The Alexandria Method

Self-assessment

The Organizational Effectiveness Snapshot

Ten honest statements about how your organization works. Rate each one as it is today, not as the org chart says it should be. Two minutes, and you get a tailored readout with next steps.

The ten statements

0 of 10 answered

When a decision needs to be made, everyone knows who makes it.

1. Decision rights

When a decision needs to be made, everyone knows who makes it.

Our structure helps work move rather than getting in its way.

2. Structure

Our structure helps work move rather than getting in its way.

Teams can name the organization's top priorities, and their work maps to them.

3. Strategy

Teams can name the organization's top priorities, and their work maps to them.

When someone leaves, their knowledge stays: it is written down and findable.

4. Knowledge

When someone leaves, their knowledge stays: it is written down and findable.

People can get the skills they need through the organization, not despite it.

5. Learning

People can get the skills they need through the organization, not despite it.

When we launch a change, it still holds six months later.

6. Change

When we launch a change, it still holds six months later.

The people closest to the work help design how the work is done.

7. Voice

The people closest to the work help design how the work is done.

Our meetings and rhythms move work forward rather than reporting on it.

8. Operating rhythm

Our meetings and rhythms move work forward rather than reporting on it.

We make decisions with evidence, and we can usually find the data we need.

9. Evidence

We make decisions with evidence, and we can usually find the data we need.

Our tools, including AI, reduce busywork instead of adding to it.

10. Tools and AI

Our tools, including AI, reduce busywork instead of adding to it.

Ready to build something that holds?

Start with a discovery call. Thirty minutes, no pitch, an honest read on whether this practice fits your problem. Or begin smaller: the audit is two weeks, fixed fee, and you keep the plan either way.