In Tension, Great Leaders Thrive.Are You One of Them?

Your response to tension could be driving—or sabotaging—your leadership. The Rawlins Fully Present Index (RFPI) is the first tool designed to uncover your instinctive patterns and equip you with proven strategies to transform tension into your greatest advantage.

Before you begin

This brief assessment is designed to provide initial insight into your instinctive response patterns when encountering tension. Specifically, it explores whether your natural reaction is toward:

Fight: to attack, compete, or assert dominance,
or
Flight: to appease, freeze, or seek to please.

Understanding these foundational reactions is a crucial starting point, as they represent the body's most immediate, biologically driven mechanisms for self-protection.

How do you respond to tension?

Take this quiz…

As you take the test, do not think in the abstract about what you would like to do, but think of a specific current situation where there is tension. Use this ‘mentality’ to take the test as it will give you the most realistic answers.

Rate each statement on a scale of 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree)

1. In tension situations my anger often gets the better of me.

2. When there is conflict in a group, I often quickly assert myself to ensure that things don’t get messy.

3. If someone has a strong opinion about something, I will push just as hard to make sure my views are heard.

4. When tensions rise, I get really impatient.

5. When faced with rising tension, I tend to give in to preserve the peace.

6. When faced with strong emotions, I feel unsure about what to do and tend to keep quiet.

7. When someone is angry, I prefer to dampen how I really feel about something so as to pacify the person.

8. When I feel discomfort, I just want to get away from the situation, and tend to keep my thoughts to myself.