The Darcy Quinn Method
The Communication Signature™
A structured assessment of how you communicate under professional conditions — not how much English you know. It shows how your expertise is being heard, and where the gap is.
Six dimensions
- Clarity
- Can people follow your thinking the first time?
- Credibility
- Does your communication carry the weight of your expertise?
- Integrity
- Do you communicate your position honestly, precisely and without unnecessary overstatement?
- Composure
- Can you maintain authority when challenged, interrupted or put under pressure?
- Influence
- Can your communication move a decision, recommendation or stakeholder?
- Adaptability
- Can you adjust your communication to different people and situations without losing your own voice?
What the assessment involves
You respond to a set of realistic professional scenarios. Your answers become a written transcript, and the transcript is what is assessed: the structure of your thinking, the precision of your language, how you handle challenge, and whether you move a decision. It measures communication behaviour, not personality, emotion or intelligence.
What your report shows
- A score from 1 to 5 on each of the six dimensions, with what that score means in professional terms
- The evidence behind every score: quoted from your own answers, so you can see exactly what was rewarded and what was missing
- Your development priorities, the specific behavioural change each one targets, and practical actions to take
- Where the evidence is too thin to score a dimension fairly, you are asked a follow-up question; if it is still too thin, the dimension is marked Not scored rather than guessed
How it stays fair
- Scored from the transcript only. Accent, pronunciation, pace and pauses are never scored.
- Your first language does not count against you. The assessment is built for people working in their second or third language.
- No score without evidence. A score that cannot be traced to your own words is not released.
- Reports are reviewed before release, and a sample of released reports is re-checked every month.
- If you rehearse in The Studio, any delivery observations appear in a separate, clearly labelled unscored panel. They never affect your scores.
How it's used
The Communication Signature is the diagnostic foundation of Darcy Quinn coaching. It is included in the 12-Week Intensive and the Strategic Communication programmes, with a reassessment at the end so progress is measured against the same six dimensions.
For organisations
The Communication Signature can also be used across teams — see how it works for organisations.