A structured process,
tailored to your business.
Every business is different. There is a clear process for understanding what is happening and deciding what needs attention, but the focus and shape of the work are determined by what your business needs to achieve.
I take the time to understand what is really going on before recommending what happens next.
The process is structured. The solution is tailored.
How Working Together Progresses
We’ll find the gap, agree what needs attention and work through it together.
It starts with a conversation.
The first step is a complimentary 30-minute conversation about what has prompted you to get in touch and whether there may be a useful fit. If we agree it is worth exploring further, the work progresses through four stages.
01. Analysis of Your Needs
Bring the right people together to understand the situation more fully and determine what needs to be explored.
Complimentary
02. Discovery
Build an evidence-based picture of what is really happening, where the gap is forming and what needs attention.
03. Findings &
Way Forward
Make sense of what has emerged, agree what needs attention and determine the appropriate way forward
04. Tailored Engagement
Work together on what the business needs, with review, learning and adaptation built in as the work progresses.
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This builds on the initial conversation by bringing the right people together to understand the situation more fully.
We explore what is happening, what the business needs to achieve and where the gap may be forming, including where perspectives are aligned and where they may differ.
At the end, we decide whether a Discovery is the right next step. If it is, I recommend what the Discovery should involve, who needs to be included, the timing and investment before any commitment is made.
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Once agreed, Discovery develops a deeper, evidence-based understanding of what is really happening before I recommend where the work should focus.
Depending on the situation, this may involve reviewing relevant business information, speaking with key people and gathering different perspectives across the business.Using the Grounded Growth Compass, I look at how Direction, Deliverables, Systems, Leaders and Teams are connecting in practice, what may be getting in the way and where attention will make the greatest difference.
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I bring together what has emerged through Discovery and make sense of it with you.
We develop a shared understanding of what is working, where the gap is forming, what is contributing to it and what needs attention.
From there, I make clear recommendations and, if further work is needed, we agree the outcomes, focus, scope, who needs to be involved, timing and how progress will be reviewed.
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Once the way forward is agreed, the work begins.
I draw on practical tools, proven approaches and experience to shape the work around the business, its people and the outcomes required.
The engagement may include facilitated conversations, workshops, leadership development, practical tools, new working rhythms or guidance over time.
Review is built into the work. We pause at agreed points to consider what is working, what we are learning and what needs to change, so the work can adapt as the business and situation evolve.
Every stage has a clear purpose, and nothing moves forward without your agreement.
Scope and duration are shaped by what your business needs.
Some engagements are focused and contained. Others continue over time where the need is broader or more interconnected.
At times, it is useful for me to work more closely with the business at key stages, providing onsite or embedded guidance, reviewing progress, strengthening capability and maintaining momentum as the work moves forward.
Focused work
A defined piece of work around a specific need or outcome, for example, a strategic question, Board or executive alignment, an important decision, or strengthening a particular area of the business. The work is contained around a clear purpose and can provide a practical starting point for understanding what, if anything, needs to happen next.
Sustained work
Where the need is broader or more interconnected, the work may continue across a number of months - strengthening the connections between strategic direction, deliverables, systems, leaders and team ownership as changes are implemented and embedded.
What you can expect from me
I’ll help you find what’s hard to see from inside the business.
Whatever the shape or duration of the engagement, the way I work remains consistent. I bring structure and clarity while staying close to what is actually happening in the business.
In practice, that means I will:
Listen with curiosity and look beyond the presenting issue to understand what is really going on.
Ask the questions that need to be asked, challenge thinking when it is useful and create the conditions for honest, productive conversations.
Bring structure and clarity to complex issues, choices and decisions.
Shape the work around what the situation requires while building capability and ownership within the business.
Pause regularly to review what is happening, learn from it and adapt the work where needed.
Are you ready to close the gap between strategy and execution?
Whether you need to develop or strengthen your strategic direction, or understand why an existing strategy is not delivering the results you expected, the first step is a complimentary 30-minute conversation.
We’ll talk through what is happening, what you would like to achieve and whether working together is the right next step.
