Facilitation, Workshops and Training
Productive meetings have a quality best described as "controlled chaos."
On the one hand, participants need a structure and framework that ensures
results. We all have experiences in which we left a meeting saying,
"we had a great discussion, but what did we accomplish and who has responsibility
for the next steps?" On the other hand, participants also need the freedom
to come up with creative ideas and new ways of doing things. Perhaps
the worst criticism of a meeting is too look around the room and see
everyone rolling their eyes and looking at their watches thinking, "when
are we going to do something new."
Strategy Dynamics Group
can help you get maximum value from your organization's executive retreats,
focus groups and meetings in the following ways:
Pre-meeting preparation to identify
areas of agreement and contention, individual goals for the meeting
and hidden agendas
Develop productive meeting agendas
and objectives
Enable participation of senior
leaders in the group thinking and discussion, rather than running the
meeting and watching the clock
Design "no-wrong-answer" group
exercises that generate creative thinking and new ideas
Move from disagreement to consensus
building and solutions
Keep focused on the goal or
decision at hand and build on organizational strengths
Elicit ideas and insights of
focus group participants and determine their implications for business
strategy, new product/service introduction, etc.
Evaluate, rank and prioritize
ideas, opportunities and options
Ensure that meetings end with
decisions and results - - clear next steps, action plans, due dates
and identification of responsibilities and designation of accountability.
The key to effective, value adding workshops and training is that they
be flexible, customized, and linked to the goals and activities of the
organization. Off the shelf, one-size-fits-all sessions do have an important
role to play in introducing new ideas, processes and tools. But, to
go to the next level and ensure that participants can immediately implement
newly learned methods and techniques requires a closer fit with a participant’s
real world and professional activities. Our Fast Track Workshops
in Strategy and Competitive & Market Intelligence, and CI Coaching
services do just that - - they are flexible, fast, and designed to strengthen
and expand the capabilities of participants so they can quickly add
greater value to their organizations.
FAST TRACK STRATEGY WORKSHOP
In just 2 days, you and your management team can have a growth strategy
and action plan that can strengthen your company's competitive position
in the market
What You Will Cover
Your Company
Identify
your strategic ambition and business goals
Test
your assumptions about your greatest competitive and organizational
challenges and opportunities
Identify
and/or confirm your company's core competencies
Review
your Value Proposition and Brand Promise and ability to deliver
Your Customers
Identify
key customer trends
Identify
factors affecting demand for your company's products and services
Identify
customer needs and preferences that are not being met by you and your
competitors
Your Competitors
Identify
your competitors' market position, strengths and weaknesses
Identify
competitive opportunities and threats
Assess
your company's competitive environment and the direction of change in
your industry
Strategic and Action Plan Implications
Identify
new growth and business opportunities
Link
your Value Proposition to customer trends, needs and preferences
Craft
your Brand Promise
Determine
the organizational capabilities needed to execute your strategy
Craft
your strategic action plan
Fast Track Strategy Workshop Benefits
Comprehensive: Covers the key elements for gaining
strategic insight and driving action - your company, your customers
and your competitors
Fast: Two-Day workshop to move from strategy to
action
Cost Savings: Most strategic planning efforts are
long and drawn out with costs that match. Fast Track Workshops
provide in-depth understanding and direction at a fraction of the cost
FAST TRACK WAR GAME WORKSHOP
The Challenge
Changes in competitive dynamics raise the need for companies to stand
up to competitors' actions and responses, bolster their brands and market
position, and beat their competitors in the market. In just two days,
you and your management team can identify effective strategies and actions
that anticipate and take advantage of likely competitor moves on the
marketplace chessboard, and thereby strengthen your company's competitive
position.
The Solution
Our approach is to provide a forum and structured process for strategic
thinking that taps the breadth of insight and experience of the participants.
This facilitated discussion is designed to simulate the competitive
market place, examining and anticipating the competitive moves of key
players. This allows your company to test alternative strategies, acquisitions,
marketing messages and other competitive actions and identify those
that provide the greatest competitive advantage. We base this process
around the Wharton School's dynamic competitive strategy model.
Analyze
the
Competitive
Environment
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Anticipate
Competitor
Actions,
Reactions
& Impact
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Formulate
Dynamic
Strategies
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Assess
Risks,
Rewards &
Supporting
Evidence
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Select
Optimal
Strategies
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Fast Track War Game Workshop Benefits
Actionable Insight
Gain
a deeper understanding of the competitive market and the dynamics of
competitor actions and response
Capture
lessons for anticipating competitor intentions and actions on an ongoing
basis
Establish
a process for identifying high-impact strategies and initiatives
Identify
new growth and business opportunities, and effective strategies and
actions
Fast: Two-Day workshop to move from competitive
simulation, to strategy, to action
Cost Savings: Most competitive strategy efforts
are long and drawn out with costs that match. The Fast Track
War Game provides actionable insight and direction at a fraction of
the cost
CI COACHING AND SUPPORT SERVICE
The Challenge
Competitive/market intelligence managers face numerous
challenges in their efforts to advance the competitiveness of their
companies. A significant challenge for many is the fact that they are
often lone practitioners, without the benefit of others in-house who
understand CI practicalities in their organizational, analytic and communications
complexity - - and, what to do about it!
Wouldn't it be helpful simply to have someone to call, bounce ideas
around with about organizing your CI program? Evaluate your program,
or a CI deliverable? Get some expert advice on how to bridge organizational
silos? Demonstrate the value of your CI efforts? Figure out how to get
a seat at the decision-making table? Quickly obtain a few analytic tools,
techniques and templates? And, more?
The Solution
To address this need, Strategy Dynamics Group is now offering its CI
Coaching and Support Service. Unlike customized CI and strategy consulting
projects, which have a specific scope of work and timeline, the CI Coaching
and Support Service is designed to provide the flexibility that the
day-to-day running of a CI/MI function requires - - not just for a few
weeks, a few months, but ongoing over the course of the year on an as-needed
basis!
For an annual subscription fee, CI managers will have ongoing, regular
phone and online access to the expert advice of Strategy Dynamics Group
to address their own particular issues, such as:
Organizing
and operating the CI/MI program
Tapping
intelligence across business units and functional silos
Aligning
CI/MI activities with management's strategic objectives
Getting
the sales force on board
Getting
new CI/MI practitioners up-to-speed
Designing
and delivering CI/MI deliverables and reports
Improving
analytic methods
Validating
the value of CI/MI in the eyes of senior management
And when it would be more helpful to have us with you on-site to support
your efforts, we can arrange that too.
The Benefits
Comprehensive
support of CI/MI activities when you need it throughout the
year
Flexibility
to address on an ongoing basis the shifting and practical day-to-day
needs of CI managers
Access
to experts and best-in-class practices, methods, tools and techniques
Cost
savings compared with customized CI/MI and strategy consulting
projects
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