Strategic Update

The Process

During a two-day engagement, we help you update your current strategic plan by introducing additional strategic tools to the process. We can re-evaluate your current strategic plan creating new insights and perspectives. For instance, we can use the following tools to augment your strategic planning process:

• SWOT – We can use this method to look at your relative strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Porter’s Five Forces – To perform a market analysis specifically, we use this tool to evaluate your buyers, suppliers, competitors, substitutes, and barriers
• Business Model Canvas – To obtain a holistic view, we can use this method to evaluate your Value Proposition, Key Activities, Resources, Partners, and Customer Segment, as well as your Finances including the Cost Structure and Revenue Stream.
• Strategic Maps – We can use this communication tool for depicting those objectives based on four perspectives (financial, customer, internal, learning and growth). With a well-designed strategy map, your employees can better understand your overall strategy. Everyone is on the same page and can see how their jobs impact your company’s strategic objectives
• Balanced Score Cards – Often associated with a strategy map, a balanced scorecard provides a structured report, that can help managers keep track of the activities intended to fulfill your company objectives. So, you can better monitor and control the actions and the consequences.
• And more ….

In addition to reviewing and revising your strategic objectives, we can also provoke your thinking on other key elements of your strategic plan including:

• Your Core Values – People often want to skip defining their core values and jump straight into business planning. But, we strongly believe that defining your core values is a MUST do. Because our core values guide the behavior of our organizations and determine if we are on the right path to fulfilling our goals. What are your real core values as opposed to ones that are just table-stakes, aspirational, or even accidental?
• Your Focus – It seems counter-intuitive to systems integrators who do not narrow their options, turn down any work, or thrive on the novelty of new projects. But, at some point, to fuel the growth of your business, we will likely need to develop a focus, so we can clearly articulate your value to our prospective clients and differentiate you from your competition.
• Your Market Strategy – What do your clients say that we do better than anyone else? If your customer recognizes your unique value, it will be easier to define your leadership position. And, then we can use it as a filtering mechanism for making decisions that are consistent with your value and meeting your customer needs.