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How to use ActionPath: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Written by Lucas Lindenlaub
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ActionPath turns your FHR insights into a practical improvement plan. This guide helps you create a data-driven roadmap that demonstrates your commitment to financial excellence, builds stakeholder trust through transparency, and sets measurable targets for progress. It’s not just about understanding your financial position—it’s about having a clear plan to improve it.

ActionPath Fundamentals

ActionPath organizes your improvement journey into five connected elements:

  1. Goals – What needs improvement

  2. Strategies – How you’ll address those goals

  3. Implementation Suggestions – Detailed execution suggestions

  4. Targets – Measurable objectives

  5. Projected FHR – Expected impact

Step 1: Financial Goals

ActionPath automatically highlights financial areas for improvement based on your FHR analysis. Each goal includes a priority level—Critical, High, Medium, or Low—and recommended strategies.

Where to start: Focus on Critical and High priority goals first. These deliver the greatest benefit to your FHR.

Step 2: Select Strategies

View strategy to see details and begin building your plan. You can (and often should) add multiple strategies to your ActionPath to address different aspects of your financial health.

Step 3: Define Your Implementation Plan

Each strategy presents up to nine practical suggestions to help execute the strategy. Select those most relevant to your situation. These become your actionable items. You can also add any other comments or notes.

Step 4: Set Targets

Set your financial ratio target using benchmarks as reference points. The system shows your current performance, high-risk average, low-risk average, and a reasonable target suggestion.

Target setting guidance: Balance ambition with realism. Your goal should stretch performance while remaining achievable given your capabilities.

Step 5: Review Your Plan

The summary screen shows all selected strategies and their combined impact on your FHR score. It displays three key metrics:

  • Current FHR Score: Your starting point

    • Example: 51 – Medium Default Risk

  • Expected Improvements: Combined impact of all strategies

    • Example: +15 points

  • Projected FHR Score: Where you could reach

    • Example: 66 – Low Default Risk

Summary
Complete plan

This projection shows the theoretical end state if all strategies are successfully implemented, providing powerful context for planning discussions and realistic expectations about potential impact.

Best Practices

  • Start with Critical and High priority items.

  • Combine complementary strategies for better results.

  • Set realistic targets using insights from benchmarks.

  • Keep your plan updated as progress is made by uploading new financial data

  • Share your plan with stakeholders to show commitment.

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