> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.ciclostrategy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# The full picture: a consultant's workflow

> The end-to-end journey — from a client's first conversation through to ongoing accountability — in one platform.

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## Why this matters

This is bigger than a feature tour. It's what a modern strategy practice looks like when the
drafting work is automated, the reporting is continuous, and every engagement starts with
evidence instead of a blank page. From the first client conversation to ongoing execution, here's
how it all fits together — and where to go for the detail on each stage.

## The engagement, end to end

<Steps>
  <Step title="Stand up the client workspace">
    Create a linked client account from your partner dashboard in under a minute, ready for a
    strategy import straight away.

    <Card title="Setting up a new client account" icon="building-user" href="/consultants/new-client-account">
      Manage Organizations, create, and switch between linked client workspaces.
    </Card>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open with an evidence-based audit">
    The client's dashboard leads with the **Health Check** — a live assessment across 14
    dimensions. Before the first question, you can point to where the strategy is strong and where
    it needs attention, backed by evidence from their own documents.

    <Card title="The two-minute strategy audit" icon="clipboard-check" href="/consultants/strategy-audit">
      The 4-dimension assessment and 14-dimension Health Check.
    </Card>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Turn their document into a live strategy">
    A client's existing strategy document becomes structured goals, initiatives, and KPIs across
    the Strategy, Roadmap, and Performance pages — in their own words.

    <Card title="From document to dashboard" icon="file-import" href="/consultants/document-to-dashboard">
      Upload and auto-populate a complete, navigable strategy.
    </Card>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Make the strategy visible as a system">
    The **Alignment view** shows goals, KPIs, and initiatives on one screen with explicit links —
    so gaps are immediately apparent, and fixable live.

    <Card title="Seeing the strategy clearly" icon="diagram-project" href="/consultants/alignment-view">
      Expose and fix disconnected goals in the room.
    </Card>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fill the gaps with AI suggestions">
    Generate initiatives, KPIs, and actions — each with a rationale — to address the gaps the
    alignment view revealed.

    <Card title="Your AI strategy team" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/consultants/ai-suggestions">
      Initiatives, KPIs, and actions suggested in seconds.
    </Card>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Report and research">
    Generate a board-ready executive report from live data, then take it further with Deep
    Research — cited market intelligence anchored to the client's strategy.

    <CardGroup cols={2}>
      <Card title="Reporting that impresses boards" icon="file-chart-column" href="/consultants/board-reporting">
        Board-grade reports in under a minute.
      </Card>

      <Card title="Deep Research" icon="magnifying-glass-chart" href="/consultants/deep-research">
        Live, cited market intelligence.
      </Card>
    </CardGroup>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Keep it alive between sessions">
    Scheduled reports, KPI trend tracking, and clear action ownership keep the strategy on track —
    so you arrive at every session already briefed.

    <Card title="Keeping clients accountable" icon="bell" href="/consultants/client-accountability">
      Accountability without the chasing.
    </Card>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## The value you're delivering

A client's strategy document becomes a fully connected, AI-assessed, execution-ready system —
with reporting, accountability, and ongoing market intelligence built in. The drafting is
automated. The reporting is continuous. The research comes with citations. What you bring to every
engagement is what only you can bring: **judgement, relationships, and the ability to help a
leadership team decide.** That's the practice Ciclo is built for — everything in one platform, with
professional outputs at every stage.

<Tip>
  Want to demonstrate this end-to-end without a client document? Load the built-in **sample
  strategy** for a complete, realistic example you can walk through in a single sitting.
</Tip>

## Related

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  <Card title="Back to the playbook" icon="book" href="/consultants/overview" />

  <Card title="What is Ciclo?" icon="rocket" href="/getting-started/what-is-ciclo" />

  <Card title="Browse all features" icon="grid-2" href="/features/strategy" />

  <Card title="Your first strategy" icon="flag" href="/getting-started/your-first-strategy" />
</CardGroup>
