Rebalancing your Strategy

I’ve been playing with the idea of strategic rebalance for consultancies and have come up with a list of the following ten trade-offs that leaders are constantly considering.

Some of these are about energy and priority management and some are more either / or decisions.
From time to time there is therefore need to proactively make sure that activities and elements are driving towards the agreed strategy and that the focus is where it needs to be.

❓ Are you as a leader working on the business , working strategically or are you in the business involved in day to day operations and delivery?
❓ Are you principals leveraged appropriately and are they working where they are of greatest value to the company?
❓ Are you looking to acquire new clients, or focus more on what is already established?
❓Is your goal here to make a profit, or do something more meaningful in terms of purpose and societal impact?
❓Is your goal to make profit or to take a reduced profit so as to be able to invest for future growth?
❓ Are you more focused on generating income through sales and operations, or by expanding the scope of services offered by the business?
❓Should the organization be hiring additional staff, or should they invest time and resources into training existing employees further?
❓ Is there an equal mix between specialists and generalists so that all areas of expertise are covered adequately?
❓Which factor should take precedence when making organisational decisions – the opinions and impact on employees or that of customers?
❓How much emphasis should be placed on short-term gains versus long-term growth potential for sustainability purposes?

Without this continual rebalancing of emphasis, you are pushed by circumstances and outside forces into a certain direction, and it might not be the right one for you at that particular time.

➕ Anything more to add to the list?

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