Strategic Management Framework
A process hierarchy for formulating, executing and evaluating strategy.
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We translate the time-tested Principles of Strategic Management into a practical guide for seizing control of Uncomfortable Leadership Moments. This enables entrepreneurs, executives, managers and board members to:
- Innovate new products, services and pricing models.
- Start-up new companies, divisions, and regions.
- Unblock stalled customer acquisition, retention, up-selling, cross-selling, and referral partners.
- Expand into new industries and geographic markets.
- Restructure companies, divisions, departments, teams.
- Merge and Acquire new companies and product lines.
Strategy Formulation Requirements
Translate Mission, Vision, Values and Behaviors
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Clarify your strategic intent including your purpose (mission), core values and behaviors, goals (vision) and strategic initiatives.
Forecast Accurately and Timely
![ArmatureEBS Forecasting](https://uncomfortableleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ArmatureEBS-Forecasting-1.jpg)
Align your forecasts for revenue, work activities, productivity, staffing levels, and expense requirements.
Plan Products, Services, Markets and Execution
![ArmatureEBS Planning](https://uncomfortableleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ArmatureEBS-Planning.jpg)
Validate that your product, service, industry, geographic, and customer plans are viable in the external marketplace.
Structure Businesses, Departments and Jobs
![ArmatureEBS Organization Structure](https://uncomfortableleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ArmatureEBS-Organization-Structure.jpg)
Organize your business units, processes, departments, and jobs to clarify responsibilities, drive accountability and achieve results.
Strategy Execution Requirements
Map and Document Procedures
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Transparently identify work activities for serving each customer use case, across every stage of the customer life cycle.
Deploy Technology Enablers
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Ensure that technology is enabling your employees and managers – – rather than disenabling them!
Integrate Management Practices
![If anybody can do it, we can!](https://uncomfortableleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ArmatureEBS-Management-Playbook.jpg)
Integrate your human resource practices to your mission, vision and goals at every stage of the employee life cycle.
Transfer Technical Knowledge
![ArmatureEBS Knowledge Transfer](https://uncomfortableleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ArmatureEBS-Knowledge-Transfer.jpeg)
Provide instant access to instructions and policies so employees and managers can execute with precision!
Strategy Evaluation Requirements
Accurate and Complete Data Tracking
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Ensure that data fields are hierarchical, have consistent naming conventions, are collected as work is completed, are fully populated, and stored together.
Trusted and Timely Analytics
![ArmatureEBS Data Analysis](https://uncomfortableleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ArmatureEBS-Data-Analysis.jpeg)
Integrate data tables so consistent analysis, interpretation, gap identification and process improvements can be instantly prioritized.
Cascaded Reporting For Managers & Employees
![ArmatureEBS Data Reporting](https://uncomfortableleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ArmatureEBS-Data-Reporting.jpg)
Organize and Display data hierarchies uniformly so executives, managers and employees have a consistent view of data and analysis.
Actionable Process Improvements
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Clarify action plans with specific accountability, actions, deadlines, expected outcomes, expenses, ROI; frequent progress reviews.