T lMl G 's combined strategy and facilitation expertise will help your organization to be even more effective at strategic planning. Our methodology includes the means by which to look through the turbulence, move forward with confidence and ensure a team is moving with you.
Our client’s really value what we do.
They are delighted by T lMl G meeting facilitation evidenced with feedback
like “really open discussion”, “everybody contributed”, “broad spread of
input”, “lots of ideas”, “action planning and delegated ownership”.
They are thrilled with the T lMl G strategic framework, evidenced with feedback
like “we got a fair bit out of the them [strategy meetings], “we’ve
changed our entire view of what it means to be strategic”, “we have much more confidence in our future and in what we must do to make it
happen” and "we now have a strategic plan that we know is strategic"
Why does it work so well?
Significantly, all our clients are committed to learning how to improve
their strategic planning effectiveness as measured by balance sheet and P&L business performance. They are looking to build great and sustainable value. Understanding that, we thoroughly
work through with you the preparation required – whether a strategy review,
strategy meeting or formal strategy conference or retreat. Our
comprehensive approach to meeting preparation along with the guidance provided to you via our strategic checklist contribute to having management, Board Members or both, ready to make
significant advances in strategy formation.
Importantly, your T lMl G strategy facilitator is a C-level executive. You are working with someone who has lead multi-million dollar projects, created whole businesses, has Board experience, has run multi-million dollar entities and has done so in many, many industries. You have somone capable of comprehending the challenges you face, the change implications, the funding pressures, the constraints and the complexity. Nonetheless, there is almost always a pathway forward and a way to bring it to fruition.
It is sometimes argued that in a volatile economy and in a market which
is constantly changing, to plan strategy is futile. That conclusion
misunderstands strategy and forfeits tremendous opportunity to your
competitors. Business activities are constantly changing but good business
strategy is far more enduring. A good strategic plan does not stifle
responding to change. Instead, it makes identifying appropriate
responses to change much easier.
How long does our methodology take? That depends on the scope of your
objectives and where you are now in your strategy development journey. We have
accomplished great things in just a 1 day meeting (a review for example) and at other times,
via a series of meetings over several months (identifying the right response to fundamental industry change). Sometimes we have been
asked to participate in research and analysis – the preparation for
meetings. That too can be just a couple of days or can be more. Where is the best place to start?
T lMl G begins by signing with you, a NDA
(non-disclosure agreement) which legally binds us to confidentiality.
Then you can tell us where you are now and what you want to achieve.
We’ll suggest how we think that is best tackled and provide you with a
no obligation proposal with a methodology appropriate to your strategic planning needs. The ball is then in your court.
If you are looking for strategy consultants who works with you, with
your people, provide a proven and powerful framework and superbly
facilitate innovation, learning, collaboration and decision making,
talk to T lMl G. In fact, call and ask for our Director of Consulting, Peter Boyce.
