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Growth Readiness Review

Does your structure still support your success?

  • Growth brings new customers, products, markets—and more employees. The effort required to recruit and onboard them should not be underestimated.
  • Added to this are the much greater challenges of growing teams, such as more complex coordination, increased potential for conflict, the risk of new silos, and more time-consuming communication.
  • We identify where internal structures, processes, and governance within your organization are no longer keeping pace with your actual or planned growth—or where corresponding risks lie in wait.
  • We combine leadership perspectives, feedback from the workforce, customer insights, and other data to create a robust, comprehensive picture of your company’s growth potential.
  • You’ll receive a prioritized list of factors influencing your organization’s performance and growth, along with recommendations for concrete next steps.
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Challenges of Growth

Decision-making takes longer and longer

Managers and teams spend more and more time coordinating instead of making decisions.

Cohesion declines and conflicts increase

Newcomers criticize old values, culture, and goals; identity fades; conflicts arise.

New barriers emerge between teams

New departments and their leadership need autonomy, but in doing so, they isolate themselves and form silos.

Individuals are taking on more and more tasks

More and more issues and responsibilities are piling up on the same people.

Internal communication is becoming more complex

Where informal agreements used to suffice, many dialogs must now be held. Fact versus rumor.

“Mixed messages” leak to the outside

Customers and other stakeholders sometimes receive conflicting messages from different departments.

Growth problems sneak up on you

None of the symptoms and challenges mentioned appear overnight or are particularly dramatic on their own. However, if several of them occur at the same time, it’s a sign that growth has already outpaced the existing organizational structure.

What worked with 10 employees often fails when the same unit or company then employs 40 or more people.

This phenomenon can be well explained by Larry E. Greiner’s growth model. It not only describes the six phases that growing organizations typically go through, but also outlines five existential crises that every organization must overcome on its path to growth. We discussed this in an episode of our viadoo podcast.

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viadoo Growth Readiness Review Framework

Many executives initially respond to the “growing pains” outlined above with additional meetings, a new process, another role, or yet another initiative. Sometimes this helps. Often, however, it makes things even more complex and the growth challenges even greater.

That’s why the viadoo Growth Readiness Review doesn’t start with ready-made solutions or yet another change program, but rather with three questions we explore:

1. Where does growth create unnecessary friction?
We identify the points within your organization where decision-making logic, responsibilities, interfaces, and internal collaboration are hitting structural limits.

2. Which issues have the greatest impact?
We distinguish relevant barriers to growth in your organization from problems that, while visible, have less impact on performance and further growth.

3. Where should leadership start?
Finally, we prioritize the issues where the leadership team’s attention—and the changes they initiate—can make the biggest difference.

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Our Approach

Growth Readiness Review in 4 Steps

1. Listening

We speak with executives and—depending on the scope of the project—other stakeholders. We also review relevant existing data and incorporate targeted feedback from within the organization.

2. Understand

We analyze recurring patterns and root causes: Where do unnecessary dependencies arise? Where are clear lines of responsibility missing? Where do differing perspectives or work styles create friction?

3. Prioritize*

Not every problem deserves the same level of attention. That’s why we identify the issues with the greatest impact on performance and future growth—and provide clarity on what the leadership team should focus on first.

4. Action

Based on the insights from steps 1–3, we derive concrete recommendations for further action. In the “Extended Review” package, this also results in a prioritized 90-day roadmap for implementation.

*When prioritizing, we reconcile different perspectives within the leadership team and across relevant functions. This results not only in a list of priorities but also in a shared understanding of why these specific issues should be addressed first.

What the viadoo Growth Readiness Review offers

A shared picture

A clear understanding of which organizational challenges actually impact future growth. This enables leadership teams to make decisions with greater confidence and focus their efforts on the issues with the greatest impact.

Fact-based insights

Data, observations, and diverse perspectives from across the organization are synthesized into a comprehensive picture. This creates a robust foundation for decision-making and increases the leadership team’s confidence in taking action.

Clear priorities

Instead of competing initiatives, there is a shared focus on the areas with the greatest leverage. Fewer barriers and clear priorities improve implementation and, consequently, the organization’s performance.

Specific next steps

You receive actionable recommendations on where changes make sense—and where they do not. This enables the leadership team to create the conditions for taking on responsibility more effectively and achieving results more reliably.

Stronger leadership alignment

The leadership team develops a shared understanding of challenges, priorities, and direction. Leaders and teams pull in the same direction, thereby strengthening the organization’s overall ability to adapt, learn, and grow sustainably.

We offer the viadoo Growth Readiness Review in two versions:

Compact Version

We designed the Compact Version of our Growth Readiness Review specifically for leadership teams that need a well-founded understanding of their organization’s growth potential within a short timeframe (approximately 2–3 weeks).

Project-based/ clearly defined scope

Compact version includes:

  • Interviews with executives
  • Short employee survey / Employee Pulse
  • Management workshop
  • Executive summary with priorities and recommendations
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Extended Version

We designed the Extended Version of our Growth Readiness Review specifically for organizations facing more comprehensive growth challenges or preparing for their next major stage of development (approx. 4–6 weeks).

Project-based/ customized scope

Extended version includes:

  • Everything from the Compact Version
  • Interviews with a broader group of relevant stakeholders
  • Cross-functional workshops
  • In-depth organizational analysis
  • Prioritized 90-day implementation roadmap
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Is the viadoo Growth Readiness Review suitable for us?

In a 30-minute conversation, we’ll work together to identify where your organization is currently facing growth limitations, what level of insight is appropriate, and which individuals should be involved. This will help us quickly determine whether a Compact or Extended Growth Readiness Review is the right fit for your current situation.

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