SteadMark Research
SteadMark labels each team member's behavioral mode on a workday cadence. There are two labels: engaged and self-preservation. Each label carries three named drivers so a manager can act on the why, not the label.
A team member in engaged mode is asking questions, proposing solutions, and contributing on topics outside their narrow scope. Volunteered effort goes up. Information flow is two-way.
Engaged mode is not the same as agreement. A direct report can disagree with a change loudly and remain engaged. The label tracks scope and contribution, not sentiment.
A team member in self-preservation mode has narrowed scope, reduced volunteered contribution, and is protecting against further demands. Replies shrink. New ideas stop appearing. Updates become defensive rather than additive.
Self-preservation is recoverable. It is not a personality trait, a tenure problem, or a performance score. The label is reversible the moment the underlying driver (knowhow, capability, agency, or connection) is addressed.
Every mode label arrives with three named drivers from the CAR pattern (knowhow, capability, agency, connection). The drivers tell the manager which conversation will move the label. Without a driver, a label is a verdict. With a driver, it is a next move.
Drivers come from a rolling 14-day window of communication patterns, pulse responses, and load. No single message determines a label.
Labels are produced by the SteadMark classify-mode classifier from communication-pattern features, pulse responses, and load score. The classifier never stores message content. Aggregate rates and label distributions are reported per team, never as individual performance scores.
The framework on this page powers the daily plan SteadMark sends each manager.
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