Tools for

achieving
Strategic SPEED
Submitted By:
Group 9

Introduction
Speed is adopting the right mindset and
performing the right actions to mobilize people
Immediate traction can be achieved by making
the leaders equipped to think and behave in
speed promoting ways
How to begin?

Deploy the Time/Value Assessment in your work

Deploy the Team Survey
Make the Leadership Profile for the business unit
Use Speed Matrix to determine the top priority
actions

Time Value
Assessment
Two metrics that define Strategic Speed
Time to Value
Value over Time

Steps:
Complete the assessment of the people, team,
projects about once a month
Plot a curve on noise-value chart
Useful to determine a pattern that exist across the
group
Determine which people are pioneers of achieving
speed

For each set, determine the average rating for the

unique set of six questions

Assessment Sets
Individual or
Employee

Team, Taskforce or
Workgroup

Project or Initiative

People seek out this

person for collaboration?

The team execute son

their decisions &
assignments?

Project has goals that are

clear and compelling to
core participants?

People consider this

person knowledgeable in
his area of responsibility?

The team avoids

unproductive conflict?

The project is on
schedule?

Person stays focused on

goals, and stays away
from unnecessary work?

People outside this team

seek out to collaborate
with?

The core project team

avoids unproductive
conflict?

Person helps tasks get

completed with high
quality?

Team stays focused on

goals, and stays away
from unnecessary work?

People in the organization

are eager to use the
interim outputs of the
project?

Person helps tasks get

completed with high
quickly?

Members are comfortable

asking questions, and are
open to each other?

The leader is giving time,

focus & energy?

People go to this person

when a difficult problem
needs to be solved?

Team gets strong buy in

form stakeholders to their
decisions?

The core team is

adjusting to plans and
overcoming obstacles?

Team Survey
Filled by employees or team members led by an
individual, who are involved in executing strategy,
initiative or project
Online survey or through informal conversations
Benefits:
Determine levels of clarity, unity, and agility as
perceived
Brings awareness of things that are being done
right, and those that need improvement
New ideas to achieve better results

Team Survey:
Questionnaire
Do you know where we are going and why?
No: What more can be done?
Yes: What initiatives have been taken to deserve an
yes?

Are you committed to work with other

people to get there?
No: What more can be done?
Yes: What initiatives have been taken to deserve an
yes?

Are you willing to suggest and try many

different ways to get there?
No: What more can be done?

Leadership Profile
To gain more insight on whats slowing you down
and whats moving you forward
To diagnose your business units weaknesses and
strengths in the four leadership practices:
affirming strategies, driving initiatives,
managing climate, and cultivating
experience.
Strengths lift, Weaknesses drag. Lift drag
comparison
Steps:
Profile: 5 point rating scale for twenty-five items
Specific strategic execution (initiative execution)
Organization in general (everyday execution)

Interpreting the Profile

Items with ratings 2.0 or less drag areas,
putting organization at risk and opportunities for
leaders to do better.
Items with ratings 4.0 or more lift areas,
leaders perform relatively well and supporting
strategic speed.
When lift-to-drag comparison (lift-drag) < 0
problem areas, potential drag outweighs
potential lift (< -5 serious concern)
Preliminary analysis
Look at items causing the most drag. What are
leaders doing or not doing? What is the cause of
low ratings?

Speed Matrix
Pull all the information together and select your
top-priority actions to mobilize people and
accelerate executions
Examples:
If you need to boost clarity, use clarity column
If you and leaders need to improve on driving
initiatives, focus on Driving initiatives row
Twelve actions in Speed Matrix
It is up to leader to exercise judgment in deciding
which approaches to use and what to emphasize

Speed Matrix