We remove the strategic bloat and focus on actionability
When it comes to strategy, executives believe that over 50% of their time spent on strategic planning is wasted (Gartner, 2021).
We focus on three elements of a strategy: the leadership team, the strategic process and the final strategy. We help organisations by removing the nonsense in strategy; no buzzwords, just actionable plans.
CREATE TIME, SAVE AND MAKE MORE MONEY WITH A PROCESS AND STRATEGY THAT IS PRACTICAL, CLEAR TO EXECUTE AND USES YOUR PEOPLE’S STRENGTHS
How we do Strategy
Through years of working across the full lifespan of Digital, Business, Go-To-Market and Financial events (exits, raises, M&A) strategy Rhys and his teams have been amazed by the scope of detrimental behaviour that occurs under the banner of strategy.
Many strategies don’t consider:
- Execution
- Cross-functional and cross-enterprise implications and opportunities
- The value of the planning process, and
- Even worse, some strategies are built to protect from personal risk at the expense of organisational performance
These behaviours and practices cause immense damage financially, structurally and psychologically within organisations and are prevalent in every sector and geography.
We wanted to build a strategy practice with a difference. One that starts with education and helps leaders and teams understand that the strategic process is as valuable and impactful as the PowerPoint Deck at the end. A practice that teaches the relationship between strategic planning and execution in a tangible way, with lessons that will never be forgotten. We refuse to take on work to “rubber stamp” a plan that won’t work, we built a practice that gets it done!!
When working with clients on the strategy we focus on the capability of the teams in place, teach planning in high-consequence, high-feedback situations and promote execution flexibility.
Supporting Business Strategy
Our products are designed to flex with your needs and budget whilst ensuring actionability and impact.
EXECUTIVE OFFSITES AND WILD WORKING GROUPS
Your strategy must consider the executives who lead it. Know yourself and the team in the wild before we facilitate the strategic planning process.
Immersive Wilderness Training for Strategic Planning
We use high-consequence, high-feedback wilderness landscapes and activities to train organisations on the strategic planning to the implementation process.
Strategy Co-Development for
Scale-Ups
For scale-ups we co-design strategies with you for the business, financial events and owner priorities; we focus mostly on tech, consulting and recruitment.
Strategic Process & Planning Facilitation
We educate teams on strategic process and run them within your organisation so that your strategy is sound and your process creates tangible value quickly.
We engaged Rhys as we were embarking on a complex business transformation and knew we needed to get advice from someone outside our business with a deep knowledge of the overall market and with expertise in business transformation.
The scope was extensive as we had been a very technically focused business operating in the Australia and New Zealand market and wanted to shift our sales focus to Software as a Service, to expand to new markets, change our revenue model, and further develop our already high performing executive and middle management layer.
Rhys was a considerable catalyst for change and his advice directly led to higher revenue, improvements in our product positioning and a more engaged and focused team.
Additionally, Rhys provided clear personal advice that supported my needs during a tough transformation and was a critical resource during tense client negotiations.
I would absolutely recommend working with Rhys Binney as you look to grow and scale your start up, scale up or established company, his strategy, leadership and transformation advice is second-to-none.
Make your strategy more than a report, make it your secret weapon.
Getting strategic thinking, planning and outcomes right is a force multiplier. It creates happy, productive teams and expands organisational knowledge.
If we can help you out in this area then get in touch. This practice was born out of passion and a desire to seek change in how strategy gets it done.
