The Strategic Planning Readiness Assessment
There's a lot that has to be in place before strategic planning can succeed.
Most organizations skip the readiness work and jump straight to strategic planning, then wonder why the plan is not successful.
Our Strategic Planning Readiness Assessment shows you exactly where you stand: what's working, what needs attention, and what must be addressed before strategic planning begins.
Our assessment covers 52 questions across nine key areas of your business and takes approximately 20–30 minutes to complete.
Upon completion, you'll receive a full Strategic Planning Readiness Report with expert analysis and customized recommendations – delivered within 2 business days for $475.
Wondering if your leadership team sees the organization the same way? Having multiple people take the assessment reveals exactly where perceptions align and where they don't. Specialized pricing is available for groups, just mention it when you reach out.
If you're thinking about strategic planning or wondering why a previous strategic plan was never successful, I'd love for you to take this assessment.
I've spent 25 years working alongside leaders on the foundational work that makes strategic planning succeed. What I've learned is that the work before the plan matters just as much as the plan itself. That's why I built this assessment.
It will show you exactly where your organization stands: what's solid, what needs attention, and what absolutely needs to be addressed before strategic planning begins. What comes back to you isn't a generic report. It's an honest, professional read on your specific organization, grounded in 25 years of real consulting experience.
I personally review every assessment and write every recommendation myself. When your report is delivered, we'll sit down together for a complimentary 30-minute call to walk through it.
If you're ready to find out where your organization stands, I'd be honored to help.
Founder & Owner, Steadfast Business Consulting
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Fill out the short form below with your name and email. You'll be contacted personally within one business day to answer your questions, confirm the assessment is the right fit, and walk you through the service agreement and secure payment process.
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Once payment is received, you'll be sent a private link and a unique access code to the assessment. Log in and work through the questions at your own pace. It takes 20–25 minutes and your progress saves automatically.
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Your completed assessment is personally reviewed. Your results are analyzed and a complete Strategic Planning Readiness Report is prepared, with recommendations written specifically for your organization.
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Your complete Strategic Planning Readiness Report is emailed directly to you within 2 business days of assessment completion. A complimentary 30-minute virtual call is included to walk through the results and recommendations together, answer your questions, and discuss clear next steps.
How It Works
The 9 Dimensions
The assessment is built around 9 dimensions of your business–each one chosen because of how directly it impacts your ability to plan and execute. The questions within each dimension are designed to identify where you're strong, where potential issues exist, and where a closer look is needed. Some findings will be clear and straightforward. Others may indicate an area that warrants deeper exploration - and where that's the case, the recommendation will say so directly, along with the suggested next steps.
Leadership Alignment
Before a plan can succeed, your leadership team needs to want the same thing. This dimension uncovers whether that alignment truly exists, or just appears to.
Foundational Clarity
Strategy built on a blurry foundation doesn't hold. This dimension examines how clearly your mission, vision, and values are defined - and whether they're strong enough to guide real decisions under pressure.
Marketplace Intelligence
Plans built on outdated assumptions fail in execution. This dimension explores how current and honest your understanding of your customers, competitors, and market truly is.
Internal Environment
What's happening beneath the surface matters as much as what's visible. This dimension looks at your culture, communication, and whether the conditions exist to carry a strategic plan forward.
Products & Offerings
Growth plans require the right products and services to grow with. This dimension evaluates whether what you offer today is positioned to support what you're planning for tomorrow.
People, Structure & Capacity
The best strategy can't outrun the wrong structure. This dimension examines whether your people, roles, and organizational design can support the growth ahead or whether gaps will show up mid-execution.
Processes & Operations
Systems that work at your current size often break under growth. This dimension assesses whether your processes and operations are built to scale or quietly setting you up for bottlenecks.
Performance Metrics & KPIs
You can't course-correct what you can't measure. This dimension examines whether the right metrics are in place to tell you whether your strategy is working.
Technology
Technology should accelerate your strategy, not constrain it. This dimension explores whether your tools and systems are genuinely enabling your team or creating friction no one has named yet.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Founders, CEOs, executives, board members, and department heads who are considering or beginning a strategic planning process and want an honest, expert read on where their organization truly stands before they invest in planning.
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After Vicki connects with you personally, she sends a service agreement that includes all service details, terms, and required disclosures. You review it online, sign electronically, and pay $475 securely. No payment is collected before you have had a chance to speak with Vicki directly.
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Genuinely personalized. Vicki personally reviews every completed assessment before the report is finalized. Your specific scores shape her observations and recommendations - this is not an automated output.
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Absolutely, and in many cases, it's the most valuable approach. When multiple leaders take the assessment independently, the results reveal whether your leadership team sees the organization the same way.
Gaps in perception across leaders are one of the most common reasons strategic plans stall. This surfaces those gaps before planning begins, not after. Specialized pricing is available for multiple respondents. Mention it when you reach out and Vicki will walk you through the options.
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Your satisfaction and your organization's forward progress matter deeply. If anything in your report is unclear or you need more guidance, please reach out to Vicki directly. Every report is a starting point for a conversation - and the complimentary 30-minute call is the perfect place to have it.
Stop guessing. Know exactly where you stand before strategic planning begins.
Thank you for taking the first step toward strategic clarity. Submit your information below and you'll hear from me personally within one business day to answer your questions, confirm the assessment is the right fit, and walk you through the service agreement and payment process.
Disclaimer
The Strategic Planning Readiness Assessment and the resulting report are provided for general informational and educational purposes only. The results, scores, and recommendations are based solely on the information you provide and represent the professional opinion of Steadfast Business Consulting at the time of delivery. The assessment does not constitute legal, financial, accounting, tax, or investment advice, and is not a guarantee of any particular outcome or result. You are solely responsible for evaluating the information and for any decisions or actions you take based on the assessment or report. Steadfast Business Consulting makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, regarding the completeness, accuracy, reliability, or suitability of the assessment or report for your particular circumstances.