Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. While some organizations choose to lead the strategic planning process themselves, others choose to work with strategic planning facilitators like us.

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Prioritization Facilitation Decision-making Construction 98

Envisio

MARCH 27, 2024

There’s capital improvement projects, public transportation initiatives, public parks master plans, equity concerns, and climate action—and that’s not even an exhaustive list—all while trying to build trust with their communities. Local governments navigating urban development have a lot to juggle.

Government 97

Government Facilitation Decision-making Transportation 97

Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

People and Problem-Solving Skills Facilitating, coaching, mentoring and consulting all require great people skills. Counselling, coaching, mentoring, facilitating, training and consulting are at different stages of the helping continuum. Coaches and consultants use facilitation skills. You use facilitation skills when coaching.

Facilitation 130

Facilitation Decision-making Emotional Intelligence Acquisition 130

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. The success of your organization is heavily reliant on its ability to effectively implement its strategic plan.

Management 98

Management Decision-making Facilitation Software 98

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 20, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

Construction 98

Construction Leadership Facilitation Management 98

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 7, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

Construction 98

Construction Facilitation Communication Organization 98

Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 30, 2023

We can leverage this influence to support front-line sales managers in bringing about meaningful improvements that tie to strategic objectives and desired outcomes. Hopefully, these are already identified in the current strategic plan and objectives, with KPI goals and the metrics that matter most already in place.

Leadership 262

Leadership Stakeholders Decision-making Sales Training 262

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

Construction 98

Construction Facilitation Communication Organization 98

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

Leadership 98

Leadership Construction Facilitation Communication 98

OnStrategyHQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The Strategic Planning Process in 4 Steps To help you throughout our strategic planning framework, we have created a how-to guide on the basics of a strategic plan, which we will take you through step-by-step. Free Strategic Planning Guide What is Strategic Planning?

Value Proposition 98

Value Proposition Facilitation Decision-making Organization 98

Red Star Kim

JULY 13, 2023

Thanks to the Managing Partners’ Forum Strategy Summit at haysmacintyre earlier this week.

Management 130

Management Remote Working Acquisition Finance 130

OnStrategyHQ

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A: It might seem impossible, but using tactics like visual agendas, mood meters, and adopting agile planning processes can make your sessions feel more approachable. This is by no means a comprehensive guide to approachable strategic planning facilitations! Consider profiling personas in the room before planning.

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Facilitation Construction Prioritization Digitalization 59

AchieveIt

OCTOBER 25, 2023

For many in the business space, this means one thing: it is time to start annual planning for 2024. At the top of the priority list for each organization on a calendar year format is deciding the direction of their strategic plan for the upcoming new year. With that in mind, now is the time to begin planning.

Facilitation 52

Facilitation Healthcare Negotiation Decision-making 52

Red Star Kim

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

No doubt hoping to reposition internal communications to a more strategic function. There’s a model for an internal communications plan and strategy – aligned to business strategy and addressing all stakeholders: Insight. Internal communications professionals will enjoy the strategic approach the author adopts. Principles.

Communication 130

Communication Facilitation Leadership Stakeholders 130

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

Construction 98

Construction Facilitation Communication Organization 98

Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The used an external facilitator and sent an advance questionnaire (positioning, approach to sectors and services, rates of growth, culture, service delivery, learnings from other firms) to all partners. At the November 2022 partner conference, sector heads presented their growth plans.

Value Proposition 130

Value Proposition Government Facilitation Profitability 130

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting company that specializes in aligning teams around their vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

Communication 89

Communication Management Facilitation Organization 89

OnStrategyHQ

AUGUST 20, 2021

As many organizations start to ditch the idea of an annual offsite retreat in favor of more agile quarterly strategy refreshes, you might wonder when you need a more traditional strategic planning offsite retreat. You need a big strategic reset. Virtual Planning Retreat. Do you still need to hold one annually?

Facilitation 98

Facilitation Decision-making Leadership Organization 98

Upland

JUNE 15, 2023

You know that you need to find the best account planning software for your team. In this Guide this guide, we’ll walk you through some of the elements that make up a powerful account planning software – what it is, and isn’t. They must feel certain about the outcomes of their strategic efforts. But how do you do it?

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Account Planning Software Software Organization 195

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

Construction 75

Construction Facilitation Management Communication 75

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans.

Construction 75

Construction Facilitation Communication Organization 75

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

We facilitate strategic planning sessions and help teams implement their strategic plans. Anthony Taylor here, I'm the Managing Partner at SME Strategy. And today, I wanted to make a short video about best practices for implementing your strategy in 2022.

