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Improving Strategy Execution

Our clients often present us with one, or all, of three issues:

1. We need a strategy we all agree on,
2. We need to plan, align, communicate and implement the strategy better,
3. We need to manage the strategy better as we implement.

That is what we help them with...

Clearer future: "If you don't know where you are going, you are unlikely to get there." But how much do you agree, as a team, on that future? Is it ambitious enough? How real is it? Can you believe it, Can you convince others?

...Our clients can. Would you like to as well?

Quality of thinking and analysis: Strategy is about choice: What to do and what not to do? Are we clear which levers to pull and why? What evidence, facts, assumptions, beliefs do we operate under? What do we have to do differently? Do we all believe the same? and why? Are we clear?

...Our clients know that their understanding of the strategy is central to them making it happen.

Quality of discussion and consensus: Imagine a team where you appear to agree in the boardroom, but give out conflicting messages and actions outside. Think of times when a topic has become so awkward it has become almost "undiscussable" within the team. Simply imagine a team where people are defensive and protective of their silos. None of these situations help discussion and consensus building.
Now imagine that team as you would like it to be ... quality discussions...open conversations...real consensus.

Those are the sort of teams we help you become....

Understanding the uncertainties: Strategy often fails when assumptions are taken for granted, or when the uncertainties are not discussed.  Are your uncertainties explicit?  Are the assumptions still valid, or are the the uncertainties becoming more certain? Is your strategy robust enough to handle these events? Will you realise they are changing in time to do something about it, or will it be too late?

Our clients test their strategy, before they apply it, so they have more confidence in its success. Do you?

Easier to budget for: Do your budgets and plans work in unison, or are they separate? When the strategy changes, what about the budget? Research indicates that around 60% of organisations fail to link strategy and budgets. Many others fail to revise their budgets through the year as the strategy evolves?  Can you revise your budget easily, or are the systems and processes fixed? Is the budget constraining the strategy's implementation? What about the other processes in the organisation?

Would you like to make the whole process simpler and easier to manage?

Easier to communicate: Do you have thick plans that that sit on the shelf and never get communicated?

Our clients get the essence of their strategy onto 2-3 pages. They can communicate the key pieces, so it is understood in under 10 minutes. It is easier to discuss, easier to evolve and easier to communicate and easier to understand. Easier to execute in fact. Wouldn't you like that?

Easier to refine: Is your strategy out of date by the time its published, or does it take a few months to become out of date? Most strategies are hard to refine and develop as you learn from them.

Our clients develop their strategies in a way that make it easier to refine. They learn from its execution and can refine it, appropriately, as they gather feedback. We help you improve the the quality of execution and delivery of results.