Developing a corporate strategy in a world that is changing at the rate we are currently witnessing is immensely challenging. Connecting the dots in a way that leads to a winning endpoint is crucial, but what if you can’t even see the dots?
It is fundamental to understand that strategy is unique to each organisation and to the desired outcomes. There is no cookie-cutter approach to developing an effective strategic plan for your organisation. A good plan requires hard work – there is no simplistic or templated approach that will deliver the best results for you.
However, some underlying principles can help make a strategy more effective and the likelihood of its successful implementation more realistic.
One of those fundamental principles is to engage all of your stakeholders in creating the way forward. That includes staff, customers and external partners. Communicating frequently on progress will remove the secrecy and reduce concerns about how this change will affect them. If all of your stakeholders are involved, their buy-in significantly improves your chances of implementing your strategy and achieving your goals.
The challenge is to create a process that engages people to share and look at new ideas. It focuses thinking to find that elusive future solution. Combining idea exploration with deliberate prioritisation in developing a strategy efficiently is what we can bring to your organisation.