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Business Growth and Strategy Insights

Summit Vision™

Find your long-term, big, tangible and measurable goal that moves you closer to your Company Why. What Is Summit Vision™? Summit Vision™ is an educational and facilitated experience that teaches leadership teams how to define a bold, long-range strategic goal — the most important, energizing objective your company is climbing...

Vision & Strategy Map™

A simple three-page business plan you can actually share — clarify vision, align strategy, and reinforce it with your team every quarter. The Vision & Strategy Map™ (VSM) helps leadership teams reinforce the company’s strategic plan, vision and strategy on a regular cadence. It turns long-term thinking into a practical...

Function Ownership Chart™

A Starter Tool of the Summit Operating System™ (Summit OS®) — to Clarify Roles, Build Accountability, and Accelerate Growth If your business has grown beyond the point where everyone does everything, you need a structure that empowers leaders, not entangles them. The Function Ownership Chart™ is a proprietary Summit OS®...

STEP Rocks™

Set quarterly priorities you can actually finish — make them Specific, Transparent, Elevating, and reviewed periodically. STEP Rocks™ is a simple, disciplined system for choosing and delivering the few initiatives that matter most each quarter. Leaders pick one to three Rocks each, plan concrete Rock‑Steps™, and use weekly reviews to...

Mentor Meeting™

The essential tool for structured leadership growth — Mentor Meeting™ equips organizations with a repeatable system for coaching, accountability, and professional development. Mentor Meeting™ is our proven coaching discipline for building stronger leaders and healthier teams. It combines clear commitments, focused feedback, and consistent follow-through—so executives and managers grow faster...

Medium-Term Milestones™

A practical planning tool that helps leaders visualize their business three to five years into the future, set measurable goals, and align their teams around progress toward their Summit Vision. The Medium-Term Milestones™ framework guides leaders in painting a clear picture of what their business will look like three to...

Sprint Rocks™

Practice goal-setting by defining your first set of Specific, Transparent, Elevating, and Periodic objectives by inventorying your pressing priorities. What Are Sprint Rocks™? Sprint Rocks™ are a short list of important initiatives your leadership team commits to complete in the next 30 days to create immediate forward progress. They are...

Core Business Lens™

Articulate your Core Business, which is a set of functions, processes and capabilities that produce most of the value in your business. What Is the Core Business Lens™? The Core Business Lens™ is a guide-led session that teaches leaders how to define their core business—the part of the business that...

15 Business Growth Practices™

A guided learning system that allows leadership teams to grow a more profitable and scalable business by strengthening their business around  the 15 concepts below: What Are the 15 Business Growth Practices™? The 15 Business Growth Practices™ are a comprehensive  set of concepts that help leaders build an aligned, empowered,...

Core Market™

Delineate the customers—and the geographies—where your business can win fastest. A guided program that teaches your leadership team how to define a focused Core Market so your strategy, messaging, and resources hit a clear target. What Is Core Market™? Core Market™ is a program that helps you clearly define the...

Six Forces Map™

Map the competitive forcefield of your business and adjust your position to improve your market position and profitability. What Is the Six Forces Map™? Six Forces Map™, inspired by Michael Porter’s Five Forces strategic framework, is a guide-led strategy program that teaches you how to analyze the six competitive forces...

Strategic Flywheel™

Build self-sustaining growth momentum by focusing on the few cogs that matter most — define your Advanced Profit per X™, delight customers, and turn the wheel faster every quarter. The Strategic Flywheel™ is a practical framework for designing an engine of momentum in your business. Leaders identify the key elements...