Business Sustainability Assessment

Business Sustainability Assessment

How sustainable are your business practices?
Every business owner gets to a point in managing their business where they realize they can't do it all any more. It's just not sustainable.

For you to step up to a new strategic level, you must have certain elements in place in your business so that it can run without you day-to-day.

The assessment has the following sections with up to 5 questions in each section:
- Practices - daily, weekly and monthly
- People - managing, developing and directing
- Picture - Got long-term and short-term goals?
- Plan - Got strategies for each area of your business?
- Progress - Got a plan for maintaining momentum?
Read the following statements, and rate how your business is doing on a scale from 1 to 5.
Practices

Our managers check in daily with each direct report to help them prioritize tasks.*

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Everyone in the company knows their top tasks to perform each week.*

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Our managers consistently have weekly meetings with their teams to solve problems and move the business forward.  *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Our senior leadership team has a weekly meeting to solve business problems and work “on” the business.*

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

We have a company scorecard by which we measure the company’s health and progress in every part of the company. *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

People

We have a documented organizational chart with all the major functions and roles captured.*

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

We have accurate, up-to-date job descriptions for every position in the company. *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

All of our managers create development plans for their staff and regularly reviews with each staff member more than just in an annual review.

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Our managers are equipped to have hard conversations and hold their staff members accountable.  *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

We have clear, meaningful company values that we use to guide the way our people behave. *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Picture

Everyone on our leadership team knows what business we are in and what our value proposition is. *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Our leadership team has clarity on our future vision for our company, and they have communicated it to the rest of the company. *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

We have a three-year plan with 5-7 goals towards which we are all working.*

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

We have a clear one-year mission statement toward which all of us are working.*

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Each quarter, we select and complete short-term projects toward our annual goals.*

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Plan

We have a clear sales and marketing strategy for generating leads and new customers. *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

We have a comprehensive strategy for our products/services that helps us know which are most profitable and what new ones we need to develop. *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

We have the right systems and plans in place to ensure efficient back-office support in HR, finance and information systems. *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Progress

We set aside time each quarter to review our company progress and create clear, short-term plans. *

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Our senior leadership team sets aside dedicated, off-site time each year to plan out the year for the company.*

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1 is STRONGLY DISAGREE, 5 is STRONGLY AGREE

Where Do We Send Your Results?
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