Develop Your Strategy
From Strategy on Paper to Results in Practice
Strategy Without Execution is Just Aspiration
The Strategy Problem Most Businesses Face
You know your business needs a clear strategy. Perhaps you're facing:
- Growth challenges - revenue plateau or declining margins
- Market shifts - new competitors, changing customer needs, or technology disruption
- Direction uncertainty - multiple opportunities but unclear priorities
- Capability gaps - ambitions that outpace current resources
- Stakeholder pressure - board, investors, or partners demanding a clear plan
- Organisational confusion - teams pulling in different directions
The real challenge isn't creating a strategy document. It's creating a strategy that actually gets implemented.
Most strategy work ends up in a drawer because it's either:
- Too generic to be actionable
- Too ambitious to be credible
- Too complex to be understood
- Too disconnected from operational reality
We take a different approach.
Our Approach: Strategy That Actually Gets Delivered
Phase 1: Discovery & Assessment
(2-4 weeks)
Understanding Your DNA: We don't start with a template. We start by understanding what makes your business unique:
Where you are.
Your strengths.
Your markets.
Your constraints.
Your risks.
Key Principle: Brutal honesty about current state. No sugar-coating, no wishful thinking.
Deliverable: Situation Assessment Report with clear findings.
Phase 2: Strategic Options & Direction
(2-3 weeks)
Defining Where You're Going:
We work with your leadership team to:
Define realistic growth aspirations. Evaluate strategic options and trade-offs and prioritise opportunities based on effort vs. return. We test assumptions,
identify gaps and needs
and set measurable success metrics.
Key Principle: This is a collaborative approach.
Deliverable: Strategic Options Analysis with recommended direction
Phase 3: Strategy Development
(3-4 weeks)
Creating the Roadmap:
We develop your complete strategy including:
Vision & positioning.
Market strategy.
Value proposition.
Competitive advantage.
Capability development.
Commercial model.
Growth roadmap.
Resource plan.
Risk mitigation.
Key Principle: Complex thinking expressed simply. If your team can't explain the strategy, it's not clear enough.
Deliverable: Complete Strategic Business Plan (typically 20-40 pages)
Phase 4: Communication & Activation
(2-3 weeks)
Making Strategy Real:
The best strategy in the world fails if it stays in the leadership team's heads. We help you:
Translate for stakeholders.
Create activation plans.
Define metrics.
Build communication materials.
Plan first actions.
Key Principle: Internal ownership. This is your strategy, not the consultant's.
Deliverable: Communication Plan & Activation Roadmap
Who This Is For
This service works best for:
Engineering & Manufacturing Companies
- Complex technical products or services
- B2B sales cycles and relationship-driven business
- High-compliance or regulated environments
- Need for differentiation beyond price
Training & Education Providers
- Pivoting business models or expanding offerings
- University-industry partnerships
- Apprenticeship and skills development
- Securing funding or contracts
Professional Services Firms
- Consultancies seeking market repositioning
- Scaling from founder-led to systematised growth
- Moving up-market or entering new sectors
- Building recurring revenue models
SMEs in Technical Sectors
- £1M - £20M turnover facing growth challenges
- Second-stage companies beyond startup but not yet scaled
- Founder or family ownership considering next phase
- Strong technical capability but weak commercial positioning
The value we bring
You're a good fit if:
✓ You're serious about growth, not just incremental improvement
✓ You're willing to face uncomfortable truths about current performance
✓ You have leadership commitment to see strategy through
✓ You can invest time (not just money) in the process
✓ You're in a technical, regulated, or complex sector where generic advice doesn't apply
✓ You want a consultant who's actually run businesses, not just advised them
Investment and Timeline
What to Expect
Typical Strategy Engagement:
- Duration: 8-14 weeks for complete strategy development
- Your time commitment: 1-2 days per week from key leaders during the discovery and direction phases
- Investment: £12,000 - £35,000 depending on scope and complexity
- Timeline to impact: Immediate (activation begins before strategy is finalised)
Smaller Scoping Options:
- Strategy review & gap analysis: 2 weeks, £5,000 - assess existing strategy
- Focused strategy workshop: 1-2 days, £2,500 - £5,000 - facilitated session for a specific challenge
- Opportunity assessment: 3-4 weeks, £8,000 - deep dive on specific market or initiative
Ongoing Support:
- Quarterly strategy review and adjustment: from £1,200 per session
- Strategy execution support: retainer or project basis
- Board advisory: as needed
Recent Strategy Work
Engineering Training Provider - Developed new strategy and business plan, securing multi-million-pound investment from parent university and returning to profit after years of losses.
Nuclear Supply Chain SMEs - Multiple market entry and growth strategies helping companies qualify for and win work with EDF, NDA, and Sellafield Ltd.
Digital Transformation - Created and delivered a comprehensive digital transformation strategy for a large UK university.
Fusion Sector Positioning - Developed industry engagement strategy for major UK fusion programme, plus market entry strategies for companies entering the sector.
Government Programme Development - Created strategy and delivery plans for £10M+ nuclear supply chain development programmes.
University Graduate Apprenticeship Programme - Wrote winning bid strategy securing a seven-figure contract with the BBC.
Interested in our services? Let's talk about your challenge
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