SHORTLISTED™ CHECK

Where does your brand authority actually sit?

The Shortlisted™ Check is a free self-assessment against the six components of brand authority. Fourteen questions, about ten minutes, and a result you can act on.

About 10 minutes
14 questions
Free result on screen

This check is free. No account needed. Your result is shown on screen as soon as you finish.

How it works

Three steps to your score

01 Answer 14 questions

Self-assess your firm across the six components of brand authority. About ten minutes, no account needed.

02 We score it

Your answers are weighted against the Shortlisted™ methodology and benchmarked against 200 UK mid-market B2B firms.

03 See your result

Get your Shortlisted™ Score out of 100, the shape of your authority across all six components, and where to focus.

A sample result
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Result · Recognition
38 /100

Known, but not consistently chosen — with Distinctiveness the weakest of the six, the most common gap in our study.

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See where your
brand authority sits

Fourteen questions, about ten minutes, and a free result on screen.

First, a couple of quick questions so we can benchmark your result against firms like yours.

About your firm · 1 of 2

Which sector best describes your firm?

About your firm · 2 of 2

What's your firm's approximate annual revenue?

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Scoring your result against the Shortlisted™ methodology.

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Your Shortlisted™ Check summary

Here is where your firm sits today on the Shortlisted™ authority ladder, and your overall score out of 100.

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The full breakdown

See your full breakdown

Enter your details to unlock your complete reading: your six components in detail, how you compare to the 200 firms in our study, and the specific moves that would lift your score.

  • Your score benchmarked against your sector
  • What will move your score the most

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The full breakdown

Your full breakdown is ready

You've already unlocked your complete reading — your six components in detail, how you compare to the 200 firms in our study, and the specific moves that would lift your score.

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Your Shortlisted™ Check result

Here is your Shortlisted™ Score. It's the shape of your brand authority across the six components, and the areas where focused work would move you up.


Your full result is below, free and in full. We'll send you an email with a link to revist any time you like.

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What would move your score

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Learn more Plenty of resources on building this component — explore them here.
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Talk it through

Turn your result into a growth plan

Your Shortlisted™ Check is a starting point. Book a free conversation with Greater Else and we'll talk through what your result means, and the work that would move your score.

The Greater Else team in conversation
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