| Strategy development, as we practice it, is concerned
with defining an organisation’s possible futures and selecting
its preferred path from among them. It seeks to locate
the enterprise within its probable business, competitive,
social, environmental and regulatory context.
It is a reflection on evolving situations, shifting
conditions and emerging approaches to new or established
business endeavours.
It is, first and foremost, an opportunity for those
who set an organisation’s direction to take ‘time out’
in a flexible yet structured environment, to revisit
their thinking, test it and extend it in a forum that
is designed for that purpose, under active and probing
facilitation. Typically:
- We call upon the client’s best corporate resources
and create a forum for structured yet free-flowing
debate
- We guide and support the activities of that forum
- We use research to generate insights and alternative
approaches to existing views
- We draw on our experience of change patterns in
other industries and countries to challenge perspectives,
bring propositions forward and stimulate the exchange
of ideas
- We steer the debate to conclusions and decisions
on preferred paths or commitments to further exploration
within well-defined project frameworks, and
- We document discussions in a manner that not only
preserves the essence of the discussion, but also
serves as a management tool to progress the reflection
further into tracked actionable items.
The result is a far sharper understanding of the directions
the organisation must take for its longer-term survival
and sustainability. The debate defines the broad but
specific goals and outcomes the organisation must achieve.
In so doing, it defines precisely the space within which
detailed business planning budgeting should take place,
as well as providing a strong frame of reference for
strategic decision-making.
Clients in banking, insurance, mining, property, construction
and development as well as government have called on
Trudeau & Associates’ strategy development expertise
since the Firm opened its doors – and returned to it
on a regular basis, year after year. We offer services
in:
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- Options definition and assessment
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“It is a matter of some pride that we have been so
closely involved in our clients’ growth over time, to
see their performance improve consistently and their
market position rise. We are particularly pleased that,
in a number of instances, their positive results were
recorded at times and in environments where almost all
of their competitors were turning in lacklustre or worryingly
poor results.”
“We have assisted young companies to move into the
‘major league’ in their industry, just as we have assisted
established entities move up the ladder to some of the
top positions in their field. It is a privilege to be
associated with such developments, and to know that
clients have extended the association over time due
to meaningful assistance”, comments Benoit Trudeau,
Managing Director. |