GuideOS DriftAudit™ · Will It Hold?
Your standards look fine on paper. Do they hold under pressure?
The free Drift Check tells you whether to look. The DriftAudit shows you exactly where - with evidence. Choosing between audits? Use DriftAudit for standards drift, or explore the EngagementAudit for engagement and ownership patterns.
Drift Check vs. Drift Audit - two different things.
The free Drift Check tells you whether to look. The Drift Audit shows you exactly where - with evidence.
| Dimension | Free Drift Check | GuideOS DriftAudit™ - $10,000Evidence-backed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $10,000 flat |
| Time | About 5 minutes, self-serve | About 7 weeks, plus a Day-90 verification |
| Who takes part | You, on your own | Your whole workforce and leaders, plus your own records - auditor-facilitated |
| How it works | A short set of questions you answer yourself | Three evidence streams: a confidential workforce diagnostic, your own operating records, and structured interviews |
| What you get | An instant directional read on whether drift is worth a closer look | An auditor-issued verdict for each of the six engine steps, a Contradiction Map, up to three Recovery priorities each with a named owner, a board-ready summary, and a Day-90 re-pulse |
| Strength of evidence | Your own perception in the moment | Corroborated across three streams before anything prints - a verdict you can take to a board |
| Best for | A fast gut-check and starting point | When you need proof, not a hunch |
Price
Free Drift Check
Free
GuideOS DriftAudit™ - $10,000
Evidence-backed
$10,000 flat
Time
Free Drift Check
About 5 minutes, self-serve
GuideOS DriftAudit™ - $10,000
Evidence-backed
About 7 weeks, plus a Day-90 verification
Who takes part
Free Drift Check
You, on your own
GuideOS DriftAudit™ - $10,000
Evidence-backed
Your whole workforce and leaders, plus your own records - auditor-facilitated
How it works
Free Drift Check
A short set of questions you answer yourself
GuideOS DriftAudit™ - $10,000
Evidence-backed
Three evidence streams: a confidential workforce diagnostic, your own operating records, and structured interviews
What you get
Free Drift Check
An instant directional read on whether drift is worth a closer look
GuideOS DriftAudit™ - $10,000
Evidence-backed
An auditor-issued verdict for each of the six engine steps, a Contradiction Map, up to three Recovery priorities each with a named owner, a board-ready summary, and a Day-90 re-pulse
Strength of evidence
Free Drift Check
Your own perception in the moment
GuideOS DriftAudit™ - $10,000
Evidence-backed
Corroborated across three streams before anything prints - a verdict you can take to a board
Best for
Free Drift Check
A fast gut-check and starting point
GuideOS DriftAudit™ - $10,000
Evidence-backed
When you need proof, not a hunch
Use the Drift Check when you need a signal. Request the Drift Audit when you need proof.
6
Engine steps
42
Observed behaviors
3
Evidence streams
Day 90
Verification
What the Drift Audit reads.
Six steps of the operating engine, seven observed behaviors each.
Winning
Observed behavior
What matters most when priorities compete, and whether everyone can name it.
Every downstream failure begins as an unclear first.
Identity
Observed behavior
Who leaders become under pressure: whether they stay responsible, decide within their authority, and keep ownership where the work lives.
Dependency is installed one taken-back decision at a time.
Behavior
Observed behavior
The actions people repeat: whether commitments have named owners, at-risk work is raised before the deadline, and handoffs land complete.
A commitment without a named owner is a hope.
Tolerance
Observed behavior
What survives repetition: skipped steps, uneven rules, exceptions for strong performers.
Whatever is tolerated is being taught.
Standards
Observed behavior
Whether expected actions, decision rights, and completion requirements are real and reinforced.
An unreinforced standard decays into a suggestion.
Performance
Observed behavior
Whether results are checked against intent and commitments are reviewed on a rhythm, so performance holds.
What is never verified quietly stops happening.
The Drift Audit reads these six operating domains from the behavior side - seven observed behaviors at each step.
The verdict grammar.
The audit issues an auditor verdict per step - never a computed score.
Every finding prints its distribution, group size, and coverage.
The Contradiction Map prints executive claims beside workforce evidence - never as blame.
Clean results ship as clean.
How it runs.
Weeks 0-1
Intake
Executive winning session, 10-question executive intake, roster loaded, confidentiality in writing.
Weeks 2-3
Workforce Diagnostic
Personal links, seven business days, about 20 minutes each. Individual answers are never visible.
Weeks 4-5
Records & Interviews
Your own operating records under a protocol your counsel approves first, plus structured interviews.
Weeks 6-7
Report & Readout
Verdict per step with evidence, Contradiction Map exhibits, up to three Recovery priorities, facilitated readout, board-ready summary.
Day 90
Verification
A short re-pulse of the domains under Recovery priorities - did it hold?
The DriftAudit is a management diagnostic - not an internal audit, an examination, or a compliance opinion. It applies no auditing standard and provides no assurance.
Confidentiality is engineered in: individual answers are never visible, groups smaller than five are never shown, and a client cannot waive these rules.
Designed to AAPOR survey standards and NIST privacy-engineering principles.
Take the Drift Audit with you.
Request the Drift Audit.
$10,000 flat. About 7 weeks, plus a Day-90 verification.
See whether it holds.
Request the Drift Audit, or call us at 734.521.2800.