Mighty Tools

Throughout Mighty Midsized Companies we made reference to tools that will help you take what you read in the book and apply it to your own company.  We call these Mighty Tools.  The links below allow you access to these tools, at no cost.  Enjoy.  We realize that every company is a special case, and if you’d like our help in creating a tailored prescription for you firm, give us a call.  If you find yourself at this page and haven’t read the book yet, we suggest you do so to have the full context for the assessment tools below.

Chapter 1: Letting Time Slip-Slide Away
How do you know if your company’s time is slip-sliding away?  What are the tell-tale signs? Are you too close to see it clearly?  Click here for some questions that may give you some telling answers for your company.

Ten Point Plan Tool
This tool (mentioned on page 32) will help anyone create a thoughtful business case for an idea or project, including helping think through key milestones for progress tracking.

Chapter 2: Strategy Tinkering at the Top
To help you see the difference between valuable innovation and tinkering, and to understand how severe this problem may be in your firm, take this assessment.

Chapter 3: Reckless Attempts at Growth
The path to growth isn’t always as easy as just putting more money into the company. This assessment will help you assess if you’re on the reckless end of the spectrum or not by delving into your plan, your market, and your experience.

Chapter 4: Fumbled Strategic Acquisitions
No matter where you are in the acquisition process, from first thought to nearly there, this assessment will help you assess how risky the acquisition you’re considering will be (given your situation and experience.)

Chapter 5: Operational Meltdown
What is your firm’s melting point?  How close to the edge are you of being unable to fulfill customer promises and meet your quality and service standards?  Find out with this assessment.

Chapter 6: The Liquidity Crash
Is your firm at risk of a liquidity crash?  Take a look at this assessment which asks some difficult questions that will indicate if you need more crash barriers to allow your firm to survive through a severe cash crunch.

Chapter 7: Tolerating Dysfunctional Leaders
This assessment will help you rate your leaders.  Is your team pulling your forward or holding you back?