Based on deep research and more than 30 years of experience in developing senior leaders, the Play to Thrive leadership assessment is created by Prof. Susan Goldsworthy OLY, and is grounded in Dr. Duncan Coombe’s research which is the basis of the award-winning “Care to Dare” book as well. The proven play to thrive leadership model empowers anyone who works in, or leads, teams to sustain high performance and bring a new level of energy and direction to the team processes.

• Insights: The play to Thrive leadership framework and assessment measures the leaders capabilities in 9 evidence-based behaviours across three domains:

  • Making Conscious Choices

  • Providing Constructive Challenge

  • Engaging in Courageous Communication

• Fast: 2–5-minute survey (Available in concise and in-depth versions)

• Flexible: You can use Play to Thrive leadership assessment as a self-assessment or full 360° feedback to discover your strengths, development areas and blindspot.  

• Global reach: available in EN, FR, DE, ES, PT, IT.

• Actionable output: instant, personalised report driven by an AI insight engine, with an optional subscription to an always-on personal AI coach.

• Enterprise ready: secure, GDPR compliant platform gives educators, coaches and team leaders access to participant reports for high-impact debrief sessions.

• Ideal use cases: Executive education interventions serving Mid to Senior Executives, External Consulting interventions, Internal OD interventions, MBA, EMBA or Master level programs in Management

Rev. Susan Goldsworthy, PhD, OLY, is Affiliate Professor of Leadership, Communications, and Organizational Change at IMD Business School. A former Olympic finalist and award-winning author, she holds a PhD in Organizational Change (Ashridge Hult), an Executive Master’s in the Neuroscience of Leadership (Middlesex/NeuroLeadership Institute), and an MSc in Consulting and Coaching for Change (HEC/Oxford). She has been ordained as a OneSpirit Interfaith Minister.

With over 20 years of senior-level experience in global multinationals across Japan, the US, and Europe, she has led large-scale communications, culture-shift, brand management, and diversity initiatives. As Founder & CEO of Goldswolf & Associates, she translates cutting-edge brain science into practical leadership development and organizational change solutions.