Our work articulates and implements strategic priorities in an organisation which are:

• Choiceful and tightly-focused
• Customer oriented
• Winnable in relatively short time-frames rather than simply remaining part of annual goal-lists.
• Emotionally bought into by all key players and line managers
• Aligned across the top team and the organisation
• Necessary to move the organisation in its chosen direction

To achieve this, our engagements typically include:

• Facilitating the top team. Our strategy off-sites differ from the norm because they work equally at the levels of strategy and trust in the team. Our consultants are themselves experienced business leaders and strategists, but bring equal strengths in working the emotional and trust agenda in the team. Often it is this, rather than the strategies themselves, which is the obstacle to performance, and we are well-equipped to address this.
• Coaching the CEO or leader of the division. Throughout the process of articulating and aligning the strategy, we are there to partner with the team leader. His or her role is crucial. This is sometimes a formalised coaching process, but more often a constant and informal way that we partner.
• Facilitating the next tier of the organisation. Once the senior team is aligned on their key strategic priorities, the next 30 and next 100 people need to be brought on board. We manage large-group events with the best processes from the worlds of innovation and large-group facilitation to ensure understanding, commitment and action around the key areas of focus for the business.
• Partnering with the leadership to align and equip the rest of the organisation. Depending on the size and culture of your organisation, aligning successive layers of line managers will be a combination of communication, events, workshops and training modules. We work with you to design and deliver these. Our bias is towards equipping your own staff to deliver much of this, as this maximises embedding.
• Supporting follow-through on strategic priorities. As strategy implementation consultants, we know that the battle is not won when the priorities are set, or even when the rest of the organisation is excited about implementing them. For as long as you require, we will be there to partner with you as you steer the organisation and adjust strategies dynamically.

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See our case studies for examples of client successes.