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Strategy

planning ♦ structure ♦ business processes ♦ operational plans

Strategy helps define where you need to focus in order to be successful. But organisational success isn't just about high-level strategy. We work with you to develop complementary organisational or team structures and the ability to translate strategy into effective operational plans.

At =mc we can help you focus your strategy – identifying key external drivers, analysing the competitive environment, creating scenarios and then shaping all this data into demanding but achievable business plans. We can also help you to review and improve your business processes.

Find out about our Strategy seminar

The future is uncertain: how do you engage people and stay flexible?

StrategyVisit the Strategy seminar

Thursday 17 June
13:00 - 17:30

How we help

 We can help you:

  • define your vision, mission, values, competencies and core business
  • introduce a range of tools to tackle specific issues, from Porter's 5 forces to Ansoff's Matrix
  • consult, coach and train in how to develop strategy at an organisational, departmental or team level
  • use the balanced scorecard (BSC) to map a new integrated strategy and define metrics for measuring success
  • conduct benchmarking research against competitors and sector leaders
  • develop operational or business plans to help make strategy concrete and practical

The =mc approach

We are Europe's leading experts in using the Balanced Scorecard  strategy mapping approach to drive success. We have also developed a unique set of strategy development tools to help value-driven organisations create that realistic and purposeful focus. Our flexible 'toolbox' approach means we can help you choose the most appropriate frameworks to use.

We specialise in stakeholder engagement – helping you to communicate your strategy simply and effectively to staff, board members and other stakeholders, ensuring maximum engagement and impact.

Our strategy customers

We have used our strategy expertise to help a wide-range of organisations: 

  • when Cambridge Assessment wanted to link operational planning with their strategy =mc helped them to make big ideas concrete
  • with =mc's guidance The UK Film Council developed and communicated its strategy using a web-based Balanced Scorecard
  • we worked with the International HIV/AIDS Alliance to develop a new global strategy
  • we designed more donor friendly structures and processes for departments at NSPCC, Alzheimer's Society and Age UK
  • with =mc's help Amnesty International used strategy mapping to design a new approach to global human rights


Contact us

For more information contact Bernard Ross, Director or call us on +44 (0) 20 7978 1516.

 

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At UNICEF we put children and their needs at the centre of all our work. =mc helped bring that vision and mission into the heart of our planning.

Anita Tiessen, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF UK

Working with =mc is a revelation. In the not-for-profit sector, sound strategy and good governance is crucial, but values, passion and purpose must come first. The =mc approach to strategic planning will equip you with practical tools to keep your mission in mind every day; as an individual, as a team, and as an organisation.

Carole-Anne Davies, Chief Executive, Design Commission for Wales

Transforming the performance of not-for-profit organisations