The Strategic Alignment Stress Test
A 7-Minute Diagnostic for CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, and COOs
Is Your 2026 Strategy Aligned With the Leaders Who Need to Deliver It?
Most organizations don’t fail because they lack strategy.
They fail because strategy, talent, and execution are not aligned.
This 7-minute assessment helps you identify where misalignment is slowing growth, increasing risk, and putting next year’s results at stake.
Built specifically for mid-sized companies (500–10,000 employees), facing:
Shifting priorities
Leadership bench gaps
Restructuring or role changes
Rising regretted attrition
Increased pressure to avoid unnecessary hiring or layoffs
What You’ll Get
A clear view of your organization’s alignment across four critical areas:
Strategy Clarity: Do your top priorities cascade clearly beyond the ELT?
Leadership Bench Strength: Do you have internal leaders ready for expanded scope?
Execution Capacity: Can your organization deliver 2026 initiatives without burnout or bottlenecks?
Organizational Health: Are early signs of attrition, disengagement, or culture drift visible?
You’ll receive:
An Alignment Score
Your Top 3 Strategic Risks
Recommended next steps to strengthen readiness and reduce unnecessary cost or disruption
Why This Matters Now
Misalignment increases:
The cost of external hiring
The likelihood of regretted attrition
The risk of stalled initiatives
The pressure on Directors and Managers
Operational drag and cross-functional friction
When your strategy and your leadership capacity are not in sync, your organization pays for it in speed, morale, and bottom-line results.
This diagnostic helps you catch misalignment early—before it becomes expensive.
Who This Is For
This Stress Test is designed for leaders responsible for organizational performance, including:
CEOs wanting clarity on where execution risk sits
CFOs evaluating cost reduction and internal leadership ROI
CHROs assessing talent readiness and bench strength
COOs needing alignment across priorities and operating rhythms
If you’re preparing for annual planning, restructuring, AI integration, or leadership transitions, this tool is essential.
Download the Strategic Alignment Stress Test
It takes seven minutes and could save months of misaligned work.
Optional Executive Debrief (15 Minutes)
After completing the diagnostic, you’re invited to a brief alignment review with True North Leadership.
We’ll identify:
Your #1 alignment risk
The fastest lever you can pull to increase clarity and accelerate execution
The internal talent opportunities you may be overlooking
This is not a sales call. It’s a strategic conversation designed to help you make faster, better decisions.
About True North Leadership
True North Leadership helps organizations sharpen strategic direction, align priorities across functions, and ensure they have the leadership capacity to deliver.
We partner with executive teams to redeploy internal talent, avoid unnecessary external hiring, and reduce regretted attrition—so your strategy is not just written, but executed.
