Standard Model Enterprise Review

See the whole enterprise.
Know what to change.

Understand where your organisation is strong, where structural gaps exist, and which changes will create the greatest impact.

The Enterprise Review examines your organisation across the complete Standard Model for Business and gives leadership a clear, evidence-based view of what should change next.

Five stages. Twenty functions. Eighty units. One enterprise roadmap.

Price: $50,000

Stop treating enterprise problems in isolation

As organisations grow, complexity increases across functions, teams and systems.

Issues that appear separate are often connected. Weaknesses in one area can create problems elsewhere, while competing priorities make it difficult for leadership to see what matters most.

This makes it easy to address symptoms rather than the underlying causes.

The Enterprise Review examines the organisation as a complete system, giving leadership a clear view of the most important structural gaps and the changes required to strengthen the enterprise.

Review the whole enterprise

The Enterprise Review examines your organisation across all five stages of The Standard Model for Business:

Start

How effectively the organisation develops products, wins customers, serves them and delivers.

Stabilise

How effectively finance, people, technology, legal and communications support the organisation.

Grow

How effectively the organisation innovates, builds partnerships and scales.

Govern

How effectively procurement, administration, quality and corporate governance support control and performance.

Assure

How effectively risk, ethics, compliance, ESG and internal audit provide confidence and accountability.

Together, these five stages provide a structured review of twenty functions and eighty underlying units across the enterprise.

A colorful infographic displaying a five-stage process with each stage labeled and color-coded: Start (orange) for Product Development, Stabilise (blue) for Communications, Grow (green) for Research & Development, Assure (purple) for Risk Management, and Governance (black) for Government.

What will the Enterprise Review show you?

The Enterprise Review helps leadership understand:

  • Where the organisation is performing strongly

  • Where critical capability gaps exist

  • Which functions require greater structure or investment

  • Where dependencies, bottlenecks or weaknesses exist across functions

  • Which issues present the greatest constraint on growth or performance

  • Where leadership should focus first

It provides a shared, enterprise-wide view of the organisation and a clear basis for deciding what should change next.

How it works

1. Understand the organisation

We begin with leadership discussions and a structured review of relevant documents, systems and information.

This builds an evidence-based understanding of how the organisation currently operates.

2. Review the organisation

We review the organisation across all five stages, twenty functions and eighty units of The Standard Model for Business.

We examine how each area operates in practice, how effectively functions work together, where important gaps or weaknesses exist, and where changes could materially improve performance.

3. Receive your findings and roadmap

We bring the findings together into a clear enterprise-wide view of strengths, gaps and priorities.

Leadership receives a detailed report and prioritised roadmap setting out what should change, where to focus first and how the organisation can strengthen over time.

What you receive

Your Enterprise Review includes:

Enterprise-wide findings

A clear view of how the organisation is operating across the complete Standard Model for Business.

Review across all five stages

Understand strengths, weaknesses and priorities across Start, Stabilise, Grow, Govern and Assure.

Function-level findings

See how effectively each of the twenty business functions is operating and supporting the wider organisation.

Unit-level findings

Examine the eighty underlying areas that make up the complete model.

Strengths, gaps and dependencies

Identify what is working well, where weaknesses exist and how issues in one area may affect others.

Prioritised enterprise roadmap

Receive clear recommendations on what should change, where leadership should focus first and which improvements will create the greatest impact.

The Enterprise Review turns organisational complexity into a clear, evidence-based view of what is working, what is not and what should change next.

From review to action

An enterprise review is only valuable if it leads to better decisions.

Your findings and roadmap can support:

  • Leadership and board discussions

  • Strategic and annual planning

  • Organisational redesign

  • Investment and resource allocation

  • Transformation programmes

  • Preparation for growth or expansion

  • Governance and control improvements

  • Prioritisation of major improvement initiatives

The objective is not to change everything at once.

The Enterprise Review helps leadership identify the changes that matter most, sequence them logically and focus resources where they can create the greatest impact.

Who is it for?

The Enterprise Review is designed for:

CEOs and executives

Who need an independent, enterprise-wide view of how the organisation is operating and where change is required.

Boards

Who want greater visibility over organisational capability, structural weaknesses and the priorities facing management.

