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Strategic Planning

It is said that, if you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there. That seldom works out well in business and without a firm, deliberately designed and well executed strategy, a business lacks the roadmap via which to grow and advance in its market segment.

Using advanced strategy development concepts and tools, at CLG we will dive deep into how your business operates, astutely listen to your goals and objectives, both short and long term, assess your capacity and capabilities and collaboratively develop a range of strategies which you can begin to apply and implement to optimize your business and position it to achieve your stated goals. Then we set up monitors which measure your progress and help adjust and tune your strategy over time.

Operational Assessment

So, you have a great strategy and now can rest easy, right? Not so fast. You still need to execute. As Robert Burns wrote way back in 1785, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” and they certainly don’t move forward on their own. And when the gears of your strategy are set in motion, they may not all fit together nicely.

This is where Operational Assessment comes in, to spot and identify where things are churning optimally and where friction or misalignment exists and needs to be quickly corrected. At CLG, as we immerse ourselves into your business, we’ll expose these friction points and offer strategies to remedy them and mitigate their impact.

Technology Enablement

Your technology is the engine which supports your business. It needs to run on all cylinders, all the time. At CLG, after fully understanding your business needs and dependencies through deep engagement and immersion, we will first assess the state and condition of your technology platforms and then help you accelerate your business through the tuning of your existing systems and the pragmatic introduction and integration of new innovative, proven, and tested technology solutions.

Areas we will address include Web and Presence, Email, Company Applications, Communications Systems, CRM, POS, Security, Social Media and Third-Party Applications and Services.

Business Innovation

It worked yesterday, but somehow it no longer does. Proven and tested, it has delivered a consistent stream of revenue, but lately customers are not flocking to your products or services. Likely, you’ve been out-innovated by your competitors and it is now time for you to do the same to them.

Business innovation is a closed-loop process which goes through a structured program of phases, starting with facilitated ideation and brainstorming, then follows to idea convergence, modeling and proof-of-concept testing and adoption. But also, fast-failing non-working prototype products and processes. With CLG you’ll be methodically led through this process, leading to rapid innovation of your business.

Management Coaching

The skills that got you here may not get you there. Wherever “there” is and whatever your goals are, it may be time for growth of leadership to parallel your ambitious growth plans for the business. The transition from Owner to Leader is not obvious to many business professionals. From doing everything yourself to inspiring others to perform, from directing to setting goals and overseeing, new skills are needed at each step in the evolution of the business. And this applies not only to the owner and leader, but the responsible staff across all business delivery areas.

With CLG you will be able to progress through stages of training specifically addressing your development and growth objectives.

Financial Optimization

A lot of inefficiency can be hidden behind a company’s numbers. While an accountant can optimize your financial performance from a tax perspective, at CLG we look behind the numbers to uncover performance improvement opportunities. These can include things such as underutilized assets, under- or over-capitalized resources, churn, inventory management, and others, and we'll drive into how these can be streamlined to improve your return on invested capital.

Are you paying attention to the right numbers? We’ll point you to where things matter and help you rightsize your financial performance.

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