual responses and Leadership Snapshots will not be shared with an employer, organization, or other participant without additional authorization, except where disclosure is required by law. Demographic information is used for reporting and analysis and does not affect your individual results.

By selecting Start Inventory, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this information and voluntarily consent to participate in the R.I.S.E. Index™ Inventory.

The goal is not perfection. The goal is becoming more intentional in how we create the conditions for equity, liberation, and collective flourishing.

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