Strategy

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A Customer Value To Outcompete All Others

Markets are won or lost, and great businesses are built, on the value a business can deliver to its customers. A value delivered in meeting the needs of its customers, today and tomorrow, that outstrips the value anyone else can…

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Anchoring Business Strategy

Progress is best built on strong foundations with a clear sight of the summit to be reached. But in today’s competitive marketplace where there are many distractions, multiple options and lots of noise, it is easy to become overwhelmed. Clarity,…

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Facilitating A Strategy Workshop

Being able to guide a team of people forward in an effective discussion to craft strategy is no simple task. There are many challenges and traps to be recognised. And while most obstacles will hopefully be managed and avoided, there…

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One View – Board and Management

It’s not unusual for a disconnect to arise between a board and management team, typically caused when they do not share the same ‘one-view’ of their business. These disconnections can readily feed discontent and a break in communications impacting both…

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The Changing Role of The Chief Strategy Officer

Richard Shrapnel's 'The Changing Role of The Chief Strategy Officer'.

Strategic thinking is as old as the beginning of time. Strategic management, the business discipline, however, is less than sixty years old. And it is failing to maintain pace with the challenges of keeping businesses competitive in today’s marketplace.  …

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