Customised Strategy Workshops

Taking time out from the day to day to stand back, take stock and reset course is critical for every company. The world and the APAC region is changing, and changing fast, characterised by: turbulence, shifting regulations, evolving technology and economic uncertainty. Customers are buying differently and competitors are more aggressive than ever. These fast changes mean that in response to these economic and competitive drivers, organisations need to be more agile.

Executing strategy requires the need to rethink and plan for the period ahead. The objective of strategy is to win in the marketplace and deliver superior sustainable performance. This requires making clear choices about where to compete and not compete, and an unswerving commitment to building and sustaining competitive advantage.

However volatile and uncertain the market might look in Australia and overseas, there will be opportunities to pursue. However, the real question is: what is the optimal response to change? In every strategy there is some element of change. Most managers are unaware that typically 70% of all change projects fail and only 30% succeed. Organisations that are successful at change have strong reshaping capabilities.

As well as the difficulties of implementing change in your organisation, most strategy workshops fail to deliver results. So we work with you using the framework below to design, facilitate and support a successful strategic planning workshop that gets results. 

 PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Our skilled and experienced team make sure you are clear on the outcomes you want from your workshop. Is your marketplace changing fast? Meaning fast and focussed action. Or is your market stable, supporting a longer term and broader strategic response? Do you want decisive short-term decisions and actions, or a series of longer term strategic initiatives? Having clarity on these critical questions helps us design and facilitate a workshop that is relevant to your business situation.

It also means we can choose the appropriate strategic frameworks to support the generation of ideas, decisions and actions: SWOT, Porter’s 5 Forces, Blue Ocean Strategy, PESTEL, Strategic Capabilities Analysis, Generic Strategies, Competitive Analysis and others are all valuable. However applying the right tool to the right problem or situation is imperative.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Workshops can be designed to suit the Board of Directors, Executive Leadership Team, Sales and Account Management Team and Project Teams.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

• A strategic workshop that is designed specifically to respond to the strategic issues your company is facing
• A workshop structure and design that aligns to the agreed scope
• Selection of pre-work, frameworks and tools that match the objectives of the workshop
• Clear set of actions aligned to the workshop objectives
• Clear expectations on roles, responsibilities, milestones, measurement and reporting frequency
• Follow up plan to ensure strategic initiatives commence and stay on course