How healthy is your organization?
Membership, revenue, and relevance start slipping long before anyone can name the cause. Find out where to look first in as little as five minutes.
Start here.
Could a member say in one sentence why your organization exists, and why they would miss it?
Pick an answer to start. The other 14 questions take about five minutes, and your results appear the moment you finish.
Many organizations address the wrong problem
Boards and executive directors feel the pressure on membership, revenue, and relevance long before anyone can name the cause. So the response is a new committee, a new campaign, or a new firm. When the diagnosis is wrong, each of these takes time and resources, and the real problem remains.
Built for volunteer leaders
Most board members were never trained for this role
Most board members have never run an association. You volunteer from a member company, you have a day job, and nobody ever showed you what a healthy organization looks like from the inside. The Health Index is that picture, built from Virtual's work managing technology consortia, standards organizations, and associations.
For more than 25 years, Virtual has been the management partner behind groups like these
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Three steps to a clear answer
About five minutes. Answer for the organization as it runs today, not as the plan describes it.
Your score out of 45, the discipline holding the rest back, and the three practices to fix first, with a copy by email.
Start the right conversation with a shared picture. If you want help with what comes next, Virtual's advisory team can help you build and carry out the plan.
A clear view of where you stand
Your score across the Five Disciplines, the one quietly holding the rest back, and the three practices to fix first. Results appear the moment you finish, with a copy by email to share with your board.
Start with the quick check, or go straight to the full diagnosis
Both score you on the same Five Disciplines. The Health Check takes five minutes. The full Health Index takes the time a real diagnosis needs.
The quick check
Fifteen questions across five disciplines. See where your organization stands out of 45 and the three practices to fix first, with a copy by email to share with your board.
The full diagnosis
All 30 practices across the same five disciplines, plus the intangibles that set healthy organizations apart and your lifecycle stage. You get a score out of 100 and a Snapshot the moment you finish, then a written report on your three lowest disciplines and how to sequence the work.
The Five Disciplines of Healthy Consortia
Built from decades of Virtual's work alongside consortium leadership teams. Every question maps to one of five disciplines.
Matched to your stage of growth
Consortia move through a predictable lifecycle. Early groups need Market Relevance and Strategic Alignment across the founders. Maturing ones need Engagement and Resiliency. The full Health Index places you in your stage and prioritizes the work that fits it.
Leader-led assessment
Often includes stakeholder interviews, member surveys, an Organizational Health Dashboard, and a full action plan.
Everything in Standard, plus executive leadership support to put the plan in place and track its progress.
Fifteen questions will tell you where to look first.
It takes about five minutes, and your results appear the moment you finish.
Or start the full Health Index →