STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

Start by Asking “Why?”

THE RATIONALE: BASIS OF EVERY STRATEGY

In every business, the following is always true: Not all market and company-related factors are fully predictable. Therefore a good corporate strategy is never a rigid plan, but a dynamic process. It provides orientation and bundles resources, with the purpose and vision of the organization providing a firm foundation.

Will our business model continue to bear fruit in the future?
What are our risks and weaknesses?
Is the corporate structure suited to achieving the vision?
What is needed with regard to our employees and managers?
And how should the company shape its relationships with customers, partners and competitors?

The integration of different perspectives and suitable analyses is just as important for sustainable strategy development as focusing on the vision and goals of the company.

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT

Purpose-
Development

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“What would be lacking if this organization did not exist?” Identifying a company’s purpose answers this question in a meaningful way. We accompany our clients in developing a sense of purpose so that the organization’s raison d’être becomes visible and tangible.

Strategy-
Processes

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We provide support to many companies in the process of strategy development through individual process design and innovative methods.

Strategy-
Implementation

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A strategy is only as good as the quality of its implementation. As experts for change and transformation processes, we provide support to companies in the sustainable and consistent implementation of strategic decisions.

WHEN STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT IS CALLED FOR

Once an organization has become accustomed to procedures and rules and ‘learned to live with them’, there is often a lack of willingness to proactively adapt to changing conditions. It is essential for the continued existence and success of a company to recognize the necessity for and timing of a renewed strategy development. Examples are:

Changes in the market and competitive environment
Threats to competitive advantages
New or changed customer expectations
New target groups
Technological changes, e.g. digitalization
Strategy iterations as a recurring task of management
Cultural change

WHERE CIDPARTNERS MAKES THE STRATEGIC DIFFERENCE

cidpartners focuses on holistic strategy work. This starts with the (further) development of the company’s concept of purpose, and it is sustainable. Our clients benefit from our cross-sector know-how, with iterative approaches that implement the best ideas at the right time. This also means that our strategy experts continuously integrate different sources of knowledge, perspectives and experience into strategic development for nationally and internationally active companies.

• We not only provide support in the development of the strategy itself, but also in its implementation. After all, the best strategy is worth nothing if the practical implementation fails to materialize. We prevent this from happening through our comprehensive expertise in the field of strategy implementation – with experienced consultants and suitable methods and measures that support our clients throughout the entire strategy process.

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AGILE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

One of the core tasks of top management or corporate leadership is to review and adjust the corporate strategy. This usually happens every 2 to 3 years, although iterations can be significantly shorter depending on the industry.

• Due to dynamic markets and in some cases the sudden appearance of new competitors, iteration cycles are becoming shorter and shorter and agility is also becoming an increasingly significant part of strategy development – for example in the tech and finance industries. In such cases new demands are being placed on the strategy process: It has to be more modular and iterative than it was a few years ago.

It often then makes sense to use the purpose (as a strategic framework) as the starting point for agile thinking and initially to develop sub-strategies that contribute to the overall strategy. These are reviewed during implementation and the findings and results are used to develop further sub-strategies. With this proven approach, the important thing is to ensure consistency by correlating the sub-strategies with the overall strategy on a regular basis.

MANY YEARS OF EXPERTISE WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE

As a management consultancy for strategy and transformation, we have been helping both medium-sized companies and groups of companies of all kinds to develop and implement their strategies for many years now. In order to meet the dynamic challenges of the market, we consistently combine decades of expertise in our core competence with fresh ideas and diversity – and with people who take an unconventional approach to the conventional. We combine the knowledge and skills of our customers with our professional experience and know-how from numerous industries.

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