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Lately, strategy discussion with many of my clients and colleagues has been dominated by the effects of the present turbulent times. Phrases like "gone to ground", "increasingly centralized" and "pulling back" are more evident in many conversations than "competing with innovation", "exploiting competitor weaknesses" or "leveraging learning for performance". One of the benefits of experience is that "turbulent times" have now crossed my path 4 times – and each time I’ve learned a little more – even if;
Anon
Breakthrough 1 During turbulent times, the competition is often at its weakest. The opportunity to take mind share, market share and/ or new markets is at its best. Use your strategy facilitator to help you advance through the turbulence by applying an external ‘eye’ to your strategy.  You may recall the concept of needing to be focused on your ‘circle of influence’ and not your ‘circle of concern’. Self evidently, being focused on what you can do something about is more likely to be productive than spending time focused on ‘issues’ and ‘concerns’. Getting an organization’s strategy implemented is arguably even more important during the unforgiving ‘tough times’ than at any other time. If your organization has been adversely affected and needs to cut cost or raise funds, get it done; see it as an operational necessity and then move back into making sure you have a clear strategy to advance the business and get that strategy implemented. Breakthrough 2 During turbulent times, managers can be drawn into giving more energy to issues of concern than warranted – at the cost of clear strategy and its implementation. Things go out of focus, energy is diluted and team work becomes fragmented. Use your strategy facilitator to provide objective insight into the extent to which your people are energized and engaged and what could be done to lift the group.  More than half of all managers report being less than satisfied with their organization's strategy making process. Indeed, one common criticism is that when the big decisions need to be made, the process inadequacy is most evident and arbitrary decisions are made. Use your strategy facilitator to help your organization make more thoughtful and affective strategy decisions when turbulence creates opportunity requiring thoughtful, big decisions. Breakthrough 3 Turbulent times are a great stimulant for good people to rise to the challenge. Turbulent times can also be a great catalyst for change that has been needed but until now, difficult to justify. Use your strategy facilitator to help you follow a process that will bring opportunity into the foreground, accompanied by the attitudes and abilities to successfully make decisions and implement. During turbulent times, particularly where the marketplace changes and therefore the organization too must significantly change, bringing people together can seem very important. It probably is important. But when you get them together, it needs to be well planned. You want it to be productive, result in alignment (even if not consensus), intense engagement and the necessary change decisions to be both clear and powerful. Breakthrough 4 A strategy conference during turbulent times needs special preparation so that the opportunities available to your organization through change are fully embraced and the risks of resistance anticipated and expunged. Use your strategy facilitator to structure and support a breakthrough strategy conference.  Turbulent times are full of opportunity. See the glass half full and act!  For more information, contact TMG @  or phone (03) 9010 9010 and ask for Director of Consulting, Peter Boyce. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites 
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