The strategy conversation you can only have here
Business leaders strive for two elusive things: a crystal-clear picture of their business’s future and a team aligned to make it a reality. Having worked with both corporate giants and trailblazing entrepreneurs, I have successfully tackled these challenges in many different contexts. Through listening, understanding and connecting the dots I work with you at at the intersection of your personality and your business ambitions to create a compelling and succinct strategy that will pass the 3am test.
Do you know the core opportunity or challenge you are going after? Can you describe it in a sentence or two? Does it make sense? Are your people aligned and engaged to bring your competencies to bear on that challenge or opportunity? This is the ❤️ of the strategy.
Put aside goals, revenue targets and the fluffy statement about being the industry leader. That's not a strategy. You'll know when you have the ❤️ of the strategy, you and your team will be jumping out of bed to work on it.
When I was 14 I learned to program computers. Staring at a screen for hours searching for a bug that was preventing my code from running was frustrating. When I was really stuck I would ask my father for help.
Explaining to him what I was doing, I learned two incredible lessons. Explaining helped me to get clear on what I am really trying to do. And a fresh set of eyes could see things that I had been staring at for hours without seeing.
Today, this is what I do. I am the sounding board that helps you see what you haven't been able to see thus far and in our conversations you get to be really clear about what is standing between you and the ❤️ of the strategy.
My career as a three act play
I've been a chief operating officer, head of consumer banking, entrepreneur, strategic thinking lecturer, technology director, AIESEC Vice President.
The core principle that underpins my work is "People support what they create". This translates directly to strategy in that ideally everyone in the organisation can own what they contribute to the success of achieving your strategy. From the CEO to the individual contributors in an organisation, all have a role and organisations work best when those roles are clear and aligned.
Strategy isn't spreadsheets and PowerPoints. It's art. It's crafting tomorrow's reality so clearly you can reach out and grasp it.
But here's the thing - we need to go deeper. Past the obvious. Past the comfortable. Because that's where the real choices live. The ones that transform businesses.
I've walked this path with global giants and scrappy startups. I've learned through triumph and failure - mine and others'. Each lesson carved from reality, not theory.
From boardroom battles to startup sprints, I've gathered stories. Now I want to hear yours.
Imagine your team, alive with purpose, each person burning to bring your vision to life. We're not planning - we're creating. Not analyzing - we're writing your next chapter. One that positions your business where it needs to be.
Feel that pull? That's your instinct saying there's more to discover. Your strategy could lead somewhere extraordinary.
Shall we explore?
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