No matter how well you design and resource the plan, it will succeed or fail on how well your teams collaborate to deliver it.
We embed the leadership capability that makes that collaboration happen across functions, regions and reporting lines.
The 9% problem
of managers say they can rely on their boss and their own team.
say they can rely on colleagues in other departments all the time.
Every strategy runs through that gap. When we can't rely on each other across it, we do what's natural: we protect our own part of the work, pass on decisions we could have made, and wait for someone else to move. It's hard to trust a colleague who doesn't understand what happens on our side.
That trust can be built, and leaders are the ones who build it.
Sull, Homkes and Sull, “Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It”, Harvard Business Review, March 2015.
What we embed
Leading transformation as a capability your business keeps
When organisations face significant change, leaders need more than an understanding of good leadership principles. They need the practical skills, processes and confidence to help people understand their circumstances, work through competing priorities and take collective responsibility for delivering results. We use the STORM Process® to develop that capability in your leaders, working with them and the teams they depend on, a quarter at a time.
STORM is a comprehensive, integrated toolkit that enables leaders to:
Define the gap
Build a shared understanding of where their teams are now, how the change looks to every stakeholder it touches, and where they need to get to.
Find a way
Explore the obstacles honestly before anyone tries to solve them, then build on each other's ideas towards a plan the team can actually deliver.
Close the gap
Turn that plan into commitments people own across functions, and build trust through early wins that show people they can depend on one another.
Over time, your organisation learns to lead its own transformation, without depending on us.
How we workWhat changes
Teams take ownership and collaborate to deliver the results that matter
Three examples of what that has looked like.
After an acquisition, an EMEA marketing team rated “exceeding expectations” every quarter of its second year.
Average order value per salesperson up from £200,000 to £850,000 in 18 months, then a business brought together after a merger.
A team that delivered through the pandemic, united around the vision and values it created for its next chapter.
Start with a conversation
Tell us what you're trying to deliver and where it's getting stuck.
We'll reflect back what we're hearing, tell you honestly what we would look at first, and whether we're the right people to help.
Not ready to talk yet? The Strategy Rollout Readiness check takes two minutes and gives you a personal report to share with your leadership team. Take the readiness check