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What is your Story Tax?

There's a tax
on your calendar
right now.

You're the one
collecting it.

That's not your leadership style.
That's a tax.

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What happens when you click

Three steps.
One score. Ninety days.

01

Connect Microsoft 365

Authorize read-only access to your M365 Copilot data. Your behavioral signals stay inside Microsoft’s cloud. We never see the content.

~5 minutes

02

Receive Your STIx Score

A composite score between 25 and 125. Five pillar breakdowns. Your dollar bleed rate. The dominant drag costing you the most.

Instant · Free

03

Run the 90-Day Protocol

Structured pulse check-ins at Day 21, 45, and 90. Track your score delta. See the bleed rate close in real time.

Documented recovery

Total time to first score: under 15 minutes.

What your score looks like

A real report.
One of seven founding leaders.

Sample · VP of Engineering · Founding Cohort · Anonymized
74 Elevated

$227K / year

recoverable leadership cost

Dominant drag: Decision Identity

Decision Identity
82
Speed Signature
74
Delegation Integrity
71
Meeting Theater
68
After-Hours Processing
63

This leader completed the 90-day protocol. Their Day 90 Index score was 61. 13 points recovered. Documented in Chapter 16.

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See The Index in 90 seconds

What the tax looks like
when you can finally see it.

Reid Carter · Author, The Story Tax

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The Research

Three numbers
from the study.

0 Executives studied
0 Hours per week recoverable
0 Days to close the gap
96 Diagnostics completed

847-executive cohort established the behavioral benchmarks. 7 leaders completed the full 90-day outcome protocol. The dataset grows with every Index taken.

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The Book

The Story Tax

The 90-day protocol behind The Index — published 2026. The four behavioral protocols, your pillar’s chapter, and what top-quartile looks like.

Hardcover · First Edition