PLANNING TO ACTION FRAMEWORK - STAGE TWO:
Developing Leadership's Perspectives

Prepare Internal and External Experts We help organizations identify and use the best available expert resources. Working together with clients we identify the internal and external sources for needed information. We then work with those sources to help them develop their input to specifically address the relevant strategic questions. This ensures that expert information is efficiently integrated into the planning process and that it can support effective decision making.

Research and Analysis Strategic decisions require information that is accurate, understandable and actionable. We help clients develop the foundation for important decisions by guiding internally conducted research or conducting it using our team of experts. Strategy Arts experience ensures that clients look below the surface to find the drivers most relevant to the questions they face. Research results are communicated using informative graphic and analytic tools that support understanding across the organization.

Develop Leadership's Perspectives on the Current Situation A shared leadership perspective on the current situation is essential to effective planning. To accomplish this important stage we work with leadership teams in facilitated planning meetings that center around direct dialogue between participants. Our facilitation ensures that all opinions are heard, important options are considered, and a shared leadership perspective is developed. Relevant information is kept visible and accessible at all times using large format charts that are either pre-printed or developed in the meetings to help guide the discussion and record agreements.

Graphic Guides® shown are used courtesy of our partner, The Grove Consultants International