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Growth Assessment

You can't fix what you cannot see clearly.

Most leadership teams know their financials, product and market in detail. Few have an equally clear picture of their people. A Growth Assessment gives scale-up leaders and VC investors a benchmarked view of leadership effectiveness and organisational health: where you are strong, where the gaps are, and an actionable plan for what needs to change to reach your growth targets.

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For VC and PE investors
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The picture your due diligence isn't giving you.

Reference calls and pitch decks show a leadership team at its best. Our assessment shows how it works day to day, benchmarked against 500+ European scale-ups at comparable stages.

What you get

We don't tell you whether to invest. We give you the full picture, so the leadership conversation shifts from intuition to evidence.

  • Leadership readiness: where the team is strong, where it will strain under growth pressure.
  • Culture vs. infrastructure gap: the most common hidden risk pre-Series A or B.
  • We've done assessments from late Seed through Series D.
  • Findings are always linked to a company's growth objectives.
  • MT-level and company-wide findings, including leadership 360 and development plan for individual leaders.
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For founders, CEOs and management teams
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To navigate growthTo prepare for your next funding round

You sense something is slowing you down. Now find out what.

You're in meetings all day. You're hiring fast. The strategy is clear, and yet the organisation isn't moving the way it should. Something is stuck, but you can't name it clearly enough to fix it.

What you get

A shared, evidence-based picture of what is working, what is breaking, and what needs to change before the next phase of growth.

  • Full assessment across leadership, culture and organisational effectiveness, tied to your growth objectives.
  • MT-level and company-wide view, including the perception gaps between them.
  • Benchmarked against 500+ European scale-ups at comparable stages.
  • Facilitated MT session to translate findings into a clear set of priorities.
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What leadership teams say, and what the data shows

How it works

From first call to actionable plan in 2 to 3 weeks.

  1. 1

    360 inquiry

    Surveys and interviews across your MT and the wider organisation.

  2. 2

    Benchmarked analysis

    Your scores against 500+ European scale-ups at the same stage.

  3. 3

    Half-day MT session

    Facilitated, to agree what needs to shift first.

  4. 4

    Actionable plan

    Findings, recommendations and priorities, tied to your growth targets.

Twelve months later, a re-assessment with the same instrument shows what has changed.

Who you'll work with

Senior practitioners, each with a different lens on the same room.

Anna Dia Adriani

Experienced COO, executive coach, corporate anthropologist

An experienced leader who has been in your shoes. Brings a systemic lens to the patterns between people and the unwritten rules of how a company works.

Laurie Kemp

Psychotherapist, entrepreneur, facilitator

A trained psychotherapist and decade in team facilitation and performance management. Sees the patterns limiting a team before its leaders can name them.

Neena Madhok

Executive coach, board advisor, team coach

Background in investment banking. 4,000+ coaching hours and nearly 1,000 workshops on team and group dynamics.

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Questions we get asked

What does a Growth Assessment include?

A 360° diagnostic across 15 dimensions of leadership, culture and organisational effectiveness. It combines surveys and in-depth interviews across your MT, management layer and wider organisation, a written findings report benchmarked against 500+ European scale-ups, and a facilitated MT session to translate findings into aligned priorities.

How long does it take?

Two to three weeks from first call to facilitated MT session. The process is designed to be fast and immediately actionable, not a months-long engagement.

What does it cost?

It depends on the size of your management team and your organisation. Get in touch and we'll send you a proposal.

Can it be run pre-investment or post-close?

Yes, we run assessments at both moments. Pre-investment it functions as a leadership due diligence instrument, giving investors the picture that pitch decks and reference calls don't offer, with a clear development perspective. Post-close it gives the incoming investor and the MT a shared, evidence-based starting point for the next phase of growth.

What makes this different?

The benchmark and focus on actionable implementation. Your scores are placed against 500+ European scale-ups at comparable stages, so you see not just where you are, but how that compares to companies that scaled successfully and those that stalled. Most leadership assessments give you a picture of your organisation in isolation. Ours gives you context and a clear plan forward.

What happens after the assessment?

Some scale-ups use the assessment as a standalone diagnostic. Others use it as the starting point for a tailored intervention, like executive coaching, MT effectiveness work, culture change, or organisational redesign. Either way, the findings are yours and the next step is always your choice.

The most clarifying conversation your MT will have this year.

A Growth Assessment takes 2 to 3 weeks from first call to MT session. It gives your leadership team a shared, evidence-based picture of where you stand and what needs to change before the next phase of growth.

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