HELIOS™ Organizational Culture & Operations
System Assessment
A LightPoint Advisors solution for leaders streamlining culture, operations, and EBITDA growth.
When culture, leadership quality, and operating discipline are healthy, value creation accelerates. HELIOS™ (Health of Executive Leadership, Integration & Operations System) is LightPoint Advisors’ integrated assessment and strategic roadmap that fuses I/O Psychology with Lean Management to diagnose organizational and operational culture, evaluate leadership health and readiness, and convert insight into a step-by-step execution plan. A marketable, end-to-end framework that blends core I/O Psychology (validity, reliability, behavior change) with Lean (waste elimination, flow, standard work, PDCA) to move from diagnosis to delivery.
Designed for Private Equity platforms, portfolio companies, and any enterprise preparing for scale, HELIOS™ gives you a clear, quantified view of what to fix, what to keep, and how to grow.
WHAT YOU GET
Executive-grade diagnostic
of culture, leadership capability, operating discipline, and change readiness
Quantified baselines & benchmarks
aligned to value-creation levers (growth, margin, risk)
Practical and detailed strategic roadmap
(30/60/90/180 days) with owners, milestones, and KPIs
Leadership enablement assets
(SOPs, playbooks, cascaded KPIs, communications
tool-kits) to sustain change or engage LightPoint to implement
WHO IT's for
Private Equity deal teams & operating partners
(pre-deal diligence, postclose, or value-creation plan refresh)
CEOs/COOs/CHROs
leading integrations, turnarounds, or multi-site scale-ups
Founders
professionalizing leadership and operating systems ahead of a financing or exit
THE HELIOS-BEAM™ METHOD
A marketable, end-to-end framework that blends core I/O Psychology (validity, reliability, behavior change) with Lean (waste elimination, flow, standard work, PDCA) to move from diagnosis to delivery.
PHASE 1 — BENCHMARK
(WEEKS 1-3)
what we examine
Culture & climate
engagement drivers, psychological safety, decision rights
Leadership health
LHI™—Leadership Health Index (values, behaviors, competencies, integrity)
Change capacity
CRI™—Change Readiness Index (awareness, desire, knowledge, ability, reinforcement)
Lean maturity
LMI™—Lean Maturity Index (value stream discipline, Gemba cadence, standard work)
Network strength
ONAx™—Organizational Network Analysis (influencers, bottlenecks, silos)
Operating culture
Ops Culture Heatmap™ across Strategy, Structure, Systems, Skills, Style
HOW WE DO IT
Validated surveys, 360s, structured interviews, Gemba walks, VSM/SIPOC mapping, data pulls from HRIS/ERP/ATS, and artifact review (OKRs, SOPs, handbooks).
PHASE 2 — ENGINEER
(WEEKS 4-6)
WHAT WE DESIGN
Target operating
culture
(principles,
behaviors,
standards)
Leadership
Competency
Model &
role-specific
success profiles
KPI Tree linking
top-line value
drivers → functional
KPIs → team
metrics
Governance &
cadence
tiered huddles,
decision rights,
escalation paths
Portfolio of
improvements
A3s, waste removal,
automation/RPA
opportunities
PHASE 3 — ACTIVATE
(WEEKS 7-14)
WHAT WE LAUNCH
30/60/90-day action sprints with owners, milestones, and resources
Culture rituals recognition, feedback loops, leader standard work
Manager enablement coaching, ADKAR-aligned comms, playbooks, micro-learning resources
Quick wins that prove value in 30–45 days and fund the journey
PHASE 4 — MEASURE
(WEEKS 8-24 & ONGOING)
WHAT WE TRACK
HELIOS Scorecard™
LHI™, CRI™, LMI™, Engagement, Turnover, Time-to-Productivity, First-Pass Yield, NPS (employee/customer)
PDCA
cycles & quarterly strategy reviews (Hoshin-style)
Controlled change log
and benefit realization (hard $ and soft outcomes)
DELIVERABLES
HELIOS Diagnostic Report™
with executive summary, heatmaps, baselines, and risk register
Strategic Recommendations
prioritized by impact, effort, and risk
BEAM™ Roadmap
(30/60/90/180-day plan), RACI, resourcing, and budget
Leadership & Culture Playbook
(competency model, behavioral standards, coaching guides)
Operational Playbook
(tiered meeting model, KPI cascades, A3 templates, standard work)
Change Enablement Kit
(communications plan, manager toolkits, adoption metrics)
WHY LIGHTPOINT ADVISORS
PE-savvy
ties people, culture, and operating discipline to EBITDA and multiple expansion
Evidence-based
I/O psych rigor meets Lean practicality actionable, not academic
Doers, not just advisors
we implement alongside your leaders and embed capability
ENGAGEMENT OPTIONS
2-3 Weeks
Rapid Diagnostic
pre-deal or early value-creation pulse check
6-8 Weeks
Core Assessment
full HELIOS-BEAM™ with roadmap
6-8 Weeks
Transform & Embed
LightPoint-led execution and capability transfer
TYPICAL OUTCOMES
FIRST 90–180 DAYS
+15–25%
improvement in leadership effectiveness (LHI™)
+20–35%
increase in change adoption (CRI™)
−10–20%
cycle-time reduction across critical value streams
+5–10
pt gain in engagement/ psychological safety
Hard savings from waste removal, rework reduction, and improved throughput
Ready to see your organization in a new light?
Let’s run a HELIOS™ Rapid Diagnostic and convert insight into executable action.
(HELIOS™, HELIOS-BEAM™, LHI™, CRI™, LMI™, ONAx™, Ops Culture Heatmap™, HELIOS Diagnostic Report™, HELIOS Scorecard™ are LightPoint Advisors trademarks.)
