Is Your Organization Strategic?

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Please select one answer for each question

1. Does your group have a clear statement of strategy?
Yes No
2. Can everyone describe that strategy in one or two sentences?
Yes No
3. Is the strategy in written form?
Yes No
4. Does the strategy clearly differentiate you from competitors?
Yes No
5. Does your strategy serve as a guide to what not to do?
Yes No
6. Do you have a disproportionate amount of resources invested in one of the three value disciplines?
Yes No
7. Do you have effective tools for communicating strategy throughout the organization?
Yes No
8. Has the organization's strategy been translated for relevance to the different levels and functional areas so that it is driving everyone's daily activities?
Yes No
9. Are you capturing as much of your current customer's business as you would like?
Yes No
10. Are you taking significant business away from your competitors?
Yes No
11. Are your revenue and profitability meeting target expectations?
Yes No
12. Is the group's purpose (mission, vision, values) in writing?
Yes No
13. Do you have a formal strategy development process in place?
Yes No
14. Are all your managers trained in strategic thinking skills and able to contribute to strategy development at some level?
Yes No
15. Does your group conduct initial strategic thinking sessions separately from strategic planning and budget meetings?
Yes No
16. Is the strategy development process facilitated by someone who can bring an objective perspective and is not affected by internal "politics"?
Yes No
17. Is the strategic plan clearly linked to manager's daily activities?
Yes No
18. Is the plan updated regularly to reflect changes and remain useful?
Yes No
19. Are the different functional groups (marketing, sales, R&D, etc.) all working by the same strategy?
Yes No
20. Do you have true competitive advantage in the market?
Yes No