Intensive Suite

Your Ascension Waypoints for Mid-Sized Companies

What is the Intensive Suite?

The Intensive Suite is a 60-day engagement tailored for mid-sized companies to build a strategic Ascension Roadmap that drives scalable growth.

As the Engagement Phase of Growth Readiness’s 3-step Client Journey (Assessment, Engagement, Partnership), this premium offering aligns your entire leadership team across four critical stages of the Growth Readiness Framework: Flight Check, Resource Optimization, Target Lock, and Orbit Stabilization. Through virtual pre-work, four in-person intensives, and actionable deliverables, the Intensive Suite creates a clear path to achieve the objectives set by your Captains Council in the Mission Briefing, empowering your business to reach its desired destination—whether that’s an exit, a capital raise, or industry domination.

Key Features

Virtual Pre-Work

Customized diagnostics for each Growth Readiness Stage, including stakeholder interviews and data analysis to ensure data-driven intensives.

Flight Check

Assesses mission, vision, and product strategy (Navigation, Trajectory, Jettison Signals).

Resource Optimization

Audits teams, technology, and cashflow (Crew, Control, Fuel Signals).

Target Lock

Refines ideal customer profile (ICP) focus, competitor positioning, and client retention (Target, Radar, Comms Signals).

Orbit Stabilization

Evaluates revenue operations (RevOps), innovation, and messaging (Thrust, Payload, Broadcast Signals).

Four In-Person Intensives

Immersive workshops held at offsite venues (preferred) or your office, engaging the Captains Council (CEO, COO, CFO) and stage-relevant leadership (5–15 participants). Who needs to be in the room for each.

Flight Check

Aligns leadership on mission and growth roadmap (8–15 participants).

Resource Optimization

Designs scalable operational systems (6–10 participants).

Target Lock

Optimizes go-to-market (GTM) strategies (6–10 participants).

Orbit Stabilization

Builds repeatable systems for revenue and innovation (8–12 participants).
Each includes 6 hours of facilitated work plus a 1-hour catered lunch.

Deliverables

Ascension Roadmap

A 20–30 page PDF outlining a 12-month strategy, covering all 12 Growth Readiness Signals with KPIs and vendor scopes, tailored to your Captains Council’s objectives (e.g., exit, capital raise, or industry domination).

Command Center Integration

A digital portal with KPI dashboards, AI-driven insights (5–7 weekly recommendations), and integrations with CRM/ERP systems like Salesforce or HubSpot to track progress toward your destination.

Stakeholder Alignment Plans

Department-specific action plans for sales, marketing, operations, and finance to execute the roadmap.

Vendor Ecosystem Blueprint

Request for Proposals (RFPs) and performance tracking frameworks for external partners to support roadmap execution.

Executive Summary Presentation

A slide deck for board or investor alignment, highlighting the roadmap and next steps.

How It Works

Pre-Work Diagnostics

Over 2–3 weeks per intensive, Growth Readiness’s fractional C-suite consultants conduct virtual interviews with key stakeholders (e.g., Captains Council, VPs of Strategy, Operations, Marketing) and analyze data like financials, customer metrics, and operational reports to tailor each session to your Captains Council’s objectives.

In-Person Intensives

Four 7-hour workshops, spread over 60 days, unite your leadership team to build the Ascension Roadmap. Each intensive focuses on one Growth Readiness Stage, facilitated by Growth Readiness experts to align strategies with your desired destination.

Deliverable Integration

Within 2 weeks after the final intensive, Growth Readiness delivers the Ascension Roadmap, integrates KPIs into the Command Center, and proposes a partnership strategy to guide your team or vendors toward your goals, fulfilling the Engagement Phase and preparing for the Partnership Phase.

Timeline

Weeks 1–2

Pre-work for Flight Check Intensive.

Week 3:

Flight Check Intensive (Day 1).

Weeks 4–5

Pre-work for Resource Optimization Intensive.

Week 6

Resource Optimization Intensive (Day 2)

Weeks 7–8

Pre-work for Target Lock Intensive.

Week 9

Target Lock Intensive (Day 3).

Weeks 10–11

Pre-work for Orbit Stabilization Intensive.

Week 12

Orbit Stabilization Intensive (Day 4).

Weeks 13–14

Deliverable finalization, Command Center integration, and partnership strategy proposal.

Total

74 days.

Why Mid-Sized Companies Choose the Intensive Suite

Customized Ascension Roadmap

Full Leadership Alignment

Immersive In-Person Collaboration

Actionable, Destination-Focused Deliverables

Rapid Path to Impact

Strategic Partnership Preparation

Customized Ascension Roadmap

The Intensive Suite builds a tailored Ascension Roadmap that aligns with your Captains Council’s vision—whether it’s preparing for an exit, securing a capital raise, or achieving industry domination.

By addressing all 12 Growth Readiness Signals, it ensures a strategic path to your unique destination.

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Full Leadership Alignment

Engaging your entire leadership team (5–15 participants per intensive, including VPs of Product, Marketing, Sales, and Operations), the Intensive Suite fosters cross-functional alignment.

This eliminates silos and unifies your team around the roadmap, ensuring enterprise-grade execution.

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Immersive In-Person Collaboration

Each 7-hour intensive is held in-person at an offsite venue or your office, creating a focused environment for deep collaboration.

This hands-on approach accelerates decision-making and strengthens team cohesion.

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Actionable, Destination-Focused Deliverables

The Ascension Roadmap, Command Center with AI-driven KPI dashboards, department-specific action plans, and vendor blueprints empower your team or vendors to execute toward your goals.

Growth Readiness provides strategic oversight to keep you on track.

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Rapid Path to Impact

In just 60 days (plus 2 weeks for deliverables), the Intensive Suite delivers a clear roadmap targeting significant improvements in operational efficiency and revenue metrics within a couple of years.

Its structured timeline drives quick wins while setting the stage for your long-term objectives.

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Strategic Partnership Preparation

As the Engagement Phase, the Intensive Suite prepares your business for the Partnership Phase by proposing a customized strategy to reach your destination.

Whether through our FUSION Suite or other means, we ensure you’re equipped to achieve your Captains Council’s vision.

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Who It’s For

Mid-Sized

Companies

Firms aiming to scale but facing challenges like misaligned strategies, operational inefficiencies, or unclear market positioning.

Leadership Teams

Ready to Engage

Companies with a committed Captains Council (CEO, COO, CFO) and leadership (VPs, Directors) prepared to participate in intensives and pre-work.

Businesses with

Ambitious Goals

Organizations targeting transformative outcomes like exits, capital raises, or industry domination through precise GTM strategies and scalable systems.

Why Growth Readiness?

Growth Readiness’s Intensive Suite embodies our core values—Grounded, Resilient, Observant, and Wise. Inspired by our mission to ignite scalable success, we craft strategic roadmaps tailored to mid-sized companies.

Our Growth Readiness Framework and hands-off execution model deliver high-impact strategy, empowering your team to reach your desired destination.

Next Steps

Ready to build your Ascension Roadmap? Start with Growth Readiness’s free Spark or Orbit Assessment to identify your growth barriers. Then, schedule a 15-minute Strategy Call to explore how the Intensive Suite can propel your mid-sized company toward its ultimate goals.