Strategic planning to achieve extraordinary results

Embracing strategic planning means that you are consciously choosing to be clear about your organisation’s direction in this rapidly changing economy.

Without a strategic plan you are turning your organisations fate over to luck, random circumstances and other people’s agendas.

A strategic plan is a leadership tool that clearly defines the organisations:

• Purpose
• Values
• Unique proposition
• Market place
• Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats
• Initiatives to achieve goals
• Metrics & accountabilities

There are a multitude of benefits from implementing a strategic plan, including:

• Turning vision into reality
• Unifying and harmonising organisational purpose
• Turning intentions into results
• Transforming purpose into performance
• Achieving extraordinary results
• Focussing energy on objectives and demolishing barriers
• Winning teams work harder, being purpose driven to achieve more
• Quantifying the consequences of success or failure

It is bewildering that the vast majority of organisations are handicapping themselves by not documenting and vigorously implementing a strategic plan.

By having and implementing a strategic plan you immediately massively increase your chances of success because the majority of your competitors aren’t implementing a strategic plan, even if they have one.

• 95% of a typical workforce doesn’t understand the organisations strategy
• 90% of organisations fail to implement strategies successfully
• 85% of executive teams spend less than 1 hour per month on strategy
• 60% organisations don’t link strategies to accountable metrics

A strategic plan is different to a business plan. A business plan is a management tool that focuses more on “business as usual”, keeping the business focussed on key tactical financial and operational ratios.

Business performance

An external and impartial opinion about the performance of a business can be very beneficial. Often business owners are in the thick of the "doing" in the business, and the big-picture vision and goals can fall by the wayside.

Whytes can conduct an extensive analysis of your business to reveal the hidden opportunities and identify any issues or problems that put your business at risk. We help you plan for the future, and set and compare budgets to actual results achieved, so you are fully aware of your position at all times.

Next-level growth

For owners wishing to take their business or organisation to the next level, Whytes has partnered with business growth experts EFFECTUATORS, to assist in the following areas:

• Strategic Financial Advice - Create a winning business strategy, particularly in changing markets.
• Product/Service Positioning - Create your differentiated, irresistible offer for your market.
• Revenue Growth - Master marketing and sales methods, and presentations that convert your target audience.
• Cost Reduction - Effect business process re-engineering, encompassing systems and processes that result in game-changing operational efficiency.
• Maximise Staff Productivity - Introduce management methods and innovative technology to cultivate a high performing culture.
• Exercise Financial Control - Implement systems that support your accounting function to seamlessly measure and monitor your business's finances.