A management support for sustainable success

Improving business performance

SIQ Management Index involves more than a pulse measurement. With the subsequent workshop, the management team concretizes what the improvement work should focus on. The aim is to improve business performance by developing ways of working in priority areas.

• The measurement shows how your leaders perceive the business in relation to the success factors that characterize leading organizations.
• Strengths and areas for improvement related to existing practices and results are identified.
• With your management team's joint reflection on the current state of the business, there is greater consensus on what should be prioritized.
• SIQ Management Index provides the opportunity to follow the organization's development over time but also to make comparisons with other activities.

Holistic approach with a short start-up period

With a relatively small effort, the organization's current situation emerges in a holistic perspective. The insights into the current situation provide management with better conditions to see how the organization can achieve its goals. To complement the responses from the management team, a number of direct reporting managers are included as respondents in the survey itself. SIQ Management Index differs from many other surveys by also showing variation, i.e. the extent to which you as a management team have a common understanding of how the business is run and the results achieved. The questionnaire, which is based on the SIQ Management Model, contains forty-five research-based questions. The areas cover customers & stakeholders, employees, management, business processes and results with a focus on sustainability in different perspectives.

Focus on improvement

A good time to use SIQ Management Index is in the context of strategic work. A research study conducted by Chalmers and Mid Sweden University shows some common success criteria among companies and organizations that have used the tool.

• The purpose of the measurement was clearly communicated within the organization.
• There was a desire to develop the management team as a team.
• The recognition that it is the overall perspective of the leaders that is taken into account.

This is how it works

After the purpose of SIQ Management Index has been agreed with the groups involved, we make a plan for the measurement and workshop.

1. The online survey takes about 15-20 minutes to complete per respondent.
2. The report is compiled and analyzed by SIQ , after which the results are presented and discussed within the management team.
3. Based on this, management prioritizes the key areas for improvement to support the strategy and direction of the business.
4. The reflection and learning between leaders develops cooperation and provides better conditions for the dissemination of best practice in the organization.

SIQ Management Index is run and coordinated by SIQ in close collaboration with SKI, Swedish Quality Index, which is responsible for conducting the survey.