Assessment - madeBOS

... and we're not going to get everything right, but we have to start building from the inside out. In our experience we've found there are some core things you must do for your employees if you really want to grow, so we've developed this assessment to help you learn what those core things are and to show which areas need your attention now.

For each question select the one answer that best describes where your organization is currently. Let's take a look!

1How do you define your current company growth plans?

We have a clear plan of expansion.

We have a marketing plan of how we will achieve growth.

We have financial goals broken down by quarter and year.

We have a plan of expansion opportunities.

We are not planning to grow.

2What is your understanding of your people needs, meaning, do you have a hiring plan or list of roles that you need to fulfill?

We have not assesed our specific people needs.

We have solid job descriptions.

We have not identified the right places to look for candidates.

We need to plan how we will conduct interviews.

Yes, we have a hiring plan that aligns to our company growth plan.

4Do you have an organizational chart?

Yes

We have a clear understanding of our strategy implications for the organizational structure.

I don't need one.

I don't know what an organizational chart is but I would love to learn.

We don't have a shared understanding within the organization of the key activities which make us successful and delivery our strategy.

5Do your employees have a clear understanding of who leads and supervises each area of their work?

No, they do not understand; there is confusion

We have not defined supervisory roles because it is a flat organization.

We only have team leads and they supervise most of the work.

All employees are managed and supervised by our leadership team.

Yes, everyone is clear.

6How do employees know what policies and practices (work rules) they should follow?

Need to do a better job at this, we are not clear on rules yet.

Tell them during orientation.

Provide a document with the basic rules and expectations when we implement something new.

Provide an Employee Handbook.

We don't have any rules.

7Do you have a standard hiring process that is documented and everyone involved in hiring understands?

No, we do not have a standard process.

We have a outline of a recruitment plan.

We do not have a plan, we decide based on immediate needs.

We recruit by word of mouth and make offers on the spot.

Yes, we have a defined process and it is clear to all hiring managers.

8How do you decide on the wages/salary you pay your employees?

Do not have a defined way to pay employees.

Do a review online of similar roles in my industry.

Hiring manager decides based on their experience and knowledge of the role.

Based on candidates previous wage earnings and experience.

Come up with a number that we think is fair.

Through an established compensation plan.

9How do you decide promotions?

It's informal, managers decide who is ready for a promotion.

Based on performance reviews.

Based on the operational needs.

We follow a Performance and Promotion Policy.

Our team is not ready for promotions, they are low skilled workers.

10Do you have job descriptions for all of your roles?

We have informal lists of responsibilities/essential functions of the role.

We have formal job descriptions for each role.

No, we don't have anything written on job responsabilities.

We have job descriptions but they are outdated and no one uses them.

12Who currently manages your HR functions?

We don't have a specific person, the functions are shared among leadership.

We have a designated person but HR is not their primary role.

We have a knowledgable HR Specialist or HR Manager.

We have an HR Administrator but they are new to the role and need support.

Growing a company is not easy