Assessing an organization’s effectiveness is an essential first step for driving growth, enhancing collaboration, and adapting to change. WestEd’s Systems Effectiveness Self-Assessment, informed by years of experience facilitating systems change, offers a structured approach to examining six critical elements of organizational health:

  • purpose,
  • structure and systems,
  • roles and responsibilities,
  • collaborative relationships,
  • workplace climate, and
  • leadership.

This tool reviews key indicators within each element in order to highlight strengths and prioritize areas for improvement.

Using this self-assessment as a starting point provides leaders with a compass that points toward a more efficient, adaptive, and collaborative future. Although systemwide change requires significant effort, this tool helps focus users on the elements of their organization that most urgently require improvement.