The Momentum of Authenticity

Every strength has a tipping point. Know yours before the pressure does.

Authentum's BASIS™ assessment shows how you work at your best, and how that shifts under rising pressure. For you, your team and the companies you invest in.

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BASIS™ · Capability Intelligence™

Same strengths. Different moves.

ConvictionHumility
CertaintyCuriosity
ResponsivenessFocus

Illustration only. What serves you in one meeting can sink you in the next.

The 2am replay

You go quiet, get sharp, or say yes.
Then you replay it at 2am.

You shrank.You snapped.You people-pleased.

You don't have a confidence problem.
You have a strength that tips under pressure.

Most leadership tools hand you a picture of what good looks like and ask you to close the gap. A language of what good looks like is not enough. You need to know how you get there, starting from who you already are.

Where do you want to start?

One language. Three ways in.

Capability Intelligence™ is what people gain from using BASIS well. It's the thread from you, to your team, to your whole organization.

For leaders

Pivot sooner, not push harder

"Under pressure, does your first instinct still fit who you're becoming?"

  • Spot your pressure pattern in the moment
  • A 4-beat, 60-second move you can use mid-meeting
  • Part of a women-led (not women-only) movement
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For teams & organizations

GPS for how your people work

"Measurable, without sacrificing anyone's path to engagement."

  • See how each person, pair and team works best and under pressure
  • Predict fit before a promotion, hire or reorg
  • Re-runs as your priorities change
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Capability Positioning System™ for founders and team leaders

For equity investors

Behavioral Due Diligence

"The deal thesis is sound. The integration is where value goes to die."

  • Read leadership behavior before you sign
  • Support through recruiting, alignment, integration and exit
  • Re-runs across the full hold, not a one-time snapshot
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Working Well, for your people and your company.

How BASIS™ works

Not who you are. How you work.

BASIS (Business and Attitude Style Information System) measures performance, not personality.

One 15-minute survey

No right answers, no pass or fail. Just how you actually approach your work.

12 performance mindsets

See your Capability Intelligence™: how you work at your best, and how it shifts as pressure rises.

A language you use on a Tuesday

A shared, unbiased way to position yourself, read others and get work done together.

Performance, not personalityNo labels for who you are.
Best and under pressureBoth sides of every strength.
One survey, many reportsSystems information to model recruiting, learning, advancement and cultural needs.
Individual and teamsFor you, relationships, teams and companies.
Dynamic, not fixedRe-runs as the work changes.
Plays well with othersWorks alongside the tools you already use.

A roadmap gives you one fixed set of directions.

BASIS works like GPS. It maps the route from your people's real strengths, and redirects when priorities change. Because there are no fixed answers in a constantly changing workplace.

The golden thread

Thriving people inspire thriving organizations.

You

YouWorkWell™

Where your Capability Intelligence begins: your patterns, your pivots, your next move.

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We

Uprisers™

A women-led, not women-only, community of leaders who mentor the next ones up.

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Org

Organizational Justice™

Measure the individual and the organization fairly, side by side, so both can thrive.

Teams, companies, investors →
Pamela Teagarden, MAPP, founder of Authentum
Why Authentum exists
"A language of what good looks like is not enough."

A global company once asked me to run a multi-million-dollar leadership project. Their leaders "really liked" the culture tool they'd used before. So I asked what the business actually got from it.

The answer, eventually: "a language of what good looks like."

That wasn't enough. Agreeing on the ideal doesn't get anyone there. So I set out to work on how people work, not on what idealistic outcome everyone agrees on. That's where BASIS™, co-authored with Andy Pellant, and Capability Intelligence™ come from.

I've lived on 3 continents and worked in 100+ countries. Diversity was never about how we look. It's about how we think. I'm here to help you advance as yourself.

Pamela Teagarden, MAPP
Founder, Authentum

Forbes, UN Sustainable Development Goals, SHRM, TEDx, Psychology Today, Global Summit of Women, The Wall Street Journal, Thought Leadership Institute, IPPA
Track record

What leaders say

Pam has led leadership work for Microsoft, PwC, Deloitte, Unilever, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland, Yum Restaurants International, Kaiser Permanente and the US Federal Occupational Health agency, along with founders, start-ups, small businesses and equity funders.

The BASIS evaluation revolutionized job interviews, for both sides of the table. The company knows which candidates will meet the team's needs and produce optimal results. After hiring, it knows how to retain top talent and sustain a competitive edge, even in times of rising pressure.
Zoë L. Davidson, Esq.Zoë L. Davidson, Esq.General Counsel
Using BASIS™ to predict each individual's strengths and stress points is like having a bulletproof vest. It allows us to model operational decisions in advance of the inevitable cycles of business crisis.
Barney LindleyBarney LindleyCOO, The Kelley Group
In less than a day, the models uncovered more about our tendencies, habits and go-to strategies under stress than we were conscious of, in real business context.
Craig Stanton, JD, MA, PCCCraig Stanton, JD, MA, PCCDirector, Behavioral Health Unit, US Federal Occupational Health Agency
Simple and brilliant. I have a 'language' to move my business through crisis, using authentic strengths. I made some decisions in leading my business that I never would have made before I understood BASIS™.
Sherri Fisher, MAPP, MEdSherri Fisher, MAPP, MEdDirector, Learn & Flourish, LLC
Pam's insight and tools allowed me to examine my skill set and areas of development like never before. She has helped me develop confidence in areas I might not have been so confident in before.
Anim Aweh, LCSW, LICSW, CHE, CSMAnim Aweh, LCSW, LICSW, CHE, CSMMental health and wellness advisor
Pam's worth in creating new models for HR is ground-breaking and actionable. She has a keen ability to keep her eye on both the business financial bottom line and the employees' well-being and engagement.
Lisa SansomLisa SansomResearcher, coach and consultant

Pressure isn't going anywhere. You'll just stop letting it drive you.

Start with your first lesson in Capability Intelligence™. Or talk with Pam about your team or portfolio.

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