Management Audit
Management Audit – management in motion: is the team ready?
A Management Audit is a strategic assessment conducted during critical phases in an organization’s lifecycle.
It clarifies leadership capabilities, strengthens team alignment, and assesses readiness for change and execution of a new strategy. As with all SCCG services, the core of the process is a focused, reflective, and development-oriented management assessment. While the scope in Management Audit may differ, the essence remains the same.
Typical triggers for a management audit include:
- Strategic shifts in the company’s direction
- Leadership transitions, such as the appointment of a new Managing Director
- Lack of alignment or shared goals within the management team
- Underperformance relative to market or peer benchmarks
- Organizational distress, such as high employee turnover or rising sick leave rates
- Corporate restructuring, including mergers, acquisitions, or planned investments
- In each case, the audit provides a structured evaluation of the management team’s capabilities, cooperation, cohesion, and adaptability, both collectively and individually.
WHEN TO CONSIDER A MANAGEMENT AUDIT?
A Management Audit is appropriate when you need a broad and deep understanding of a management team’s capabilities, readiness for change, and level of cooperation. It is also valuable when a broader strategic change is planned, when performance is weak without a clear cause, or when turnover or sick leave is rising. When a new manager starts, a Management Audit supports leadership transition and onboarding.
SCCG’S MANAGEMENT AUDIT
Management Audit combines individual and team level assessments and evaluations for a full picture. On a team level, we typically evaluate cohesion, quality of cooperation, trust, and alignment on common goals. The audit is anchored to strategic targets and the current business situation, and it is especially useful when there are open questions—why performance lags the market, why turnover is high, or why conflicting signals are coming from the organization.
USING THE MANAGEMENT AUDIT RESULTS
The primary client for a Management Audit may be the CEO, but also the board or investors. Typically, the information is needed to support decision-making ahead of major strategic changes, but it can also be used simply to provide clarity and reduce uncertainty. In addition, the Management Audit always provides clear development suggestions for both the management team and for each member individually. We can also help in implementing insight through our coaching processes.