
Delivery & control · XLSX
Growth Bottleneck Diagnostic
Decision
Which system is actually blocking growth.

Preview from the workbook
Original view from the file – with example data, no client data.
Keep, tighten or replace your agency – with evidence instead of frustration.
Decision
Keep, tighten or replace the agency.
If the tool exposes a leadership or ownership bottleneck: consider a bottleneck call.
24 criteria across goal clarity, reporting, outcome ownership, collaboration and contract. Each score needs proof, producing an evidence rate, hard gates and a decision plus clarification agenda.
Use it when
Four to six weeks before a renewal or termination.
Limits of this tool
The scorecard rates collaboration and provability. It recommends neither budget increases nor channel strategy.
The decision this tool clarifies
You make the agency call with evidence – and know what must be clarified first.
Background
The article this tool came out of:
Marketing agency alternative: governance instead of switching →The tool is enough when …
Marketing leadership makes sense when …

Delivery & control · XLSX
Decision
Which system is actually blocking growth.

Delivery & control · XLSX
Decision
Which three priorities matter in 90 days – and who owns them.

Budget & profit · XLSX
Decision
Which budget your revenue target actually supports.
Every tool is a working template with example data – no client data, no confidential figures.