Failure rates for strategic planning are in the 70% to 90% range
– Kaplan & Norton
The Strategy Focused Organization
– Kaplan & Norton
The Strategy Focused Organization
We work with committed CEOs and their top teams to turn ambition into strategy, and strategy into reality. Together, we institute the structure and discipline of our Strategic Management System. This isn’t just theory. This is reality grounded in our expertise and over 20 years of successful experience.
Because the goal isn’t to develop a plan. The goal is to produce results.
The Strategic Management System™ is built around a continuous four-step process:
Assess, Position, Plan, and Implement.
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With the Strategic Management System™ we help you turn ambition into strategy, and strategy into reality. More importantly, you will have the processes, structure, tools and discipline to create a permanent inflection point in the life of your organization.
In the assess phase we use various methods to collect hard and soft data. We then conduct targeted exercises so, collectively, we can develop a clear understanding of three landscapes: the industry landscape, the macro landscape, and the internal landscape. With this context established, we can insightfully answer the question, ‘WHY must we change?’
In the position phase we avoid the failings of the typical mission and vision statements and instead develop clear, concise and compelling positioning statements that capture what you do, what makes you desirably different, and what you aspire to achieve.
In the plan phase you will learn why you shouldn’t pursue a sustainable competitive advantage, why a compelling value proposition isn’t your ultimate goal, why most so-called plans are nothing more than lists, and why most plans are designed to fail. Equipped with this knowledge, we will then develop a smart plan that outlines the focused few ‘must-do’s’.
The implement phase is when most plans, projects, and initiatives fail. Yet this is when the Strategic Management System TM shines. We work with you to comprehensively put in place the critical processes and structure to Make Strategy Happen. We focus on three critical areas of implementation: organizational alignment, commitment building, and execution management.
Instituting the Strategic Management System™ we help you turn ambition into strategy and strategy into reality.
Agility Solutions
Associated Brands
Canstar Restorations
Caravel Investments
Central Motive Power
Central Valley
City of Bend
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Energy Central
Englert Inc.
Ensequence
EPIC Advisors
Gulfshore Insurance
H.G. Fenton
Indiana University
Inspired Lending
Levelton Consulting
Mazzella Lifting Technologies
Millenium Hotels
North American Tea & Coffee
Nuheat
Picosecond Pulse Labs
Point Eight Power
Richfield Hospitality
StarTech.com
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The Redco Group
Triton Management Group
VEBO
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