Organizational Assessments
Five free, research-based diagnostics for owners and executives. Each takes about five minutes on your phone, scores your organization on the dimensions that matter at your stage, and tells you what to do next. Dr. Kershner reads every result you choose to share.
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ARCH Next Move: what to fix first, in about five minutes
Built for owner-operated trade and service businesses. Answer 17 plain questions and get three ranked priorities, the first step for each, and a 30-day plan sized to the time you have.
Free · Private · About 5 minutes · No login or email
Choose a diagnostic
Answer about your organization as it operates today, not as you hope it will. Results are a starting point for a conversation, not legal, tax, financial, valuation, or other professional advice.
Organizational Life Cycle Diagnostic
Which of five stages your company is in, what that stage demands of you, and the signals you are approaching the next transition.
Leadership System Health Check
Decision cadence, accountability, information flow, psychological safety, role clarity, and your leadership bench.
Operational Maturity Assessment
Process ownership, systems and data, financial controls, customer consistency, and how much still depends on the owner.
Succession & Exit Readiness
Owner goals, successor pipeline, governance, knowledge transfer, financial readiness, and personal readiness.
Organizational AI Readiness
Use-case clarity, data and security foundations, workflow readiness, people and skills, governance, and sponsorship.
Leadership & mindset assessments
Personal leadership effectiveness, AI-era readiness, and entrepreneurial mindset profiles live in The Kershner Lab on The Dr. Claude Kershner Show.
Business Value Assessment
The self-service business value assessment is under professional, legal, and privacy review and is not accepting public submissions. For funding or sale readiness support, start with the Succession & Exit Readiness diagnostic above, then contact ARCH.
Want to talk through your results?
A 30-minute conversation with Dr. Kershner is the fastest way to turn a diagnostic into a plan.