Are Your People Foundations Supporting or Slowing Your Business Growth?
A practical scorecard to assess whether your people systems are helping your business perform and letting your people do their best work.
20 questions · Takes around 5–7 minutes
Who this scorecard is designed for
This scorecard is designed for founders, CEOs, and senior leaders of growing businesses who are navigating increased complexity and want to ensure their people foundations are keeping pace.
It’s most relevant if your business:
- Is growing in size, revenue, or operational complexity
- Doesn’t have a dedicated in-house HR leader, or has limited internal capability
- Cares about performance and employee experience — and wants both to improve
- Is starting to feel drag, inconsistency, or rework in people-related decisions
This is not a personality assessment or a leadership quiz.
It’s a practical reflection on the systems supporting your people and your growth.
What the scorecard assesses
The scorecard looks at five core people foundation areas that directly impact business performance and day-to-day employee experience as organisations grow.
Role & Structural Clarity
Whether roles, accountability, and decision ownership are clearly defined and aligned to how the business actually operates.
Performance Systems
Whether performance is supported by consistent systems — not just informal conversations or individual manager capability.
Pay & People Decisions
Whether pay, progression, and people decisions are guided by clear, documented frameworks that scale with the business.
People Visibility & Proactive Support
Whether people systems provide early visibility of pressure points so issues are addressed calmly, not reactively.
People Planning & Business Alignment
Whether people priorities are intentionally planned and aligned to where the business is heading, not just day-to-day issues.