The People Audit

Find your organization’s biggest leadership and culture gaps—in minutes.

Choose the assessment that best fits your role below.



Most organizations don’t have a people problem.
They have a clarity problem.


When performance stalls, boards disengage, or teams feel misaligned, leaders often sense something is off but can’t pinpoint why.

The People Audit gives you a clear snapshot of where alignment is breaking down so you can focus on what actually matters.

Choose your assessment below:

Select the assessment that best fits your role or organization.
You’ll receive a results summary that highlights key patterns and priority focus areas.

Most leaders complete the audit in under 10 minutes.

 Leadership Readiness

Evaluates leadership alignment, capacity, and readiness to lead through change. Identifies gaps between expectations and execution.

Team Dynamics

Assesses team communication, collaboration, and conflict. Surfaces trust gaps, silos, and patterns that impact overall performance.

Board Health

Examines how effectively the board is governing and fulfilling its key roles. Evaluates engagement, oversight, and strategic focus.

All three assessments are confidential. Your results are private and will only be shared with you. We respect your time and your trust.

What You’ll Receive

• A clear results summary across board, team, and leadership
• Insight into where misalignment is creating friction
• Direction on where to focus first

Most leaders say this gives language to what they’ve been feeling—but couldn’t name.

Your results reveal patterns. not prescriptions.


If you want help interpreting what these patterns mean and deciding where to focus first, the CORE Review is a focused 90-minute working session designed to turn insight into clear priorities. Learn more about our CORE Review.

Trusted by Leaders Navigating Complex People Challenges

Carla is a straight shooter. She’s direct, thoughtful, intentional, and pragmatic, providing detailed strategies on how to put things in motion and actually execute.

Dr. David K.

COO, Government Agency

It was a leadership session that really went beyond the usual talk about goals and productivity. It focused on the emotional and mental toll leadership can take especially burnout, trauma, and stress.

Dr. Sharetta R.

Chief Public Affairs Officer, County Government

Directly applicable and relevant with immediate actionable steps to take. Extremely valuable!

Janet E.

CEO, Nonprofit Organization

Find the people gap that’s holding your organization back

Meet Carla Harris

As CEO of The People Institute, Carla partners with boards, executives, and senior teams to diagnose the people challenges that stall progress and clarify what to address first.

Her work focuses on governance, leadership readiness, and team dynamics, helping leaders understand where alignment is breaking down and create a clear, practical path forward. She blends research-based frameworks with lived executive experience to support confident, informed decision-making.

With over 20 years of executive coaching experience, Carla brings a steady, direct approach designed to create clarity, accountability, and forward momentum.

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