The Performance Delta
The Performance Delta helps Venture Capital and Private Equity firms optimise their investments, especially in the case of underperforming businesses.
The Performance Delta assesses where a business is leaking performance and provides a clear path to recapture this performance.
The comprehensive 6-week engagement builds a whole-system diagnostic view for Operating Partners of PE/VC firms, CEOs, and Boards.
What’s Included
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OVERVIEW
Gain fresh insights to recapture lost value and drive growth
Recapture lost value
Old methods of understanding business performance have given way to more sophisticated approaches. The Performance Delta applies system-thinking to a business, revealing the patterns at play thus allowing for course correction: adding missing elements to a business; eliminating blockages; and leveraging competitive advantages.
Understanding how and why a business performs is complex, patterns that dictate performance require interrogation. The Performance Delta provides a singular, easy-to-comprehend view of how to recapture lost value. A cross-section of stakeholders are identified and interviewed against Lockstep’s performance 7 lenses.
Program format
The Performance Delta is a consulting engagement that requires six weeks of in-person and virtual interaction, culminating in a live presentation to Boards, CEOs or management teams.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
The Performance Delta applies a series of lenses to a business
that form a singular picture of its performance readiness
This performance ‘code’ is cracked by rigorous interrogation of all aspects of a business, each assessed through a distinct performance lens.
Competitiveness
Is the business set
up to win?
Relevance
Does the business matter
relative to the needs of society?
Elasticity
Does the business have the
ability to evolve?
Coherence
Is the pathway forward well-interrogated and understood?
Alignment
Are the various drivers
within a business in sync?
Vitality
Is there a vital life force
present in the business?
Architecture
Is the business optimally
organised for success?
Competitiveness
Is the business set
up to win?
Relevance
Does the business matter
relative to the needs of society?
Elasticity
Does the business have the
ability to evolve?
Coherence
Is the pathway forward well-interrogated and understood?
Alignment
Are the various drivers
within a business in sync?
Vitality
Is there a vital life force
present in the business?
Architecture
Is the business optimally
organised for success?
How can external consultants know more about my business than I do?
Blindspots are inevitable when running a business and objectivity is hard to create. The Performance Delta shows a complete picture of how the business is currently operating, absent of bias, a view that is hard to generate internally.
What happens with the outcome of The Performance Delta?
CEOs and Management Teams have new tools and possibilities to work with as a result of The Performance Delta. Coming to grips with new ways to create value requires a period of adjustment to operationalise this change fully. Lockstep has the expertise to guide this process.
Is The Performance Delta guaranteed to create value?
The value will differ depending on the appetite of stakeholders to realise this value. The pathway to value creation, however, will be clear.
Is this program worth the investment?
Unlocking latent value through better performance makes the investment insignificant in comparison to the returns that can be gained.
Are you able to deliver fully online and across multiple time frames
Yes, we work across multiple time zones and locations and can deliver fully online.
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say
Working with Rowan has given me a number of new filters with which to look at the organisation I run. My sessions with him are ones I truly savour and reflect on, and the impact he has made on me has truly been profound and permanent.Faheem ChaudryCEO
Worldwide, Rowan is a pioneer and leader in this surprisingly untrodden field of whole-system business performance. His impact on my organisation has been profound.Brent FairlieCEO
Change processes are tough, but Lockstep provided a safe, well thought-out process for us to follow. What was especially important was their ability to help us handle tough conversations when the process was met with resistance. They also kept our eye on the deeper purpose of the engagement, never letting us lose sight of the meaning that powered the work we were doing.Global Media GroupCEO
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