. # Self-assessment section (step 1) #### Instructions for use: Each of the 3 factors of Compliance, Governance and Operations. **People:** A group of individuals with a common interest in an organisation. They are capable of generating ideas, solving problems, making decisions, and generating learning that improve the organization. **Practice:** The usual or expected way of doing something in a particular organisation or situation. It is like a habit or a custom. **Process:** A series of interdependent tasks/actions that you do/take to attain a particular purpose. # Reflection and action section (step 2 and 3) #### Instructions for use: As you complete the self-assessment part, you would be required to think over and find a solution to improve your current state. For each of the elements, the tool shall provide you with various cues (bullet points/issues/areas of intervention etc.) for you to determine, where or what you should be reflecting upon to change the current state. If none of these options look useful to you, then you can write your own reflection points (others section). Such discussions are at optimal best when moderated well by any leadership forces. At the end of this step, you are likely to know what is best for you in improving the current state of your Compliance, Governance and Operations function. This section will require you to work as a group again, in a structured manner, and is likely to take roughly sixty to ninety minutes, to complete the section well. ## Action section #### Instructions for use: If you reflect upon your current state well, this will not take much time and can be completed in thirty minutes or less. This section will provide you with possible actions that you could take, to initiate change in your current state. You may opt for any of these actions that may serve your purpose. If none of these are useful, you also have choice of drafting your own actions (others part). # How To Read The Report The report provides graphical representation (first part of the report) of the state of your Compliance, Governance and Operations at your organisation. It shows an overall score of all factors under assessment, along with specific scores on each of the areas that were under self-assessment (refer Image 2). Based on your self-assessment scoring, the report will provide your Compliance, Governance and Operations with a title as follows.  The meaning of each of the titles are narrated below: **Curious:** Your Compliance, Governance and Operations is at an infancy stage and you are willing to learn and grow. **Informed:** Your Compliance, Governance and Operations covers basic needs and you are keen to improve. **Guided:** Your Compliance, Governance and Operations is moderately developed and you are ready to improve efforts. **Driven:** Your Compliance, Governance and Operations is very well organised and well performing. **Led:** Your Compliance, Governance and Operations is highly advanced and is setting benchmarks for others to follow. If the self-assessment selections are done thoughtfully, that describes the actual current state of your Compliance, Governance and Operations, this graphical section of the report can actually be highly useful as a starting diagnostic tool. Use this section of the report to be aware of where you are doing well, and what requires improvement - immediate or long-term. On top right corner of your graphical report, you can use a link of your self-assessment, to share a copy of your report. The descriptive part of the report (second part of the report) is the most important section of the report. Your ability to use this section and the extent of its use will be crucial to make the best out of this self-assessment tool. This part of the report will provide you with written description of the self-assessment decisions and choices you made. Against each choices you made, the report will provide a traffic lighted point (red/green/yellow/orange etc.) - which is a colour coded indication of your current state (refer Image 3). As it goes with traffic light logic, red means stop as it is risky to keep moving ahead; yellow means watch carefully and keep moving; and green means you are free to keep moving ahead.  In your Compliance, Governance and Operations self-assessment context, the colours will mean: **Green -** You are either very good or fairly well **Yellow -** It’s okay but improvement is required or desirable **Orange -** it’s underdeveloped and improvement is required **Red -** Something you should take a note of urgently