STREAMLINED STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
Develop & Deliver Your Strategy
All organisations benefit from a clear strategy that everyone can understand, recall and embed. However, all too often this becomes an developing a strategy can often becomes a lengthy, confusing and expensive exercise.
We are proud to have helped a range organisations to develop or refresh their strategy with a minimum of fuss and disruption. Our approach helps our clients to achieve clarity and cohesion, so they you get on with the work at hand, without endless workshops and wordsmithing.
Our streamlined strategy development program includes:
1. Targeted consultation
2. Consolidated insights
3. Leadership team strategy development day
4. Draft strategy summary
5. Finalised 'strategy on a page' and internal presentation deck
6. Launch and communication plan
Our approach is practical, efficient and adapted to each unique context. We provides clients with the collateral and communications support to launch and embed their strategy effectively.
Clients have included corporate multinationals, medical regulatory Boards, local government, NFP organisations and service based businesses.
WHAT CLIENTS SAY:
Sophie has assisted my Board over the last 2 years, and we are engaging with her for a 3rd occasion. My experience of working with her has included induction and team-building for new appointees to the Board and a strategy review that included forward-thinking. She possesses a natural ability to quickly develop a meaningful rapport with people within the group. She has a knack that enables her to swiftly and accurately read people and the interpersonal dynamics of a small group or room. She has strong analytical skills and can grasp complex concepts and assist in explaining them in an accessible manner for a broad audience. She projects a strong sense of confidence and empathy in her verbal communications with clients.
Murray Thomas, Chair, Dental Board of Australia
Our board worked with Sophie to define and refine our strategic goals and annual workplan. The process of engaging with the board members was seamless and developed a common theme that with Sophie’s support, was able to collate in to our target areas. Sophie was able to bring out the best in all members despite having virtual and face-to-face participation demonstrating her ability to ensure everyone is able to actively contribute. I look forward to working with Sophie again as we revisit our goals in the future.
Cara Miller, Chair, Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia
I am very happy to recommend Sophie and The Adapt Group. I have had the pleasure of working with Sophie on an Executive Development Roadmap after I had just commenced at Orygen and throughout the pandemic. From initial engagement to delivery of a 3 day program and subsequent 360 Executive development, the entire program was undertaken on line. Sophie was able to create an interesting and engaging program within a dynamic evolving environment. Sophie is a very welcoming consultant and has a wonderful sunny personality and is very client oriented. Sophie has the ability to understand quite quickly the key components of what is required and then develop solutions to be delivered. I look forward to working with her and The Adapt Group in the future.
Pam White, Director People & Culture, Orygen
You provided advice and guidance on how to approach a team to create a strategy. The team were wary of consultants and felt that we should just get on with getting work done. Your approach was consultative and encouraging...we got results in a collaborative manner that was previously difficult to obtain. The group enjoyed the experience and we felt attached to the strategy, which made the delivery genuine.
Your relaxed and friendly manner calms the room, which encourages participation. What I valued most was your ability to provoke thinking and challenge individuals. It felt like we were in it together. You read the room and kept us on track. At the same time, you were open to change or suggestions and broke up the agenda to keep things interesting. You preserved the focus of the group, were results oriented, brought about collaboration and delivered to a tight deadline.
James Bowe, Managing Director, Olympus Australia
In the strategic development project you were able to assist us to a point of agreement on the important focus items very quickly. Your follow up work after the meeting and outputs were exactly what we were looking for.
By engaging your services it meant that all members of the leadership team and Board could be participants in the strategy workshop. It meant that time was not spent by any member of that workshop in the preparation prior and in the facilitation on the day. I think being a facilitator and a participant can become blurred at times and having a neutral independent person really helps.
You are able to read the room and adjust your agenda based on the abilities within the room. Other consultants like to plough ahead sticking to their agenda at all costs. You get a better result by tweaking it on the fly.
I think we achieve better outcomes by having the independent person with the right character/manner/attitude etc. Also you know us well so the examples and scenarios you mention hit the mark. You strike a rapport with each person you come into contact with and people like what you have to say.
Scott Walker, CEO, Carers Victoria
I had the good fortune of attending one of Sophie's business retreats and found it invaluable. Sophie really knows her stuff and has the ability to ask the right questions to get you thinking about where you want to take your business. She is a great sounding board and made me see opportunities that I hadn't identified before. I would totally recommend attending a strategy session or retreat if you want to take your business to the next level.
Leah Lambart, Career Coach, Relaunch Me