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Business Strategy
Development and Implementation
We
believe strongly in the principle that "If only we spent more time
on foresight, we would need to spend less time on hindsight".
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When
starting to think about how to approach the whole Strategy Process,
it is useful to work within a framework which moves the ideas
in a logical sort of way. Our approach prompts people to start
to think creatively about the future, by doing some Scenario
Planning.
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By
thinking about the future and by making some decisions regarding
what kind of future we want for our organisation, we can then develop
a strategy to deliver that future. As Jack Welch (former CEO of
GE) says in the title of one of his books: "Control your destiny,
or someone else will."
Once the organisation has decided where it needs to go over the
next few years, we work with the top team to develop the strategy,
by focusing on three key elements: Vision (what good looks like),
Mission (what we need to do to achieve the Vision), and Reward (the
success and benefits we want to get from this work).
We
use a variety of tools and processes to support the Top Team in
developing a strategy. But we do not stop there. Our particular
strengths lie in our experience and ability to empower the Client
to develop real and practical Action Plans within sensible time
frames.
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