The Alignment Scorecard
A practical, professionally designed resource you can use immediately.
About This Resource
Most career dissatisfaction isn’t a mystery — it’s a mismatch. The Alignment Scorecard is a structured, evidence-based assessment that shows you exactly where the fit between who you are and where you’re working is strong, where it’s eroding, and what to do about it. Built on 30+ years of person-environment fit research (Edwards, 1991; Kristof-Brown et al., 2005), self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), VIA character strengths research (Peterson & Seligman, 2004), and career construction theory (Savickas, 2005), this scorecard measures five distinct dimensions of fit: **Strength Fit** — Are you working from your signature strengths daily, or mostly from competencies that drain you? **Skill Use** — Is your work appropriately challenging — demanding enough to engage, not so demanding it’s chronic stress? **Values Fit** — Do the organization’s actual priorities and culture match your core values — not just its stated ones? **Growth** — Are you building toward somewhere meaningful, or running in place? **Lifestyle** — Does the structure of this work fit the life you’re trying to live? Each dimension is scored 1–10. You get your total Alignment Score out of 50, a research-grounded interpretation guide with thresholds, and specific “Fix It” strategies for every dimension below 6 — drawing on job crafting research, SDT interventions, career adaptability techniques, and values negotiation frameworks. Includes 90-day action planning worksheets, a quarterly reassessment tracking table, and reflection prompts drawn from coaching practice. 10 peer-reviewed citations with DOIs. Complete in 20–30 minutes. Act on for a lifetime.
Key Benefits
What you’ll gain
- Score yourself across 5 research-backed dimensions of person-environment fit
- Get a single Alignment Score (out of 50) with grounded interpretation thresholds
- Identify exactly which dimensions are draining you — and which are strengths
- “Fix It” strategies per dimension: evidence-based, actionable, not generic advice
- 90-day action plan worksheets with space for experiments and check-ins
- Coach’s notes throughout: what a skilled coach would tell you at each score level
- Quarterly reassessment tracking table to monitor alignment over time
- 10 peer-reviewed citations — every claim traceable to real research
How professionals use this
- Professionals feeling “stuck” but unable to articulate exactly why
- Career changers who want to understand what’s actually missing before making a move
- High performers who are succeeding externally but feel chronically dissatisfied
- Coaches and managers as a structured assessment tool for clients or team members
- Anyone at a career inflection point — promotion, pivot, return from leave