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Facilitation Management Communication 97

Planview

OCTOBER 28, 2021

PMOs are in a state of transition: ever shifting to support different teams, ways of working, strategic objectives, transformation programs, priorities, and more. Managing this level of complexity and constant change requires a modern approach to PPM – one that positions the PMO to become a more strategic creator of business value. “

Government 105

Government Facilitation Stakeholders Decision-making 105

Red Star Kim

JANUARY 28, 2024

Having facilitated this session many times in the past in face-to-face workshops, it was exhilarating to experience the change in running it on-line for the first time. And to adjust the plan to reflect employees’ concerns and views. We welcomed delegates from legal, accountancy and financial services firms.

Emotional Intelligence 130

Emotional Intelligence Leadership Management Facilitation 130

Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Private client management and marketing: Business plans, recruitment, assessments and automation. Core challenges for private client law leaders The core challenges identified throughout the day were the interlinked topics of business plans, recruitment, assessments and automation. 10 reasons why (kimtasso.com).

Business Planning 147

Business Planning Emotional Intelligence Marketing Management 147

Brooks Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Key decision makers often include: C-Suite executives : High-level executives such as CEOs, CFOs, or CTOs who oversee strategic decision-making within the organization. To be more successful when selling to a buying committee, sales professionals need to be strategic and adaptable.

Value Proposition 92

Value Proposition Procurement Decision-making Stakeholders 92

AchieveIt

AUGUST 16, 2023

When your growth and development plans collect more dust than wins, how do you change the game? Huge, disorganized growth plans As the second-largest faculty at Dalhousie, one can imagine how many competing needs and priorities lie within the Faculty of Health office. We spread ourselves far too thin.”

Facilitation 52

Facilitation Government Decision-making Stakeholders 52

Flevy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A robust purchasing and supply management strategy should evaluate the risks associated with global sourcing, deal with uncertainties, anticipate supply and price instabilities, and shift focus from operations to strategic supply management. Interested in learning more about the next stages of the Kraljic Matrix?

Supply Chain 102

Supply Chain Procurement Suppliers Digital Transformation 102

AchieveIt

MARCH 15, 2024

A strategic plan often shimmers, at first, with the promise of success and progress. While strategic plans themselves outline the desired direction, they often lack the gears to propel the organization forward. It should help employees see how their work directly contributes to the overall strategic goals.

Decision-making 52

Decision-making Stakeholders Prioritization Communication 52

Arpedio

MARCH 20, 2024

Account-Based Selling (ABS) has emerged as a potent strategy for businesses aiming to target high-value accounts strategically. Common challenges faced in account-based selling Strategic planning and analysis ABS starts with identifying the most promising accounts to target.

Government 52

Government Innovation Prioritization Facilitation 52

CMOE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As 2023 comes to a close, it is the perfect time to reflect on lessons we’ve learned throughout the year and plan for 2024’s uncertainties. Maybe your strategy was successful, and perhaps it didn’t pan out, but you certainly faced unexpected challenges and victories that you didn’t plan for. Plan for tomorrow today.

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Strategic Thinking Facilitation Prioritization Innovation 64

Red Star Kim

MARCH 7, 2023

Often this was due to heavy and growing workloads – with many conflicting priorities between managing day-to-day operational demands and taking a more strategic approach towards the future. Look to the business plan and departmental plans. Prepare a strategic M&BD plan. What’s important to your fee-earners?

Marketing 130

Marketing Management Emotional Intelligence Leadership 130

OnStrategyHQ

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The Challenge: With a presence on three continents, a European-based client focused in decontamination services for the health care industry needed to establish an agile strategic plan with a consistent implementation system to maximize accountability and ownership. The outcome? So, how did we support this effort virtually?

Facilitation 98

Facilitation Performance Review Communication Meetings 98

Red Star Kim

AUGUST 24, 2023

I facilitate various workshops designed to increase commercial awareness. I invited him once to facilitate a junior professionals’ networking event for an accountancy practice – where he talked about one of his other books “All you need to know about the City” (latest version updated in 2022). For young professionals.

Finance 130

Finance Government Profitability Banking 130

Flevy

MARCH 19, 2024

The Ohmae 3C model, also known as “the Strategic Triangle ,” is a strategic framework that assists in developing the fundamentals of Business Strategy for any organization. The framework facilitates providing strategic insights into the factors essential for the success of an enterprise.

Shareholders 52

Shareholders Decision-making Digital Transformation Manufacturing 52

AchieveIt

JULY 24, 2023

The significance of standardization in reporting Creating a standard reporting process from the outset is a critical step in strategic planning and execution. Clear and consistent reporting processes facilitate the effective sharing of information, enabling better alignment between departments and teams.

Decision-making 52

Decision-making Facilitation Government Stakeholders 52

AchieveIt

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Through a detailed understanding of each department individually, Jordan can build a strategic plan that simultaneously accomplishes the department-level goals while pushing the entire organization forward. Second, it is crucial to be a facilitator across departments.

Organization 52

Organization Facilitation Leadership Communication 52