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 communication tool by summarizing your vision, milestones, annual plan, and strategy elements in a concise, repeatable format that the whole company can...

Map your critical Functions and the handful of outcomes each should commit to. Identify an owner for each such Function, and design the division of labor at the top of your organization. What Is the Function Ownership Chart? The Function Ownership Chart is a forward-looking organizational design framework that maps...

Set quarterly priorities you can actually finish—make them Specific, Transparent, Elevating, and reviewed periodically. What Are STEP Rocks? STEP Rocks is a disciplined Summit OS® 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...

Conduct meaningful coaching conversations—at least quarterly—with each of your direct reports. What Is Mentor Meeting? Mentor Meeting is a Summit OS® coaching discipline for conducting structured, meaningful coaching conversations between leaders and their direct reports. Used at least quarterly, the meeting creates a repeatable cadence for coaching, feedback, expectations, accountability,...

A guided learning system that allows leadership teams to grow a more profitable and scalable business by strengthening their business around 15 concepts. 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, well-executing, systematized,...

Delineate the customers—and the geographies—where your business can win fastest, so your strategy, messaging, and resources hit a clear target. What Is Core Market? Core Market is a guided Summit OS® program that helps leadership teams define the select customers who are most responsive to their offering and the geographies...

Map the competitive forcefield of your business and adjust your position to improve your market position and profitability. What Is the Six Forces Map? The Six Forces Map is a Strategy OS® tool for mapping the competitive forcefield around your business. The strongest competitive force or forces determine the profitability...

The guide who helps founder-led companies build the structure, rhythm, and leadership confidence needed for the next stage of growth. What Is an Operational Architect? An Operational Architect is the trusted guide who helps leadership teams turn Operating Architecture into everyday practice. Operating Architecture is the hidden framework beneath a...

Articulate your Core Business—the 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 strategic focus tool that helps leadership teams identify the functions, processes, capabilities, customers, and offerings that point to where...

Practice goal-setting with 30-day growth initiatives built around Specific, Transparent, Elevating, and Periodic objectives. What Are Sprint Rocks? Sprint Rocks are 30-day growth initiatives used in Summit OS® to help leadership teams practice disciplined goal-setting around pressing priorities. How Sprint Rocks Work The exercise starts by inventorying pressing priorities and...

Turn your long-term Summit Vision™ into a tangible three-to-five-year picture with measurable goals your leadership team can align around. What Are Medium-Term Milestones? Medium-Term Milestones is a Summit OS® planning framework that helps leaders visualize what their business should look like three to five years into the future, set measurable...