Author: Craig Compton
Have you ever been involved in creating a company strategy? How did you find the experience?
If the answer is no, then it won’t be a strategy you will deliver on. I guarantee it.
Over 30 years of working across a variety of sectors, I have seen the outcome of various strategies.
More often than not the ones that are merely a set of numbers extrapolated from past performance designed just to satisfy a process will end up in a bottom draw gathering dust.
A strategy that is visionary and inspiring, but real, supported by executable activities, where everyone involved is invested, will have a high degree of success. Why? Because when people feel connected to an action plan, it works.
When we approach a project at BCCL, strategy starts with a collective cathartic session. We get to the bottom of some vital questions that will ultimately shape your strategy.
We will ask teams to dive deep into various aspects including:
Even these two questions can divide the room. The process can sometimes be painful, but ultimately rewarding if you stick with it. The result? You emerge with a refreshed, reinvigorated sense of purpose.
For us as a team, the proof lies in the execution. If you spend hours, days, or weeks in a boardroom creating a vision for your future, you need to ensure you have a team on the ground that will put in the work. In my experience, the effort that goes into execution needs to be tenfold the effort that has gone into the strategy creation. You and your team need to commit and go all in.
When that is the case – and we’ve seen this time after time - once momentum starts it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Strategy that succeeds is based on the execution of a vision, and not the creation of a vision.
This is where the BCCL ‘From Strategy to Coal Face Approach’ works. We are more than prepared to go through those painful initial sessions and are well-versed in leading them to ensure you reach a point where all stakeholders are aligned and get behind the vision.
We can take it to your stakeholder community by turning the strategy into a ‘Transformation Plan’ with solid actions supporting the vision, so it actually gets done. The team doesn’t just work to give you the roadmap to success, we will be there every step of the way to make sure you stay on the right path and arrive at your destination on time.
Our mantra is ‘Relentless Execution’. We are an independent transformation team with one mission, to deliver your strategy and outcome; our innovative Strategy Navigation Tools take you from vision to reality.
We are different because we not only do the hard yards at the start, but the hard miles in the execution so your strategy.
Talk to the team today about taking your organisation forward; don’t put off making those pipedream ideas tangible, actionable outcomes any more.
