Build your strategy

Fundamentally strategy is about choice and setting direction.  Building winning strategies with deep organizational buy-in and commitment is core to your success and will build a significant advantage.  Create a compelling vision, craft a value proposition that clearly defines the value add you bring to your customers/clients and establish clear priorities and goals provide a clear road map for achievement.   LeadingCulture brings state-of-art processes and systems thinking to this age-old process.  

At LeadingCulture, we believe that having a sound methodology for planning is critical for success.  Building an effective strategy must be based on solid data and a sound understanding of the business environment it supports, the clients/community served and trends that have impact

We bring “state of the art” processes for developing effective organizational strategies.

 STEP 1: ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING

The goal of this step is to get a clear understanding of the current state by conducting the following inquiry

• Stakeholders Analysis - both internal and external such as investors, customers/clients, suppliers, partners, staff and society
  
• Situational Review - explore factors that influence the business such as Economic and Political/policy trends, Technology, society trends and competition
  
• Organization Diagnostic.  Conducting a internal review of the current state.  This may take the form of a hard measure and soft tool like a SWOT or other internal diagnostic.
  

STEP 2:  MISSION, VISION AND VALUES

• A mission clearly states what we do.
  
• Our Vision paints the picture of the desired state at some point in the future.  It often creates some create tension with the current state.
  
• Our Values are how we go about achieving our mission and vision.  It is really identifying the behaviours that will make us successful
  

STEP 3: CRAFT A VALUE PROPOSITION

• A value proposition defines the value that we bring to our customers/clients. 
  

STEP 5: ESTABLISH STRATEGIC GOALS

• Strategic goals identify the core directions to achieve our Mission and Vision.  In essence the organization is making choice about priorities.
  

With the Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Goals LeadingCulture will support you in establishing a clear operational planning process to establish SMART Objectives. 

We recognize that you do important work on a tight budget.  We want to make a difference.  Work with your key stakeholders to put great strategy in place.