Diagnostic instrument
How PE-ready is your product leader?
Fifteen questions, six dimensions, one score out of 600. Built from interviews with fourteen Chief Product Officers operating inside PE and VC-backed businesses. Use it to assess a portfolio CPO before the next board meeting, a shortlisted candidate before the offer, or your own product organisation before the diligence call.
Scoring is evidence-anchored, not self-rated. For each question, pick the option that matches the strength of the proof you have for the leader being assessed, not the strength of their self-description.
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Product Leadership Diagnostic · Results
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Six dimensions
Strengths to lean on
Gaps to interrogate
Run this on a portco before Monday's board meeting. Book a 30-minute portfolio review with Be Kaler Pilgrim to talk through the scorecard, the failure modes that came up, and what to brief the search on.