What is a Pen Portrait?
What is a Pen Portrait? A Pen Portrait helps facilitators to gain an insight into the people involved in the strategy creation process. Everyone has their own belief system which…
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Examples of Pen Portraits and their use in Strategy Creation
Examples of Pen Portraits and their use in Strategy Creation In our article “What is a Pen Portrait?” we discussed the importance of ensuring that the facilitator has information about…
Read More Strategic Interviews Case Study
Strategic Interviews Case Study Introduction It should be noted at this point that I took care not to use the word ‘interview’, preferring to use ‘discussion’ instead, as I felt…
Read More What are Strategy Workshops?
What are Strategy Workshops? Strategic Workshops are meetings that are designed to encourage a group of key people in your organisation to contribute to the strategic direction of the organisation…
Read More How Strategy Workshops help build Consensus
How Strategy Workshops Help Build Consensus Consensus is critical to the successful implementation of an organisations strategy. Workshops are a good way to build consensus as part of the strategy…
Read More How Many Workshops Should be Held?
How Many Workshops Should be Held? The number of strategic workshops that are run will depend on the amount of information required and the number of people involved. It is…
Read More Why should Strategy Workshops be used?
Why should Strategy Workshops be used? Strategy Workshops are used when multiple perspectives of the strategic future for the business need to be uncovered in a relatively short timeframe but…
Read More Where Should Strategy Workshops be Held?
Where Should Strategy Workshops be Held? Choosing where to hold strategy workshops can have a big impact on their success. Strategy Workshops should be held in a neutral location, ideally…
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Why Should Strategic Interviews be used? It is important to understand when it is more appropriate to use strategic interviews rather than using strategy workshops. Both Interviews and Workshops are…
Read More How to Obtain Strategic Information from Interviews
How to Obtain Strategic Information from Interviews The primary purpose of strategic interviews is to obtain information that will be useful in developing a strategy for the organisation. This includes actions that…
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