Strategic Thinking

Strategic thinking is about understanding the future, market dynamics, adaptation and scenario analysis; it is not about linear thinking or extrapolation of the status quo.

It should be based on facts, analysis and creative thought to produce systematically sensible and sustainable strategies which cope with your future demands and deliver your growth agenda.

Strategies can cover a broad range - from optimising the use of resources to improving competitive positioning in existing business to finding new opportunities in other industries and market segments.

Strategic Planning

Planning is about documenting your strategic thinking - but you have to get the thinking right before you can plan. You need a pragmatic approach to developing a future-determining strategy which combines a depth of industry and management knowledge with expertise in how organisations adapt, learn and respond to change.

Your future success depends upon how well you plan today and how well this eventually gets through to the frontline of your business.

To help you achieve this McDonnell- Phillips can:

Give you an independent analysis of your current business position;

Identify key performance drivers for you business;

Find strengths and weaknesses that will give you leverage to improve;

Work with you to determine sensible strategic business directions;

Document your plan; and

Help you to get the planning process down to the operating level.

We do this with you by conducting review and analysis work, presenting facts to you plainly and honestly, and by facilitating groups to achieve direction.

When do you need strategic help?

When you need to identify how you can:

Break through repeated cycles of the same basic mistakes;

Get better business;

Build a sustainable business;

Better forecast and direct your future; and

Break through the clutter in your market.

Our approach to strategy development

Our approach to strategic thinking and planning is a rigorous analytical process that involves:

Understanding your current industry structure and business position including analysis and modelling of the underlying systems and dynamics;

Identifying future customer and market needs;

Analysing alignment of your existing product and service offerings with future market needs and demand;

Future visioning; and

Developing specific goals and strategies including financial, marketing and sales, research and development management, people management, and information and technology.

 

We also conduct reviews into business processes, reformulating for better operations and performance.