Corporate and global strategy
Strategy is a small number of clear choices, made with conviction and funded properly. We help leadership teams make those choices and turn them into a plan the organisation can follow.
Leadership teams face more uncertainty and more options at the same time: shifting trade, new technology, changing regulation and investors who expect results sooner.
We cut that complexity down to a few decisions that matter, set out the evidence for each and recommend a course. Then we help translate it into targets, budgets and accountabilities.
What we do
Corporate strategy
Set portfolio direction, ambition and the role of each business.
Business unit strategy
Decide where to play and how to win in each market and segment.
Scenario planning
Stress-test your strategy against the futures that would break it.
Portfolio review
Identify where to invest, fix, hold or exit.
Strategic planning process
Design a planning cycle that links strategy to budgets and decisions.
Strategy communication
Turn the strategy into a narrative your people, investors and partners understand.
The questions leaders bring to us.
- Where will our growth come from over the next five years?
- Which parts of the portfolio should we invest in, and which should we exit?
- What would have to be true for our plan to succeed?
- How resilient are we to geopolitical and regulatory change?
- What do we need to stop doing?
Typical outputs
- Strategic options paper with a clear recommendation
- Market and competitor fact base
- Scenario set and early-warning indicators
- Portfolio map and capital priorities
- Three-year plan with targets and owners
- Board and investor narrative
Where we often apply this work
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