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McKinsey 7-S in StratEngine answers one question: are the seven internal parts of your company pulling in the same direction? It looks at strategy, structure, systems, shared values, skills, staff and leadership style, and points to where they don’t fit together. It needs the Professional plan or pay-as-you-go.
McKinsey 7-S carries the Advanced badge. It’s included on the Professional plan and higher, and pay-as-you-go accounts can run it per analysis. On other plans its card shows Upgrade instead of Select. See Strategy plans and pricing.

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When to use it

  • Your strategy has changed but the way the company is organized hasn’t caught up.
  • Execution feels slow and you want to find which internal piece is out of step.
  • You’re planning a reorganization, merger or leadership change and want a before picture.
  • You’re advising a client and need a structured read on internal alignment.

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What you get

The Components tab has a Framework Summary and one Framework Details section for each of the seven elements:
  • Strategy
  • Structure
  • Systems
  • Shared Values
  • Skills
  • Staff
  • Style
Every section is editable, and Sources lists what the analysis cited. Standard and Deep runs also fill the Momentum tab (trends affecting the company), which means Essential and higher plans, or pay-as-you-go at Standard or Deep. Deep runs add the Assumptions tab (what the analysis depends on, by risk), which means Professional, or pay-as-you-go at Deep. See Work with framework results and Analysis depth.

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Run it

1

Open Generate Framework

In the side menu, under Quick Frameworks, click Generate Framework.
2

Select McKinsey 7-S

Find McKinsey 7-S under Organizational & Change Management and click Select.
3

Fill in the business context

Complete the Business Context fields. See Generate a framework for what each one asks.Under Framework Inputs (Optional), McKinsey 7-S asks for one input per element: Strategic Priorities, Organizational Structure, Critical Systems & Processes, Cultural Values & Beliefs, Core Competencies & Skills, Workforce Composition and Management Style. Internal details like culture and management style are hard to find publicly, so filling these in makes the biggest difference.Click Continue.
4

Generate

On pay-as-you-go, pick an Analysis depth. Then click Generate Framework.