Free five-minute director check

Is your company performing the way you expected?

Six short questions to compare where the company is now with where you planned to be, uncover what may be getting in the way and identify the first meaningful action.

No email required. Choose one live issue and answer honestly.


Preview of the Director Blind Spot Check worksheet

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The UNIQUE Framework

Six questions. One honest conversation.

This is not a scorecard. It is a simple way to see where an important issue becomes unclear, assumption-based or unsupported.

1
U · Understand the Now

How happy are you with the current performance of your company, and what makes you say that?

2
N · Navigate the Past

Is the company where you expected or planned it to be by now? If not, where is the biggest gap?

3
I · Imagine the Future

If you could look 12 months into the future, what would you want to see happening in the company?

4
Q · Quest for Change

What needs to change between now and then, and what may be preventing that change?

5
U · Uncover the Tools

What do you already have to make that change happen, and what is still missing?

6
E · Execute with Impact

What is the first meaningful action, who will own it, and by when?

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What to look for

The first unclear answer is often the useful one.

The check helps turn a broad concern into something you can examine. Use a number or real example where possible. If you cannot answer, simply write unclear.

If one answer is difficult to complete, that may be the best place to investigate.

  • The issue is materially affecting profit, cash, customers, the team or your time.
  • It is likely to be worse in six months if nothing changes.
  • There is disagreement about the cause or what to do next.
A useful next step

Talk through your answers in a short relevance call.

We will review the point where the issue becomes unclear, identify what evidence may be missing and decide whether a deeper UNIQUE Framework Meeting would be useful.

Talk through your answers
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No obligation. The purpose is to decide whether a deeper conversation is worthwhile.

Questions

Before you begin

Is this a business scorecard?

No. It is a short diagnostic conversation designed to reveal where a live issue becomes unclear or unsupported.

What if I cannot answer one of the questions?

Write “unclear”. That point can be more useful than a confident answer because it shows where investigation may be needed.

What happens on the 15-minute call?

We review your answers, identify the evidence still missing and decide whether a full UNIQUE Framework Meeting would add value.

Does booking the call commit me to anything?

No. It is simply a short relevance check to see whether a deeper conversation would be worthwhile.

Start with one live issue, not the whole company.

Set aside five minutes, answer the six questions and notice where certainty ends.

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