Strategy Execution Diagnostic

High Growth Execution Index™

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A strategy is only as good as the team's ability to execute it. The High Growth Execution Index measures how reliably your business turns strategy into results across ten operating habits — from leadership alignment and priority clarity through to accountability, feedback loops and visibility.

Answer honestly based on today — not where you're heading. It takes about five minutes, and your score updates live as you go.

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High Growth Execution Philosophy
Strategy fails in the room where it's written. It succeeds — or dies — in the rhythm of the weeks that follow. Execution is a set of habits, not a one-off event. Build the habits and the results follow.
The Ten Habits

What The Execution Index Measures

Each habit is a discipline that, done consistently, turns strategy into delivered results.

01

Leadership Team Alignment

Your leadership team is healthy, aligned and thinks strategically together.

02

Quarterly Priority Clarity

Everyone knows the one thing that matters most this quarter.

03

Communication Rhythm

Information moves through the business accurately and fast.

04

Accountability & Ownership

Every function, number and process has a clear owner.

05

Employee Feedback Loops

Obstacles and opportunities are surfaced and closed out.

06

Customer Feedback Loops

Customer insight is gathered as rigorously as financial data.

07

Values & Purpose In Action

Core values are lived, not laminated on a wall.

08

Strategic Clarity

Every employee can articulate the strategy in plain language.

09

Individual Performance Clarity

Every person has a clear line of sight to the numbers that matter.

10

Visibility & Transparency

Plans and performance are visible to everyone, everywhere.

How To Complete The Diagnostic

Three Quick Steps

  1. Answer every statement Yes or No, based on how the business actually operates today.
  2. Each habit totals automatically out of 4 as you go — watch the score bar at the top.
  3. When you're done, scroll down for your overall score, execution profile and 90-day sprint.
Live Score
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The Execution Diagnostic

40 statements across 10 habits. Answer Yes or No for each.

Habit 01 of 10

Leadership Team Alignment

Your leadership team is healthy, aligned and thinks strategically together.
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Our leadership team understands each other's strengths, working styles and priorities.
The leadership team meets weekly for strategic thinking, not just status updates.
The team invests in ongoing learning and development together.
Team members can openly debate and challenge each other without it becoming personal.
Habit 02 of 10

Quarterly Priority Clarity

Everyone knows the one thing that matters most this quarter.
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Everyone knows the single most important outcome the business must achieve this quarter.
We have 3–5 clear priorities for the quarter that ladder up to that outcome.
The quarter has a theme and a way to celebrate hitting the goal.
Progress on this quarter's priorities is visible and updated weekly.
Habit 03 of 10

Communication Rhythm

Information moves through the business accurately and fast.
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The whole team has a short daily huddle (under 15 minutes).
Every team has a structured weekly meeting.
Leaders and managers meet monthly to learn, resolve issues and share context.
Leadership meets offsite quarterly and annually to plan ahead.
Habit 04 of 10

Accountability & Ownership

Every function, number and process has a clear owner.
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Every function in the business has one person clearly accountable for it.
Every key financial line item has a named owner.
Every core process has someone accountable for its performance.
We bring in outside expertise where we lack it internally.
Habit 05 of 10

Employee Feedback Loops

Obstacles and opportunities are surfaced and closed out.
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Leaders and managers have regular one-to-one conversations with employees about what to start, stop and keep doing.
Insights from those conversations are shared and acted on by leadership.
We actively and regularly collect employee input on obstacles and opportunities.
There's a clear process for closing the loop on issues employees raise.
Habit 06 of 10

Customer Feedback Loops

Customer insight is gathered as rigorously as financial data.
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Leaders and managers regularly talk directly with customers or end users.
Customer insights are shared and discussed at leadership level weekly.
The whole team, not just sales, is involved in gathering customer feedback.
There's a clear process for closing the loop on customer feedback.
Habit 07 of 10

Values & Purpose In Action

Core values are lived, not laminated on a wall.
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Our core values and purpose are clearly defined and known by everyone.
Leaders reference our values when giving praise or having tough conversations.
Hiring, onboarding and reviews are built around our values.
We take deliberate action each quarter to strengthen our values and purpose.
Habit 08 of 10

Strategic Clarity

Every employee can articulate the strategy in plain language.
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Every employee can describe our long-term ambition and how we're tracking against it.
Every employee can describe our ideal customer in a sentence or two.
Every employee knows what we promise customers and how we measure it.
Every employee can explain what we do in one compelling sentence.
Habit 09 of 10

Individual Performance Clarity

Every person has a clear line of sight to the numbers that matter.
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Every role has one or two KPIs that are reviewed weekly.
Every person's number one priority clearly connects to the company's number one priority.
Every individual or team has 3–5 priorities for the quarter that align with the company's.
Leaders are held accountable to their own behaviour change by a coach or peer.
Habit 10 of 10

Visibility & Transparency

Plans and performance are visible to everyone, everywhere.
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There's a regular forum (physical or virtual) where plans and performance are reviewed together.
Our values, purpose and priorities are visible throughout the business.
Progress on key numbers is visibly tracked somewhere everyone can see it.
There's a system for tracking priorities and KPIs as they cascade through the business.
Your Results
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Scoring Your Results

Overall score (maximum 40)

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Habit Interpretation
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90-Day Execution Sprint

Retake the Execution Index every 90 days and focus on strengthening your lowest-scoring habit.

Your Lowest Habit
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Execution Commitment

I commit to building the habits that turn our strategy into delivered results.