We have made three of our popular benchmarking and assessment tools available to you for free. When you take a self-assessment the specific results of your assessments are emailed to you, showing how your agreement stacks up against the great relationships we have researched.
The results of your survey will only be revealed to yourself. When you participate in this self-assessment, the results are anonymously collected and pooled with others; results to help us track the overall state of outsourcing. We will be using the data to produce a white paper and other research articles that will be shared as part of our open source research library.
You may also share this link with clients, colleagues and suppliers you think will benefit from their own self-assessments.
Scroll down to learn more about our benchmarking / assessment tools.
Ten Elements Self-Assessment
Benchmark your current agreement against 10 essential contractual elements that are crucial for a successful outsourcing agreement.
This 47-question self-assessment highlights structural flaws in your current agreement and will show you the magnitude of the contractual gaps you need to close to improve your agreement and reduce the likelihood of one or more of the 10 behavioral “ailments” creeping into your relationship.
Click here to start the 10 Contractual Elements Self-Assessment. Once you have finished, click on the “submit” button. You will be emailed with a report (typically within 5 minutes) that shows how your agreement stacks up against the great relationships we have researched. Each report is color-coded to show how your agreement compares to our benchmarks.
12 Ailments Self-Assessment
Benchmark the health of an existing relationship with this 36-question self-assessment. The results will show you if any of the 12 common “ailments” have crept into your relationship which and can cause you and your partner frustration.
Click here to take the 12 Behavioral Ailments Self-Assessment. Once you have finished, click on the “submit” button. You will be emailed with a report (typically within 10 minutes) that shows how your agreement stacks up against the great relationships we have researched. Each report is color-coded to show how your agreement compares to our benchmarks. You will also learn which gaps you likely have in your existing agreement that is likely causing these ailments.
Organizational Readiness Self-Assessment
Are you ready to move from understanding to creating a Vested agreement with your potential partner?
This 15-question self-assessment gauges your readiness across 5 key dimensions. Once you have finished, click on the “submit” button. You will be emailed with a report (typically within 5 minutes) that will highlight potential risk areas you may face from moving forward without being ready, as well as providing tips on how to improve your readiness.
Click here to start the Readiness Assessment Self-Assessment.