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High Impact Workshops
 
We have custom designed half-day workshops targeted to your specific needs. Each workshop is a blend of cutting-edge business and management principles along with practical, actionable tactics and examples derived from our work with world-class innovative companies.
 
If you want to drive your company or team forward but you don't have the time or resources for a full engagement, our workshops can make an immediate impact, adding enormous value in a short time.
 

BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION
 
Capitalism is changing--is your business model positioned to provide a sustainable competitive advantage? Globalization over the past decade has led to supply chain efficiencies and greater competition, the internet provides transparency to customers, greater access to information, and a lower cost delivery model, and there is a shift from mass production and mass consumption to individualized consumption.

If your business model hasn't kept up with these changes then you are probably seeing lower-cost entrants and disruptions in your industry, impacting your margins and bottom line. But where do you start to improve your business model?

The Business Model Innovation workshop is a great introduction to the drivers of business models and allows you to quickly get your team up to speed with actionable tactics and results.

Deliverables:

  • Increased business model thinking in your company 
  • Greater urgency among your team to improve your business model
  • Application of business model frameworks to your business, platforms, products, or customer segments
  • Assessment of your business model using a business model canvas
  • Methods to link your P&L to a business model to understand costs and risks of various paths forward
  • Tactics and action steps to take to immediately impact your business

ALIGNMENT

All great companies have as their foundation the alignment of teams--alignment to a common vision and purpose, to core values, and to the strategies and tactics that allow people to quickly make decisions and move the company forward. But some companies are misaligned. They lack the focus, decisiveness, and rewards of alignment, and they end up battling each other rather than the competition.

Our Alignment workshop is a way to align your team and generate a renewed motivation and commitment toward your goals. Beyond that, the alignment process can be extended to other levels, teams, business units, or parts of your company so that you can make a deep impact in the performance of your company.

Deliverables:

  • Quicker decisions
  • Greater focus
  • Fewer internal battles
  • Better execution
  • More speed
  • Higher returns
 


PRODUCTIVITY

Are you getting the most from your people, processes, and structure? Are your systems and procedures slowing your company down or preventing you from quickly gathering intelligent information from your customers? Our Productivity Workshop uncovers the "free resources" available in your company allowing people to pursue those activities that lead to higher value.
 
Deliverables:

  • Proprietary total productivity assessment of your company
  • Identification of free resources
  • Understanding of logjams and other elements that thwart productivity
  • Actionable steps and tactics to improve efficiency


STRATEGIC ADVISOR

Do you need something less than a full engagement or a workshop but still want to improve your company? Do you have issues you need to address but that are not appropriate to discuss with people in your company nor with outsiders? Our Strategic Advisor platform is the perfect solution. We work with you one-on-one to bring cutting-edge strategic thinking, tactics, and best practices to you.

Our approach is based on work in a variety of business structures, including:
  • Global corporations
  • Entrepreneurial start-ups
  • Partnerships
  • Family businesses
  • Non-profits

A wide range of business models, including:
  • Service
  • Global manufacturing
  • Distributorships and dealers
  • Franchises
  • Retail
  • Online

And multiple industries, including:
  • Retail development
  • Energy
  • Bio-power
  • Technology
  • Consumer products
  • Beverages
  • Community banking
  • Construction

Deliverables:

  • Customized strategic thinking on your challenges, issues, and opportunities
  • Best practices, relevant strategy, operational excellence, and implementable action steps applied to your situation
  • Regularly scheduled phone conversations
  • Hourly or monthly options
  • Strict confidentiality