Business Strategy
Lack of alignment between business leadership teams is a significant barrier to effective business performance.
Evolving business priorities, changing customer demands and developing business capabilities can all contribute to unseen misalignment across business teams.
Our organisational leadership services help to align your business around agreed goals, design optimal business structures and ways of working, and ensure the right incentives and rewards to drive desired business outcomes.
We have worked across businesses in a diverse range of industries and at different levels of maturity, from startups to multinationals and helped them to achieve better outcomes.
See some of the services strategy services you can book below:
Business Audit
Sometimes we know there are some things that need fixing. Even though things might feel to be going well, there's always room for improvement.
The trouble is, when you're immersed in the day to day challenges of running your business it can be hard to identify the things that are getting in the way and fix them. We can help.
Our Business Audit takes a unique view of your business across the key areas of leadership, operations, commercials and products and services. We identify inconsistencies, blockages or opportunities to do business better.
We can offer a two day leadership workshop that can dig into these areas to uncover areas for improvement.
Alternatively, for a more comprehensive view we can undertake a deep dive, with in-depth interviews of business leadership and distil to hone in on the key insights.
At the end of the Audit, you will have a comprehensive and independent view of the hot areas in your business that can be prioritised, and an action plan to carry out any work needed to grow your top and bottom line, combined with greater clarity of your potential value.
Business Vision and Purpose
Businesses often start with a clear vision in mind, but as they grow they constantly need to adapt to a changing business environment. New customers with new needs, new employees with fresh ideas, new products, acquisitions, and competitors can all bring about change.
Without a regular checkpoint to ensure everyone is aligned, it's very easy for business teams to get out of sync without realising. When that happens it becomes hard to identify clear priorities and to tell clear stories. Your clients and prospects end up with mixed messages, you miss new opportunities, and you hang on to activities which may no longer be relevant or profitable.
The good news is that there are some very effective ways to quickly get back on track and bring clarity to your business strategy and ambition. It starts with our Business Vision and Purpose workshop.
It's a one or two day workshop for senior business leaders to align around what's really important. It gets alignment on fundamental questions: why your business is here, what you do for clients and how you should deliver it.
We then help you be clear about what makes you different, what you are genuinely good at, who you are helping and the message you need to take to you employees and customers.
We translate the outcomes of the workshop into a programme of activities that put your vision into action.
With your newly refined vision you will benefit from better business alignment and prioritisation, sharper positioning and clearer messages. This translates into improved employee satisfaction, less waste and duplication, improved customer win rates and higher margins.
Support from Startup to Exit
The success rate of new businesses trading beyond five years is much lower than it should be. We can help you navigate through this challenge and help set you up for a valuable exit.
We know what investors will be looking for: good growth, clients, control of data and people management all play their part and we can help you understand whats required to help you concentrate on delivering what matters to you and them.
Having run businesses just starting out, taking them through VC fundraising, growth and sale to groups and privately, we have built up a strong understanding of whats required along with key contacts to help with the legal and due diligence processes, plus key stakeholders in the investment community.
Startup phase:
Being great at what you do is part of the puzzle, but the structures, processes and systems needed to deliver this require careful consideration to get you off the ground and keep running. Let us help you get the strategy and structures set to grow.
Sale phase:
The time to exit is close and you are looking at what is needed to make this process run smoothly. We can run this with you, but do this before you commit to a sale to make sure life post-transaction is as smooth as possible. We have experienced several post-sale challenges and knowing whats round the corner is going to make a massive difference to your business.
Incentives and Rewards Design
Investors like to know you have a strong culture and are planning for the future. Have you got a clear plan for succession and what will happen to the business if you don't?
What needs to happen to keep staff motivated and rewarded, whether a sale is likely to happen or not?
We can create a structure of incentives which keep staff engaged and focused on growth of themselves and the company.
With your newly refined vision you will benefit from better business alignment and prioritisation, sharper positioning and clearer messages.
This translates into improved employee satisfaction, less waste and duplication, improved customer win rates and higher margins.