Strategic Readiness Assessment for Leaders at UAMS

Instructions: Please complete the strategic readiness assessment by circling one of the five Likert frequencies per item. The
Likert frequencies are based on the following scale 1= Never; 2= Rarely; 3= Sometimes; 4= Often; and 5= Consistently.

Items Likert Scale

Analyze the external market to make informed business Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
1 decisions to advance your business unit
Use internal “Big” data to make optimal and strategic Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
Analyze

2 business planning decisions

Purposefully analyze multiple industries to remain aware Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
3 of potential new entrants
Benchmark competitors to remain aware of their Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
4 efficiencies and performance inputs/outputs/outcomes

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently

5 Develop strategic plans to sustain a competitive advantage
Have an effective strategy development process in place Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
Develop

6
Business unit managers understand the difference Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
between objectives and initiatives
7
Purposefully seek to transform staff according to strategy Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
8 and mission of the organization

Align internal resource (technology, human capital, and Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
9 cultural capital) to the strategy
Execute

Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently

10 Evaluate employee readiness for executing the strategy
Effectively manage change resistance whenever Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
11 implementing a new strategy
Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
12 Execute strategies with communication and change plans

Revisit strategic plans at least once annually to test for Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
13 effectiveness of strategy
Refine and adapt goals and objectives of strategy to meet Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
Manage

14 shifting market dynamics

Have periodic strategy review meeting to discuss your Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
15 goals and objectives.
Use strategic review meetings to discuss strategic Never Rarely Sometimes Often Consistently
16 performances and to catalogue lessons learned

Please transfer your assessment score to the bar chart on the next page to get a graphical representation of your strategic
readiness. Collectively add up the total Likert frequencies per zone (i.e. Analyze, Develop, Execute, etc.) and transfer the zone
scores to the bar chart. The Likert frequency scale follows: 1= Never; 2= Rarely; 3= Sometimes; 4= Often; and 5= Consistently.
EXAMPLE: Strategic Readiness Score

Strategic Readiness Score