Using Strategic Questioning to Explore Complex Subjects “The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions ” Oscar Wilde At 2112 Consulting, we work from the…
Gathering Strategic Information Obtaining and managing information, much of which is complex, is the foundation of building a robust business strategy. Obtaining information is a crucial part of developing a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Management Buy-Out Case Study The Client & Their Situation Our client was a long-established legal company who had been in business for over 125 years. They had a large…