Map your strategy

You have a strategy - every organisation that requires its people to make choices has one, even if they don't know it. In fact, many have more than one, and that's a bigger problem.

Your strategy may be a combination of written plans, scribbled-on envelopes (now that we've all quit the ciggies), watercooler chats, product and technology roadmaps, etc. Sometimes it's simply unspoken and untested assumptions.

This leaves capable people (you employ capable people, right?) to make choices that feel right - but somehow don't quite line up. This causes frustration and the internal friction that prevents teams from achieving everything they're capable of.

Capturing and communicating your current strategy is a critical first step towards achieving organisational alignment and the results your people are capable of.

Map Your Strategy is perfect for leadership team planning sessions or offsites where you want tangible strategic value from your time together.

Understanding our starting point

Every organisation is different, which is why we start by evaluating your current strategy practices across eight critical dimensions - from clarity of direction through to execution discipline. This assessment (using our online tool at reqlarity-tools.io) gives us all an understanding of your starting point, highlighting both your current strengths and the areas where focused attention will create the greatest impact..

Our approach

workshop pre-work

We'll set you a couple of tasks in preparation - a mix of information gathering and using your imaginations.

workshop

This full day captures the strategic choices you've made - from customers served and competitive advantage, to systems and capabilities in place - everything in between.

What we will build, together

Together, we'll benchmark your current strategic practices and capture your current strategy.

We'll evaluate strengths and weaknesses and help you uncover any critical assumptions underpinning your current strategy - relating to customers, competitors, and your capability - and help you decide which to test and how.

By the end of the day you will have:

Your current strategy captured clearly in a format accessible to your staff
Strategic practices assessment with benchmarked strengths and weaknesses
Prioritised assumption testing plan with guidance on methodology
A decent introduction to the strategy design framework used in Your Winning Strategy.

How your organisation will be different

Leadership alignment around current strategy, or visibility of where there is misalignment.
Clear understanding of strategic strengths to leverage and weaknesses to address.
Evidence-based foundation for future strategic decisions.
Working knowledge of strategic design principles your team can apply.