Growth happens.  How to cause growth to happen and build on it year after year is LIKE BUILDING A STRONG MUSCLE THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.  IT IS A PROCESS that can be designed, led and EXECUTED ON YEAR AFTER YEAR.  It begins with a full understanding (Assess) of your current capabilities, a systematic approach to planning (Plan) and the discipline to execute and build from that base of success (Align and Build Capability).

These 4 simple phases have produced measurable results with multiple clients over 20 years.  Imagine beginning the cycle with where you are and what you want to achieve.

1. ASSESS:  Use Web-Tools to offer quick and useful insights.  Each one takes < 5 minutes
2. PLAN:  Spotlight immediate and strategic opportunities and action plans at each stage of the planning process.
3. ALIGN:  Integrate your Budgets, Operating and Strategic Plans into one Strategy Map.
4. BUILD CAPABILITY:  Leverage the power of your Management Team.

Full engagement builds the capability required to repeat your success.

According to Robert S.Kaplan and David P. Norton, authors of

The Strategy-Focused Organization….

• Only 5% of employees understand the company’s strategy.
• Only 25% of managers have incentives linked to strategy.
• 60% of organizations don’t link budgets to strategy.
• 85% of executive teams spend less than one hour per month discussing strategy.
• 80% of mergers/acquisitions never achieve their original intention.