Scaling up a business is often easier said than done especially in unpredictable and challenging market environments.

Scaling up involves accelerating growth but also boosting business value through a variety of factors.

Take this 25-question Mindshop Business Scale Up diagnostic to discover your strengths to build on and weaknesses to address from 10 key success factors relating to scaling up:

• Strategy
• Implementation
• Vision
• Leadership
• People
• Change Readiness
• Product / Service / Model
• Marketing / Sales
• Technology / Systems
• Cash-Flow

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Research tells us there is only a 30% probability your change initiative will succeed. This is because most business people adopt a ‘trial and error’ approach to change incurring a high cost in terms of lost time, reduced confidence, wasted money and poor resource utilisation. But you can improve this probability of change success.

Developed by Mindshop founder, Dr Chris Mason following an 8-year PhD on the subject, the change success model will identify the following outcomes:

1. your change potential percentage (an ideal success score being a minimum of 78%) and
2. which one of the ten change success factors has the biggest gap between where you are NOW and the maximum WHERE score

You can then from this report determine strategies you can implement to boost your potential for change success by lifting the scores in your largest gap areas.

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Research tells us there is only a 30% probability your personal or business change initiative will succeed. This is because most people adopt a 'trial and error' approach to change incurring a high cost in lost time, reduced confidence, wasted money and poor resource utilization. But you can dramatically improve this probability of personal change success using the Mindshop Change Success Diagnostic to identify areas for improvement and implementing strategies to achieve change success.

Developed by Mindshop founder, Dr Chris Mason following an 8-year PhD on the subject, the change success personal model will identify the following:

1. your personal change potential percentage (an ideal success score being a minimum of 78%) and
2. which one of the nine personal change success factors has the biggest gap between where you are NOW and the maximum WHERE score

Use this report to guide the implementation of strategies to boost your potential for personal change success by lifting the scores where you have the greatest gap between NOW and WHERE.

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As leaders it's important to have the capabilities to coach and support your teams. Where should you focus your time to build new skills to improve your coaching ability?

Complete these 30 questions (it should only take you 5 minutes) to identify from 10 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve your own coaching ability.

You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 10 factors.

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"Culture eats strategy for breakfast” is a famous quote from legendary management consultant and author Dr Peter Drucker that stresses the importance of having a great culture in a business.

Where do you need to focus your energies to improve the culture in your business?

Complete these 24 questions (it should only take you 4 minutes) to identify from 10 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve the culture in your business.

You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 10 factors.

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Emotional Intelligence has become increasingly relevant to leadership as well as for career and business success.

It's about being in touch with one's self, knowing one's self, knowing how to connect with others and being aware of one's impact on others. These are all key skills for a leader and are vital for both personal and professional success.

Take the diagnostic below and see what areas might be your strengths and which areas you might need to examine.

This diagnostic can also be given to others so that you can compare your results to how others might have rated you. Are there differences in your own ratings with those of others? If so, what does this mean?

For each item below, please rate yourself on a 5-point scale that ranges from Strongly Disagree through to Strongly Agree.

If you are rating someone else, use the same rating scale (but note in the name field who you are and the name of the person you are rating i.e. Penny Smith rating John Burke). Once the person has rated themselves, and once others have rated them, a composite report will be compiled and provided to you by your consultant or facilitator if applicable.

The Emotional Intelligence diagnostic was created by Dr. Darryl Cross.

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Are you struggling to prioritize your business issues and opportunities?

Do you need clarification on which strategies will accelerate the growth and profit of your business?

Take 5 minutes to complete the 25-question Mindshop Growth and Profit Diagnostic to identify from 10 key success factors:

• Your top 3 areas of high performance (what’s working)
• Your top 3 areas for improvement (what’s not working)
• An overall graph showing how you performed across the top 10 key success factors:
  - marketing
  - sales
  - people
  - implementation
  - strategy
  - profit
  - leadership
  - innovation
  - technology
  - systems

Where will you focus your energy to succeed in the coming year?

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Our work has identified 10 key factors that successful family business excel in. Answering the 30 questions in this Family Business Diagnostic will help you identify your top 3 strengths and weaknesses.

This diagnostic was created by Mindshop advisor, Harry Kras from the Family Business Resource Centre (http://www.fbrc.com.au)

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Innovation is a critical attribute for any business to embrace in order to keep their operations as well as their products / services at the cutting edge.

Complete these 20 questions (it should only take you 4 minutes) to identify from 6 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve your business' innovation levels.

You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 6 factors.

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Regardless of whether we run a business, manage or are part of a team we all lead in some way. But leadership styles vary greatly:

• Are you a visionary, a great implementer, strategic thinker or team coach?
• What are the fundamental attributes that set great leaders apart?
• What are your leadership strengths and weaknesses?

Take this 25-question diagnostic to discover strengths to build on and weaknesses to address from 10 key success factors.

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Having a balanced life is not about being perfect in all areas. It is about ensuring that any emphasis that may be put into one or more areas of your life is not causing an in-balance and issues in other areas.

Complete these 25 questions (it should only take you 5 minutes) to identify from 6 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve your personal Life Balance.

You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 6 factors.

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Listening is one of those critical skills that are absolutely mandatory for leaders to both have and to be able to effectively demonstrate. Having two ears and hearing is not the same as actively listening. Poor listening skills too is the one area that causes the most conflict in communication.

Take the diagnostic below and see what areas might be your strengths and which areas you might need to examine.

This diagnostic can also be given to others so that you can compare your results to how others might have rated you. Are there differences in your own ratings with those of others? If so, what does this mean?

For each item below, please rate yourself on a 5-point scale that ranges from Strongly Disagree through to Strongly Agree. How much do you (or the person being rated) do these statements?

If you are rating someone else, use the same rating scale (but note in the name field who you are and the name of the person you are rating i.e. Penny Smith rating John Burke). Once the person has rated themselves, and once others have rated them, a composite report will be compiled and provided to you by your consultant or facilitator if applicable.

This Listening diagnostic was created by Dr. Darryl Cross.

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How will you achieve greater cut through with your marketing to your target customers in an increasingly cluttered market? Where are your opportunities to improve your marketing strategy?

Complete these 30 questions (it should only take you 5 minutes) to identify from 10 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve your ability to market successfully. You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 10 factors.

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Having good personal resilience is about how well you bounce back from adversity in your personal or business life. How can you improve your own levels of resilience?

Complete these 25 questions (it should only take you 5 minutes) to identify from 10 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve your level of personal resilience.

You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 10 factors.

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Do you have the profit levels you desire in your business? Does it run as efficiently as you would like?

Complete these 24 questions (it should only take you 5 minutes) to identify from 10 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve your level of profit/efficiency in the business.

You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 10 factors.

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Referrals are an important source of opportunities but how referral ready are you?

Complete these 22 questions (it should only take you 4 minutes) to identify from 8 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve your referral readiness. You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 8 factors.

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A critical capability for any business is the ability to sell their products/services effectively. Where can your improve your sales skills?

Complete these 25 questions (it should only take you 5 minutes) to identify from 10 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve your sales ability.

You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 10 factors.

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In difficult economic times where do you as a leader need to focus your energies to ensure you can survive and navigate the business through as successfully as possible?

Complete these 25 questions (it should only take you 5 minutes) to identify from 10 factors the top 3 areas that are working well and top 3 areas you need to work on to improve your business' ability to survive a financial downturn.

You will also have the ability to see how you compare to the global benchmark (average scores of all completed diagnostics) on each of the 10 factors.

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