Are You Ready to Grow?

"Are You Ready to Grow?" Self Assessment

Business Owner,

I was the keynote speaker at the Small Business Monthly Future 50 luncheon in August with the topic "Are Your Reay to Grow?". The following survey is the self-assessment he presented. Please take a few minutes to complete this for your company. Also, if you want to view the consolidated results from other companies copy the below URL into your browser address:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-YDGKF8778/

Thank you,

Steve Finkelstein

Sr. Partner, Experience on Demand

steve.finkelstein@experience-on-demand.com

314-409-6869

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* 1. The following are the critical growth success factors. Please provide your candid assessment for your company? Descriptions for each success factor are below:
Talent Management Strategy: Recruiting, development, engagement and retention strategy? Do you have the right people on the bus in the right seat? Get the wrong people off the bus fast?
Change Management: Do you know where you are on the Change Curve and the impacts of your future growth?
Growth Strategy: Do you have a complete growth strategy? How you plan to grow? When? How much?
Infrastructure Support: Do you have the right supporting infrastructure – processes, policies/procedures, technology?
Competition Understanding: Do you understand your competition – your competitive advantage today and tomorrow?
Future Trends’ Impacts: Do you understand the future trends and their impacts on your business – both positive and negative?
SWOT Analysis: Do you understand your SWOT? Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats? Do you have action plans for each SWOT area?
Issues/Risks to Mitigate: Do you know the top 1-3 current issues facing your company today and plans to address them? How about your top 1-3 future risks?
Mistakes: What is the biggest mistake you must avoid going forward? Have you learned from your prior mistakes?
Financials: Do you have a good understanding of your future cash flow and capital needs? Do you have accurate, timely and assessable information for analysis to help make informed decisions?
Measures: Do you use the Balanced Scorecard concept using financial, customer, operations and talent management measures?
Execution Discipline: Do you have the skills, experience, and discipline for execution? Do you have a culture of accountability for meeting deadlines?
Overall Readiness for Growth: Based on your above responses, how would you assess your overall readiness for growth?

	Major Issue	Issue	Good Shape	Excellent Shape
Talent Management Strategy	Talent Management Strategy Major Issue	Talent Management Strategy Issue	Talent Management Strategy Good Shape	Talent Management Strategy Excellent Shape
Change Management	Change Management Major Issue	Change Management Issue	Change Management Good Shape	Change Management Excellent Shape
Growth Strategy	Growth Strategy Major Issue	Growth Strategy Issue	Growth Strategy Good Shape	Growth Strategy Excellent Shape
Infrastructure Support	Infrastructure Support Major Issue	Infrastructure Support Issue	Infrastructure Support Good Shape	Infrastructure Support Excellent Shape
Competition Understanding	Competition Understanding Major Issue	Competition Understanding Issue	Competition Understanding Good Shape	Competition Understanding Excellent Shape
Future Trends’ Impacts	Future Trends’ Impacts Major Issue	Future Trends’ Impacts Issue	Future Trends’ Impacts Good Shape	Future Trends’ Impacts Excellent Shape
SWOT Analysis	SWOT Analysis Major Issue	SWOT Analysis Issue	SWOT Analysis Good Shape	SWOT Analysis Excellent Shape
Issues/Risks to Mitigate	Issues/Risks to Mitigate Major Issue	Issues/Risks to Mitigate Issue	Issues/Risks to Mitigate Good Shape	Issues/Risks to Mitigate Excellent Shape
Mistakes	Mistakes Major Issue	Mistakes Issue	Mistakes Good Shape	Mistakes Excellent Shape
Financials	Financials Major Issue	Financials Issue	Financials Good Shape	Financials Excellent Shape
Measures	Measures Major Issue	Measures Issue	Measures Good Shape	Measures Excellent Shape
Execution Discipline:	Execution Discipline: Major Issue	Execution Discipline: Issue	Execution Discipline: Good Shape	Execution Discipline: Excellent Shape
Overall Readiness for Growth	Overall Readiness for Growth Major Issue	Overall Readiness for Growth Issue	Overall Readiness for Growth Good Shape	Overall Readiness for Growth Excellent Shape

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Revenue - What is the size of your company in terms of revenue?

<$1,000,000

$1,000,000 to 1,999,999

$2,000,000 to $4,999,999

$5,000,000 to 9.999,999

$10,000,000 to $19,999,999

$20,000,000 to $49,999,999

$50,000,000 to $99,999,000

$100,000,000 to $499,999,999

$500,000,000 to $1,000,000,000

>$1,000,000,000

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* 3. Employees - What is the size of your company in terms of number of employees?

<10

10 to 19

20 to 49

50 to 99

100 to 249

250 to 999

>1,000