Online Assessments products | Driving Success through Effective Execution https://metisindia.com Executing your organization's long-term, mid-term and short-term strategic goals Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:15:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 OEQ – Organisational Execution Quotient https://metisindia.com/product/assessment-tool-for-orgamisations/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 06:12:31 +0000 https://metisindia.com/?post_type=product&p=5895 Assessment tool for Organisations 

Converting strategy into reality is harder than what most organizations bargain for!   A majority of companies that underperform are staring at a huge gap between their planning and execution. So how does one equip oneself to successfully execute these strategies?

In today’s turbulent business environment organizations realise that they need to have a more holistic and balanced view of their businesses. An organization is a web of interrelationships, involving multiple different factors that impact optimal execution of goals and strategies. To understand if your organization is working as a synchronous unit towards your goals, it’s important to measure and assess critical execution practices together. This will help organizations gain a better understanding of where they are, where they need to be and what they need to do to get there.

In order to help organizations do just that we have developed a robust and well researched tool inspired by the balanced score card which is suitable for organisations globally and across industries.

The Assessment tool will make available to you, reliable and holistic information on 12 execution best practices and provide you inputs on where you need to focus to become optimised.

 

The post OEQ – Organisational Execution Quotient first appeared on Driving Success through Effective Execution.]]> What gets measured gets done… Keeping pace with global trends in consulting and the ever-changing needs of new age business, the tool, a self-appraisal model provides insight into your organisation’s health. 

This assessment tool will give you, reliable and holistic information on 12 crucial execution practices and provide you inputs on where you need to focus, to drive optimal execution. The tool works like the 360-degree involving three levels in an organisation–Management evaluation (self), Managers and Subordinate (foot soldiers) evaluations.

This is conducted across three levels in the organization to gain an insight about the level of clarity, extent of alignment and the extent of percolation of the execution best practices down the organization. The assessment and report will help you evaluate your organization, understand where the gaps are, if any and the debriefing session that follows will guide you on how to close it, to significantly improve strategic performance.

Questions sample and rating 

To what extent does the organisation demonstrate practices related to the 12 execution drivers. On a four-point Likert rating scale, they select the rating that best describes their organisation’s current capability level in relations to the execution drivers.  We have designed questions for three different levels of the organisation – C-level / Reportees to the C-level / Foot soldiers. The ratings are compared, and the report generated.

 

Sample Organisation report

Report will assist organisations gauge their present practices, clarity and alignment in relation to 12 execution best practices.

> Benchmark the company’s process against essential execution practices
> Understand management’s and teams clarity on 12 execution best practices
> Understand the level of percolation of  the 12 execution best practices
> Understand the alignment to organisation goals and objectives

 

How does the tool help?

This unique tool is designed to assess organisations operational performance. Our experienced team of practitioners have put together a good practices library, covering 12 critical areas like operational processes, structure, culture, learning, clarity, alignment, leadership, etc… An assessment against these practices is an excellent way to take a step back and evaluate how the organization is operating.

Areas that impact execution are within your reach and can be easily managed and will go a long way in building a culture of execution excellence across your organisation.

Post assessment report will give you critical inputs on 12 execution drivers;

> Your assessment scores and your benchmark scores against the 12 drivers.
> Advice on the impact of the score on the overall execution performance of the organisation.
> Advice on the way forward to optimise opportunity areas

How to buy the assessment tool?

Write to us on enquiry@metisindia.com along with your organisation chart (We do not need names of people). We will shortlist the different roles that needs to be a part of the assessment. An invoice along with the payment link will be sent to you over email. Once the payment is complete you will receive your login-Id(s) with instructions to expedite the assessment. Post assessment you will receive a report with your organisation scores, its impact and advise on the areas of improvement.

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A Harvard Business Review Report stated that "while most managers realise that execution is a vital skill and try to be good at it, they may  a)  underestimate how important it is to career advancement or b) not realise that you can improve on execution without working for longer hours” (Zenger &Folkman,2016,p.1). Through their study, they found managers rated execution first among 16 other skills.  

This is especially true for transitioning leaders and leaders wanting to execute better in their current role.

For transitioning leaders, be it an individual contributor moving into a team leaders’ role or an incumbent leader moving into a bigger/new role, the ability to get work done in the new work ecosystem is a skill to hone. Organisations expect the transition to be quick and efficient to prevent delays at work, loss of revenue and low team engagement.

For leaders wanting to get better in their current role, the ability to optimally execute goals at work is a critical skill required to achieve personal growth and organizational success. Yet if we think about it there are no avenues to help them upskill, to improve their execution capabilities!

This assessment tool acts as a start point to build and strengthen capabilities for upskilling and  successful transitions.

The package includes - One online assessment + report + one hour report debriefing session with our coach.

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The most effective way for learning about yourself is through a self-assessment. Here is an assessment to make sure you are on the right track. Find out the areas you are good at and the areas that need your attention.

The process involves three steps:
1. The individual is assessed online on 20 skills that are essential to execute a role, in the areas of operations, people management and self-management. This provides the leaders a start point, an objective understanding on where they stand on these critical skills.
2. Report debriefing session to understand the contextual application of each skill to the new role.
3. Coaching sessions for skill building.

 

Questions specific to execution

This assessment is an adaptation of a Situational Judgement Test. You are presented with a  hypothetical scenario and you must identify the most appropriate response and rank them according to effectiveness. We have designed questions for each skill with a holistic approach comprising four situational scenarios.  Each question has four right answers, and we rate the participants based on the most suitable choice made.

Report

The report summarises the participant’s potential strengths and improvement areas in the field of execution. The report comprises the overall execution quotient across all skills, scores on each skill, and suggestions to improve.

Who is it suitable for?

> Internally promoted new managers & team leaders
> First-time managers & team leaders
> While hiring managers & team leaders
> Middle-level management / Executor
> Lower-level management / Supervisory

Execution capabilities addressed in the assessment

> Ability to keep the customer in mind and in the centre of ever decision you make and everything you do at work.
> Ability to get buy-ins across the team on the goals and strategies.
> Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships by creating a win-win for team members, vendors, and customers.
> Ability and the commitment to mitigate operational risks.
> Ability to assign work, trust, and allow space to perform.
> Ability to identify and deploy the right fit.
> Ability to prioritise urgent & important tasks.

Usefulness for organisations

> Build an execution focused leadership pool.
> Up-skilling new and incumbent leaders and managers.
> Efficient leadership transitions.
> Making informed decisions while selecting leaders and managers.
> Build a culture of execution excellence.

Usefulness for Leaders & Manager

> Enhanced strategy execution capabilities.
> Increased financial and career growth opportunities.
> Improved productivity of self and team.
> Build a culture of execution excellence.

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