Leadership teams

Who need to align around the most important issues, investment priorities and improvement initiatives.

Organisations preparing for significant change

Including growth, investment, restructuring, transformation, acquisition, integration or increased governance expectations.

It is best suited to established organisations with sufficient scale and complexity to benefit from a comprehensive enterprise-wide review.

What the Enterprise Review is not

The Enterprise Review is a structured, evidence-based review of how your organisation operates across The Standard Model for Business.

It is not:

  • A financial, regulatory or internal audit

  • A formal assurance engagement

  • A detailed test of every control, transaction or process

  • A substitute for specialist legal, tax or regulatory advice

  • An implementation programme

The review is designed to identify enterprise-wide strengths, weaknesses and priorities, and to provide leadership with a clear roadmap for improvement.

If you want support implementing that roadmap and transforming the organisation, the next step is the Enterprise Transformation.

Investment: $50,000

This includes the complete Enterprise Review, leadership discussions, document and information review, enterprise-wide findings, prioritised recommendations and your final Enterprise Review report.

The value of knowing what to change

The Enterprise Review costs $50,000.
The decisions it informs can be worth many times more.

At enterprise scale, structural weaknesses, duplicated effort, poor coordination or misplaced investment can create significant cost and constrain performance. Leadership teams can also spend heavily solving visible problems without addressing the underlying causes.

The Enterprise Review helps you:

  • Focus investment on the changes that matter most

  • Identify structural gaps before they become larger problems

  • Avoid spending time and capital on low-priority initiatives

  • Improve alignment across leadership and functions

  • Make better decisions about growth, structure, governance and control

  • Build a clear sequence for enterprise improvement

The value is not simply in identifying problems. It is in helping leadership make better decisions about where to act, what to prioritise and what to change first.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Enterprise Review cover?

The review covers all five stages, twenty functions and eighty units of The Standard Model for Business.

This includes product development, sales, customer service, operations, finance, human resources, technology, legal, communications, innovation, partnerships, logistics, procurement, governance, risk, compliance, ESG and internal audit.

Who is involved in the review?

We work primarily with senior leadership and relevant functional leaders across the organisation.

The people involved will depend on the size, structure and complexity of the organisation and the areas being reviewed.

What information will you review?

We review relevant documents, policies, processes, reports and other information needed to understand how the organisation operates.

Leadership discussions provide additional context and help us understand how the organisation works in practice.

Is the Enterprise Review independent?

Yes.

Unlike a self-assessment, the Enterprise Review is conducted by SMB using leadership input, supporting evidence and independent judgement.

How long does the Enterprise Review take?

The Enterprise Review is typically completed over 4-6 weeks, depending on the size, complexity and availability of the organisation.

The engagement is structured to minimise disruption to leadership and functional teams while allowing sufficient time to review the organisation properly and develop meaningful findings and recommendations.

Why use The Standard Model for Business?

Traditional reviews often examine individual functions or problems in isolation.

The Standard Model for Business provides a single architecture for reviewing the whole organisation across five stages, twenty functions and eighty units.

This helps identify not only individual weaknesses, but also the connections, dependencies and structural gaps between them.

Will you review all eighty units?

Yes.

The complete Standard Model for Business provides the structure for the review, ensuring the organisation is considered as one connected system rather than as separate departments.

Will we receive recommendations?

Yes.

The final report identifies strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement, together with prioritised recommendations and an enterprise roadmap setting out what should change and where leadership should focus first.

Is the Enterprise Review an audit?

No.

It is an evidence-based enterprise review, but it does not provide an audit opinion or formal assurance over financial statements, regulatory compliance, controls or individual transactions.

Does the Enterprise Review include implementation?

No.

The Enterprise Review identifies what should change and provides a prioritised roadmap for improvement.

Organisations that want support implementing the roadmap can progress to SMB Enterprise Transformation.

Can the price be credited towards Enterprise Transformation?

Yes.

The full $50,000 Enterprise Review fee can be credited towards a subsequent SMB Enterprise Transformation engagement.

See the whole enterprise more clearly

You do not need another list of disconnected issues.

You need a clear, independent view of what is working, where the critical gaps are and what should change first.

Review your organisation across the complete Standard Model for Business and move forward with a clear enterprise roadmap.