Strategy
Strategy is the world’s most over-used business term. Everyone loves to say it, but few seem to understand what it actually means. The real answer: what hill are we going to charge up together, what objectives does that meet, and how do we measure our progress at getting there. Our approaches help your organization do just that: choose the right hill, measure progress, and know what to do next. We can help in a number of different ways.
Strategy Mapping
When strategic planning efforts hit a confusing roadblock for a start-up in an emerging market, we provided clarity by mapping their strategy and demystifying it. We helped every employee understand the direction. The result: the start up was able to launch and pivot quickly, instead of spending too much time soul-searching.
Balanced Scorecards
A client wanted to condense their strategic plan into a summarized scorecard to be updated at each executive meeting. They needed to analyze their current metrics and focus more on results instead of activity. And they wanted a quick and easy “red”, “yellow” or “green” status for the progress on each goal. We delivered that, and helped them update their metrics so that they reflected performance, not just perceived performance.
Off-Site Retreats
When a client didn’t want an off-site retreat to be a waste of time, they hired us to plan and facilitate the meeting. We got the real issues on the table, asked tough questions and put their current strategy under scrutiny. They uncovered key deficiencies, and reworked metrics to reflect that. The result: vastly improved performance and responsiveness, not just cheerleading and heads nodding at boring presentations.
Execution
When a CEO was disappointed because his previous strategic plan was never fully implemented, he came to us to develop metrics that focused on execution and results and create catalytic mechanisms to drive implementation. They implemented the new plan, and got buy in from their employees. That put some managers in a slightly awkward position when the front line started moving more aggressively than their managers, but executives and customers loved the change.
Change Management
When industry and technology changes forced an organization to adapt to a new way of doing business, they not only wanted to redesign their processes but they wanted to transform their culture. We obliged them, and they aggressively implemented change with employees at all levels owning the process. The change effort itself created their new culture.
Have a different issue? Do any of these situations sound like something your organization needs? Contact us. Do you have an entirely different problem? We can help with that too. We’ve implemented game-changing strategies for over 100 organizations, ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to start-ups. Odds are that we can craft a solution for you too. Tell us your problem, and we’ll tell you if we’re the right people to help.