Growth Strategy and Execution
Class Timing
Monday
8am-10pm
Tuesday
8am-10pm
Wednesday
8am-10pm
Thursday
8am-10pm
Friday
8am-10pm
Saturday
8am-10pm
Sunday
8am-10pm
Growth Strategy and Execution
$695.00
/Month
Getting from where you want to be
Course Days:
Monday, Wednesday
Period:
Month
Class | Period | Price |
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Monday, Wednesday | Months | $695.00 |
“All can see the tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which great victory is evolved.”
– Sun Tzu
There are many successful businesses, but only a few very successful businesses. If that is your aspiration, how do you get there? It starts with your core context, but must also include delivering extraordinary value, targeting the best prospects, developing the right channels, and more. There is a systematic way to generate the answers to these challenges. Let us help you.
We work with you to identify key customer, market, and operational requirements as input to creating a compelling value proposition. We then facilitate the identification of high-growth market segments, a decision McKinsey research indicates is a primary driver of revenue growth.
We facilitate the articulation of your view of the future and strategic directions, with a goal of competitive leadership. Depending upon your organization’s stage of maturity, this may include growth in mindshare, market share, revenue, and earnings. We capture basic information as input to the planning process and information on all the key influences, risks, challenges, and other requirementsthat might affect the organization’s future opportunities and directions.
Our process permits the organization’s strategic objectives to be translated into action plans that are deployed throughout the organization and even among suppliers and partners. While bold goals can be inspiring, they must be broken down to achievable steps and milestones that allow everyone to see progress and build confidence. You will develop a projection of the organization’s performance, incorporating measures that permit clear communication and tracking of progress and performance. This includes spelling out key performance requirements and measures, as well as aligning teams, suppliers, and partner plans.
If your organization is ready to change its operating or ownership structure, we can assist with activities relating to M&A.
Module 1
Plan Development
The inputs to generate the output
“All can see the tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which great victory is evolved.”
– Sun Tzu
- Internal and external inputs
- Synthesizing the organization’s intent
Module 2
Plan Deployment
Good companies focus on plan development – great companies focus on deployment.
“In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. Pick a general direction and implement like hell.”
– Jack Welch
- Good words must be followed by great action
- Build the plan
Module 3
Capability and Capacity
Do you have what’s needed to make it happen?
“Talent is something we’re born with: it’s in our DNA, a magical alignment of gifts. But skill? Skill is earned. It’s learned and practiced and hard-won.”
– Seth Godin
- Having the right skills
- Having enough of them
Module 4
Projects
The unit of work in a knowledge economy
“The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.”
– Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Kanter’s Law
- Or: cases, deals, engagements,…
- Same model… vastly different details
Module 5
Risk Mitigation
Scenario planning
“No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.”
– Helmuth von Moltke
- Know when to pivot
- Analyze what’s missing
Module 6
Resource Allocation
Not your day job with a side hustle
“The number one key to any company’s success, plain and simple, is focus.”
– Kevin Plank, CEO, Under Armour
- Ownership
- Remove all the distraction
Module 7
Your To-Don’t List
Let go of FOMO
“You have to pick carefully. I’m actually as proud of the things we haven’t done as the things I have done. (It) is saying no to 1,000 things.”
– Steve Jobs
- Don’t dilute the effort
- Critical Few Objectives
Module 8
Recap, Q&A, and Feedback
“Feedback is the breakfast of champions.”
– Rick Tate
- We told you what we were going to tell you
- We told you
- Now we tell you what we told you