SCARF Diagnostic | Performance & Culture Consultants
3-Minute Diagnostic

Discover Your
SCARF Profile.
Lead With It.

Rank your five social brain needs — Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, Fairness — and unlock what that means for how you lead yourself, show up at work, and influence others.

Status Certainty Autonomy Relatedness Fairness
15 Questions
3 Minutes
5 Dimensions

Developed by Alicia Savage · aliciasavage.com.au

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Your Personal SCARF Profile · David Rock

"Leaving people better than I found them." — Alicia Savage

Your SCARF Ranking — Highest to Lowest Need

Based on David Rock's neuroscience research, your brain ranks these five social needs in order of sensitivity. Your #1 need is most likely to trigger a threat or reward response — in yourself and in how you read others.

Self-Awareness — What This Reveals About You

Your ranking tells you what your brain is scanning for in every interaction. Understanding this is the first act of self-leadership.

Self-Leadership — Managing Your SCARF Responses

Knowing your triggers is only step one. Self-leadership is what you do with that awareness — especially under pressure.

Communication Through Influence — Leading Others

Everyone on your team has a different SCARF ranking. Influence comes from understanding their hierarchy — not just yours.

"Performance improves when leadership, strategy and team dynamics work together."

Performance & Culture Consultants · Alicia Savage

This diagnostic is a reflective tool grounded in David Rock's SCARF model, not a psychometric assessment. Use it to open conversations about self-awareness, leadership and team dynamics.