I offer two varieties of strategic guidance: temporary and continuous engagements. With a temporary engagement I help you find an answer to a particular issue or question that you have. Such engagements typically range from a few weeks to a few months.
Ongoing engagements are usually less focused and more driven by questions and general strategic support throughout the year. In such engagement I typically play a role as an informal, parttime board member, advisor or sparring partner, supporting you with any issues that come up.
I start my engagements with one or two meetings to get to know each other and discuss your questions, issues and ambitions. After that I prepare a draft engagement plan so that we both know what we intend to do together. Once working together, this plan is likely to change based on new insights, but it serves as a good point of reference so that we all know what we deviate from and why.
While the details of our engagement will depend on your particular situation, I often talk to a variety of people throughout your organization to hear their view on problems and solutions. Based on this information I then prepare a brief and to-the-point “Mirror Report”, containing my observations and reflections. From thereon we decide together on next steps.
While working together, I will be as direct and straightforward as circumstances allow. This means our meetings can sometimes be a bit discomforting. I do this with the best of all intentions, because my primary intention is to help your organization, whatever it takes. This means that, if I see problems, I will address them explicitly. And then help solving them.