How much value is lost in a strategic planning process that is mostly aimed at defining next years budget and managing resources? 

Are management teams using customer and market insights to make and deploy tough choices? Do you have fewer than 5 priorities? 

Are strategic choices aligned and communicated effectively across the organization. Do people understand what they mean?

Has the strategy produced the results that were expected and are the drivers of success and failure fully understood?

Are you managing today or preparing for the future in terms of people, investment and management attention?

An expert neutral third party can accelerate answers

What is your process for decision making? As experts in your area of business do you challenge thinking with external input?

Where in your organization are objectives set? Functional objectives without a pure and clear organizational strategy reduce efficiency.

How much time do your management team spend on strategy and on focused review of expected results?

How are choices balanced between the short term in year business plan and the future value of your organization?

How do your employees rate the clarity, value and effectiveness of strategic decisions from past years. Are they energized and enabled? 

Making tough choices is easier with a neutral expert third partyfacilitating