leadership rhythm and decision flow
System Health Audit
See what is actually slowing your organization down.
A causal performance diagnostic for leadership teams that need to identify which organizational condition is limiting a desired outcome—and what smallest intervention can improve the whole system.
A causal performance diagnostic.
Trace performance from business outcome to execution conditions before committing to the wrong intervention.
What It Is
Assess the seven conditions that produce performance
The System Health Audit evaluates whether the seven performance conditions—Capability, Role Design, Motivation and Adoption, Individual Execution, Organizational Design, Organizational Capability, and Culture—can reliably produce the desired result.
It maps the execution chain, distinguishes symptoms from causes, identifies the primary constraint, and recommends the smallest intervention likely to create the greatest system-level benefit.
This is not a lightweight quiz or generic advisory call. It is a structured assessment that helps clarify what is happening, what is causing it, and what should happen next.
Who It Is For
Best for organizations that are feeling the strain of growth, complexity, or inconsistency
The System Health Audit is a strong fit for organizations that are experiencing one or more of the following:
leadership teams carrying too much operational weight
unclear ownership or inconsistent accountability
recurring communication breakdowns across teams
tools, meetings, and workflows that no longer work together well
growth that has outpaced internal coordination
a sense that things are running, but not running cleanly
Not sure whether you need the Audit or a full Cadence engagement? The Audit is the best place to start when the problem is real but the right level of intervention is not yet clear.
What the Audit Looks At
The core conditions shaping how your organization runs.
Each System Health Audit reviews the core conditions shaping how your organization runs.
role clarity and accountability structure
cross-team coordination
operational bottlenecks and recurring friction
visibility into priorities, progress, and follow-through
current tools, systems, and points of fragmentation
readiness for a stronger operating backbone
What You Receive
Constraint, intervention, rhythm, and evidence.
- a structured review of current operating conditions
- diagnosis of the key constraints affecting execution and coordination
- a clear summary of where friction is structural, not just situational
- recommendations for the most appropriate next step
- a suggested Cadence path, whether Steady, Measured, Full, or phased support
How It Works
A simple diagnostic pathway.
Discovery and review
We gather context on how your organization currently operates, where pressure is building, and what leadership is experiencing.
Diagnostic assessment
We review the operating structure, rhythms, coordination patterns, and system points most likely contributing to friction or instability.
Findings and next-step recommendation
You receive a clear assessment of the desired outcome, primary constraint, causal condition, recommended intervention, leading indicator, business outcome metric, and review rhythm.
Investment
System Health Audits begin at $3,500.
Final scope depends on organizational size, complexity, number of teams involved, and depth of review required.
Difference from Constraint Diagnostic
How this differs from the Constraint Diagnostic
The Constraint Diagnostic is a lighter assessment designed to help organizations identify likely friction patterns and surface where support may be needed.
The System Health Audit is a deeper, paid engagement designed to assess actual operating conditions, clarify what is structurally breaking down, and recommend the right path forward.
Constraint Diagnostic
A lightweight lead-in tool for identifying likely pain points.
System Health Audit
A causal diagnostic for identifying the smallest number of changes capable of improving the performance of the whole system.
Diagnostic Logic
The lowest score is not automatically the most important problem.
The Audit evaluates impact, frequency, downstream dependency, and intervention effort to identify the constraint with the greatest leverage on the desired outcome.
Identify what limits performance
Define the outcome and trace the causal conditions required to produce it.
Change only what creates leverage
Choose a people, role, workflow, governance, technology, agent, rhythm, or culture intervention.
Measure and reassess
Observe leading and lagging evidence, preserve the learning, and reassess as the constraint moves.
CADENCE Diagnostic Principle
Constraint → Intervention → Rhythm → Evidence → Reassessment
The Audit does not try to identify everything that could be improved. It identifies the smallest number of changes capable of materially improving the whole system.
Start with Clarity