Strategy with Conviction

Is your leadership team constantly caught in a cycle of firefighting? When market pressures, technology shifts (like AI), or operational issues hit – many leadership teams struggle to maintain a unified and strategic front. This lack of alignment then trickles down: generating risks, creating systemic dependencies, delaying delivery, and hurting company morale.

This strategic intensive breaks this reactive loop at the source by transforming your leadership team from a group of individuals managing crises into a cohesive unit that embodies a clear, unified strategy.

This program balances deep strategic alignment with real-world execution and leadership development by…

We partner with designated strategy leader(s) on your team to map out your current state, align on session logistics, and clarify your team’s specific goals and concerns.

Leadership team undergoes a series of focused “strategy bootcamp” to align on organizational mission, vision, and values. Together we build a unique, differentiating strategy that will test your team’s capacity and focus.

We surface all current key activities as well as risks and issues. Your team maps them against the new strategy to build a clear, actionable list that clarifies: what’s in, what’s out, and what’s unresolved.

We address the operational and stakeholder impacts of pausing or stopping non-strategic work, establish clear performance indicators to track your strategic progress, and update your team working agreement.

A final follow-up with your team’s strategy leader(s) to evaluate the impact of the sessions and provide targeted recommendations to ensure your team holds its new strategy with conviction.

Time Commitment: 3 to 4 hours total for prep/debrief sessions with your strategy lead, plus three 3-to-4-hour working sessions for the full leadership team.
Format: Delivered entirely remote over Zoom. In-person delivery of working sessions also possible.
The Team’s Commitment: Success requires candour, a willingness to examine internal leadership habits, prompt attendance, and a dedication to undertake agreed-upon practices during and between sessions.

Leadership teams (managers, directors, senior executives) who share a strategic mandate and rely on each other to deliver broad organizational outcomes. No prior formal experience with strategy is required.