Business Strategy Coaching

COACHING THAT MANIFESTS YOUR BUSINESS STRATEGY AND VISION

How clear is your vision? Where do you want your business to be in the next three years? How will you know when you get there?

In small companies, strategy often takes a back seat.

Strategy just feels big. It feels expensive and complicated. The future is uncertain. There is a lot on your plate right now. Why waste the time planning and thinking when there is so much real work to do today?

• “I’ll focus on developing strategy when I’m at ten (or fifty, or one hundred) employees.”
• “When my revenue is at $1M (or $5M or $20M), then the stakes will be high enough.”
• “Things can change so fast, what is the purpose in taking time to plan?”

Sound familiar?

Operational noise can pull you under today.

Your client needed their deliverable yesterday. A key employee just quit. A new project needs to be kicked off. Operational tempos can be relentless and ruthless.

A ball gets dropped today, and you will feel it tomorrow, next week, or maybe even tonight as you toss and turn in worry about how you are going to put out this latest fire.

Neglected strategy will derail your future.

While operational noise presses you for action, strategy lingers quietly. Your customers aren’t making noise about it. Often your employees aren’t either. They’re too busy pushing deliverables out the door. Perhaps, just like you.

While we often feel the pain of operational mishaps quickly, neglected strategy can take years to unravel a business. Like a slow boil, it sneaks up on you.

The labor market may start to feel tighter. Competition begins to show up in unusual ways. What worked in the past is no longer quite as effective. Quality begins to drag, deadlines are missed, growth begins to stagnate.

Business strategy coaching can help you think through the future direction of your organization.

This is just as important as that next customer call. No one will drive strategy except for you. And the two big questions are, “How?” and “When will I find the time?” I know – I’ve been there.

What I’ve learned is that effective strategy doesn’t sit on a shelf; it becomes part of the dynamic in the room – flavoring every conversation and decision. It is not found by locking your team into a weekend retreat, so you can do some brainstorming and fill out a few templates.

Effective strategy is an ongoing, long-term conversation into big and evolving questions like:

• What is our business and what should it be?
• What does the organization stand for and what does it actually do?
• Who are the human resources we need for our future?
• Who do I need to be as a leader to pull this all off?

Whether you are looking for a regular strategic thought partner to support you in this or a full-fledged planning initiative, we can work together to establish effective strategic management rhythms, helping you to boldly define, communicate, and execute your vision with greater impact and results.