Strategy is the foundation of organisational health. It defines the direction of a business, harmonises its critical decisions and aligns its key people.
Done right, a strong Strategy drives a business to excellence and equips its people to make the most of its opportunities.
Done wrong, it’s a mess of hot air and fearful graphs which offers no inspiration, grip or shared plan for winning in the future.
We help businesses to come together, cut through noise and uncertainty, and build the right blueprint for what you’re going to achieve & how you’re going to make it happen.
At critical points, every business chooses whether to play it straight, place some bets, or guard against a rainy day.
It’s a core role of leadership to make the judgement calls about where the business’ future lies and our Strategic Advisory team gives senior decision makers the support and insight to act with confidence.
Whether there’s opportunity opening up, a new team raising the bar, the need to win the long term competitive battle or to face into bottom-line pressures, we help our clients to define what’s most important for the business to deliver – and where in the market landscape it could successfully do so.
Our strategists collaborate with you to build the right response by analysing market, commercial, and performance conditions, combining different perspectives and industry experience, and mapping implications & scenarios to find the solution that fits your business and fits the moment at hand.
Once the direction is set, we work closely with you to develop strategic options to achieve the ambition, explore innovative paths for growth, and make the best use of available assets and resources to generate true & unique value.
We support you to build out what you need in terms of strategic, financial, human, and competitive parts of the puzzle, and sharpen them until it’s exactly the path for your business’ unique position.
Across market and operational perspectives, we assess outcomes and risks – both the tangible numbers and the entrepreneurial insights – so you can be confident about how they will perform for your stakeholders, customers, and business.
Without sharp, committed execution, even the most well-crafted strategy is a waste of time – we work closely with your leadership and teams to turn strategy into action by articulating the part each critical business area has to play in achieving the strategic objectives.
It’s important that people are accountable for the strategy, have visibility of what’s expected and when, and that owners feel supported to drive progress – even when it’s alongside Business As Usual. We help you execute your strategy with a plan that tracks and measures progress, establishes governance to drive progress, and supports owners in realising the vision.
Strategic challenges come in all shapes and sizes, and we support clients on anything from end-to-end enterprise-wide strategies to focused pieces of evaluation on urgent opportunities. Below are some examples of frequent challenges we help clients to tackle.
The right shared goal is an irreplaceable ingredient for success – it is a unique point of inspiration, clarity, and sharp prioritisation. We support organisational leaders as they consider what results & impact they want to achieve over the coming years – and to set out a ‘North Star’ which the key people understand and can find the right ways to deliver.
The right shared goal is an irreplaceable ingredient for success – it is a unique point of inspiration, clarity, and sharp prioritisation. We support organisational leaders as they consider what results & impact they want to achieve over the coming years – and to set out a ‘North Star’ which the key people understand and can find the right ways to deliver.
