What is determination?
Determination is sustained commitment toward a worthwhile outcome, combined with enough judgment to change the method—or the goal—when evidence and costs materially change.
Explore how consistently you choose worthwhile goals, sustain effort, and adjust after setbacks.
A determined leader does not repeat a failed plan to prove commitment. They preserve the important outcome, study why progress stalled, obtain support, and test a more credible route.
Answer as you are today
Choose the answer that best describes your recent behaviour at work. No email required.
What does determination mean?
Determination is the capacity to keep directing effort toward a meaningful goal while learning from obstacles and changing an ineffective approach.
Why it matters at work
Leadership goals often outlast initial motivation. Determination helps turn intent into sustained action, but it works best when persistence is paired with feedback rather than blind attachment to one method.
What this assessment measures
Purposeful commitment
Choosing goals that merit sustained effort and defining progress.
Sustained effort
Continuing useful action after motivation or novelty fades.
Adaptive recovery
Learning from setbacks without abandoning the objective too quickly.
How to interpret your score
Your overall result is normalised to a 0–100 scale. Use it to choose a practice area, not to compare your worth with somebody else.
Build your determination foundation
Your answers point to a few recurring situations where a simple routine could make your response more reliable.
A useful determination base
You already use this skill in some situations. The opportunity is to make it more dependable when pressure or ambiguity rises.
A strong determination pattern
Your answers suggest a reliable pattern. Keep testing it in harder situations and watch for the dimension that trails the others.
Designed for reflection, not diagnosis
The ten behaviour-based statements cover 3 practical dimensions. Responses run from “Never” to “Almost always”; negatively worded items are reverse-scored. Overall and dimension results are converted to a 0–100 scale. The assessment is educational and has not been psychometrically validated.
Read the full assessment methodology and editorial standards.
Research that informed this page
Angela L. Duckworth, Christopher Peterson, Michael D. Matthews, and Dennis R. Kelly (2007), “Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals”, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.