STRATEGIC REVIEW
Today’s shifting economic climate and ever-changing competitive environment creates a world of challenges and opportunities for small, medium and enterprise-sized businesses and organizations. Having a clear understanding of your business’s strategic position is essential in order to make the necessary choices, respond to threats and seize those opportunities. Our team of professionals will help your leaders reach that clear understanding through an objective review of your strategy.
Typically one of the following approaches to strategic planning is customised for use in your unique situation:
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Situation-Target-Proposal
- Situation - Evaluate the current situation and how it came about.
- Target - define goals and/or objectives (sometimes called ideal state)
- Path / Proposal - map a possible route to the goals/objectives
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See-Think-Draw
- See - what is today's situation?
- Think - define goals/objectives
- Draw - map a route to achieving the goals/objectives
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Draw-See-Think-Plan
- Draw - what is the ideal image or the desired end state?
- See - what is today's situation? What is the gap from ideal and why?
- Think - what specific actions must be taken to close the gap between today's situation and the ideal state?
- Plan - what resources are required to execute the activities?
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The most common starting point in the strategic planning process is, through thorough analysis and evaluation, determine your current or ‘as-is’ position. In a Strategic Planning and Review process, we deliver an objective analysis of the internal and external factors that could impact your business, such as:
- Markets (customers)
- Competition
- Technology
- Supplier markets
- Labor markets
- The economy
- The regulatory environment
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