Welcome to the yuzu+co Future-Fit Business Test.

This test should only take a few minutes of your time. Please start here and remember to answer the questions as honestly as possible to get the most insightful results.

1. We have the time and headspace to think strategically about the future: *

a. We consistently protect strategic thinking time and have established routines that prioritise future planning over reactive tasks.

b. We try to find time for strategic thinking, but it's often interrupted by urgent operational demands.

c. While strategic thinking is recognised as important, we’re currently stretched and struggling to create space for it.

2. We regularly step back from daily firefighting to focus on long-term growth: *

a. We have systematic processes to regularly review, assess progress, align on priorities, and invest in long-term growth.

b. We sometimes step back from daily operations but often get pulled back into firefighting mode.

c. We’re in a cycle of constant delivery and reactive work, and while we need to focus on longer-term growth, the space for it is currently limited.

3. We understand the key drivers that move our business forward: *

a. We have comprehensive understanding of our value drivers with clear metrics and regular monitoring of what impacts performance

b. We understand some key drivers but lack complete visibility into all factors that influence our business success.

c. We need to develop our understanding of what truly drives business performance and work to gain better clarity and visibility.

4. Our business has a clear strategy and roadmap for future growth: *

a. We have a well-defined, documented strategy with clear milestones, success factors and roadmap that guides all major decisions.

b. We have a strategy, but it may lack detail in some areas or isn't always consistently referenced in decision-making.

c. Our current approach to strategy is evolving, and while we have goals, they’re often overshadowed by short-term shifts in focus.

5. We are operationally set up to deliver on our strategy: *

a. Our operations, processes, and resources are fully aligned and optimised to execute our strategy effectively.

b. We have adequate operational capabilities, but some gaps or inefficiencies limit our strategic execution.

c. Our operations need improvement and we need to optimise alignment between day-to-day execution and strategic intent.

6. Everyone in our business understands their role in delivering growth: *

a. All team members clearly understand how their work contributes to growth objectives and can articulate their specific role.

b. Most people understand their role in growth but some lack clarity about how their work connects to broader objectives.

c. We need to strengthen clarity across teams and work on better connecting individual roles to growth outcomes and strategy.

7. Our culture supports innovation, and our people are empowered to perform at their best: *

a. Our culture actively supports innovation, learning, and continuous improvement with people fully engaged.

b. We have pockets of innovation and improvement but it's not consistent across the business.

c. We need to create the right conditions to unlock innovation and high performance.

8. We’re leveraging the full potential of our people to enable optimal productivity and growth: *

a. We consistently align our people’s strengths with our most critical value drivers, track impact through clear metrics, and regularly adjust roles, priorities to maximise growth.

b. We recognise some individual and team contributions to growth and productivity, but we lack full processes to consistently align talent with strategic outcome.

c. We need to understand how our people contribute to growth and realign our structure to connect capabilities with business value and performance metrics.

9. We understand that business performance and people well-being are directly connected and create sustainable value: *

a. Well-being is integrated into our core strategy, supported by clear KPIs that demonstrate its role in driving long-term business performance and value creation.

b. We recognise the link between well-being and business success and although we take some action, efforts can often be ad hoc or not consistently tied to strategic goals

c. We’re still learning how to connect and embed well-being and performance more intentionally into our strategic goals and business priorities.

10. We proactively monitor and protect people well-being while maintaining a strong growth mindset: *

a. We’ve built a culture that supports both well-being and high performance, with proactive processes in place that help to prevent burnout and empower teams to grow sustainably.

b. We encourage well-being and growth, and respond when issues arise, though burnout incidents show the need for earlier intervention and stronger prevention practices.

c. Our current practices focus on stability and delivery. We need to understand how to balance our strategic business objectives with well-being support and resilience.

Thank-you for completing the yuzu+co Future-Fit Business Test. Your responses will provide a powerful snapshot of where your business stands currently and where your greatest opportunities for growth and resilience lie.

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