McKinsey 7S Prompts

This prompt guides a comprehensive analysis of a company using the McKinsey 7S framework. It assesses all seven elements to identify misalignments and provide prioritized recommendations.

This prompt focuses on evaluating the clarity and effectiveness of an organization's strategy. It assesses alignment with market opportunities, differentiation from competitors, and connection to the other 6S elements.

This prompt analyzes the alignment of an organization's structure with its strategic goals. It evaluates decision-making speed, communication flow, and flexibility for future growth.

This prompt assesses the effectiveness of operational and management systems. It analyzes process efficiency, system integration, and automation opportunities.

This prompt identifies and evaluates the core shared values that drive an organization's culture and decision-making. It analyzes the gap between stated and lived values and their impact on behaviors.

This prompt evaluates the critical skills and competencies across an organization. It assesses current vs. required skills gaps, core competency strengths, and competitive skill advantages.

This prompt analyzes the dominant leadership style within an organization and its impact on performance. It evaluates leadership effectiveness, style-strategy alignment, and impact on culture.

This prompt reviews an organization's workforce composition, recruitment, and retention strategies. It analyzes turnover rates, employee engagement, and talent pipeline status.

This prompt evaluates how well all seven elements of the McKinsey 7S Framework align with each other. It identifies conflicts and synergies to produce a prioritized list of realignment initiatives.

This prompt uses the 7S Framework to analyze how ready an organization is for a specific change initiative. It identifies potential resistance points and creates a change roadmap with a risk mitigation plan.

This prompt applies the 7S Framework to evaluate a company's readiness for digital transformation. It identifies digital gaps and provides a transformation roadmap with investment recommendations.

This prompt uses the 7S model to compare an organization against its key competitors. It helps identify competitive gaps, differentiation opportunities, and response strategies.

This prompt identifies and analyzes the gaps between a company's current state and its desired future state across all 7S elements. The output is a transformation roadmap with prioritized initiatives.

This prompt combines insights from a 7S analysis with other strategic tools like SWOT or PESTLE. It helps to map external factors to internal capabilities and prioritize strategic initiatives.

This prompt synthesizes a full 7S analysis into a concise, executive-level summary. It focuses on presenting actionable recommendations and a clear action plan for leadership.

This comprehensive "mega prompt" guides an end-to-end organizational assessment using the 7S framework. It requires extensive inputs to deliver a full suite of strategic deliverables, from an executive dashboard to an implementation roadmap.