Are Your Strategic Priorities On Track For Success?

Ambitious leaders are determined their strategies will succeed. Yet, there are risks, including some that are difficult to see, or even discuss.

By illuminating hidden KSFs & risks, the Strategic Leader’s Toolkit, boosts confidence in the execution of ambitious strategic priorities & initiatives.

Why use these tools?

If you face any of the following opportunities or challenges, the Strategic Leader’s Toolkit (SLT) can help:

Boost Momentum

Find the levers that can accelerate momentum. Especially when progress seems slow.

Prevent Setbacks

Illuminate risks, including those that are normally hidden, so they can be managed.

Secure Resources

Access power & resources, ensuring your initiative is/stays a key org. priority.

Ensure Alignment

Ensure everybody is pulling in the same direction & focused on key priorities & results.

Optimize Teamwork

Empower those working on the project to get more stuff done. Build cohesion & resilience.

What is in the toolkit?

The Strategic Leader’s Toolkit (SLT) contains a sequence of 5 key tools to tackle the key opportunities and challenges faced in executing on ambitious strategies and initiatives, shown below.

Use your mouse to explore the sequence of 5 strategic leadership tools above.

"These frameworks and tools really get you thinking."

"The result is conversations we otherwise would never have had."

"The tools make it easier for people to say what they are really thinking."

"For me, the real advantage of the tools is to bring risk out into the open."

"We get so caught up in deadlines and the day-to-day, that we lose sight of the why. That is why these tools are important."

"These tools get us thinking about our work in terms similar to the CEO or CFO."

"This helps me to think more strategically - to see the bigger picture."

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Who uses the tools?
Ambitious leaders who are responsible for the success of key strategic priorities or initiatives, such as:
  • Digital transformation
  • New Product Innovation
  • Banking Transformation
  • Organizational Restructuring
  • Growth strategies
  • Etc.
The tools are designed for cross-functional use, enabling executives from all functions (scientific, technical, etc.) to engage with business needs & strategy.
The tools are used by leaders in pharma, finance and tech sectors.
Why use the tools?

Here are the main reasons leaders use the Strategic Leader’s Toolkit (SLT):

1. Boost Momentum

Find the levers that can accelerate momentum. Especially when progress seems slow.

 

2. Prevent Setbacks

Illuminate risks, including those that are normally hidden, so they can be managed.

 

3. Secure Resources

Access power & resources, ensuring your initiative is/stays a key org. priority.

 

4. Ensure Alignment

Ensure everybody is pulling in the same direction & focused on key priorities & results.

 

5. Optimize Teamwork

Empower those working on the project to get more stuff done. Build cohesion & resilience.

 

The tools are designed for cross-functional use, enabling executives from all functions (scientific, technical, etc.) to engage with business needs & strategy.

The tools are used by leaders in pharma, finance and tech sectors.

When to use the tools?

The tools are used to tackle key opportunities and challenges in the execution of strategy, specifically in bring strategic priorities and initiatives to life:

What type of tools are they?

As the name suggests (i.e. Strategic Leader’s Toolkit), the tools are for leaders who want to think more strategically.

Specifically, to illuminate the KSFs (key success factors) and risks in the execution of strategic priorities and initiatives. That includes those that are normally hidden.

They are cognitive or analytical tools to address key challenges re the execution of ambitious strategies.

They do this in a way that accelerates clarity, illuminates blind spots and spurs creative problem-solving.

Importantly, the tools generate insights and conversations that would otherwise probably not happen.

What are the tools in the kit?
The toolkit includes the following:
  1. Confidence & Ambition
    The Confidence-Ambition grid is a great place to start a strategic conversation on a key priority or initiative.
  1. Business Fundamentals
    This tool will help access power and resources, ensure effective cross functional collaboration and engage stakeholders.
  2. Key Success Factors & Risks
    The Priority Track helps leaders to ‘see around corners’ and anticipate potential obstacles or setbacks.
  3. Talent & Team
    Four tools to optimize the performance, health, collaboration & alignment of your team(s).
  4. Status & Safety
    These tools are aimed at testing the reliability of project status updates & project reviews. It tests if people to openly dialog progress, obstacles & risks.
  5. Stakeholder Mapping – Bonus Tool
    Tools to map your key stakeholders and
What is the format? What technology is required?
You can access the tools using a web browser on any device.
We provide you with a secure link to access the tools.
You can log in at any time.
Where is it used?
The tools have or are used by some of the biggest organizations in pharma, finance and tech sectors.
What about adding more data/perspectives?
If you would more data, you can illuminate the models and tools with the perspectives of your various internal stakeholders – from the CEO to the project team.  The analysis takes just 15 mins per person. To find out more, contact us.
What is the science?

Applied research with almost 2000 teams and their strategic priorities / key projects.  Sample the research topics and findings here.

The track builds on the research behind Pitstop to Perform, as published in a series of 5 books.

Over 10,000 pages of background research, including books and reports.

Can I customize or rebrand?
Looking to customize, rebrand or re-sell the tools?  Sure, talk to us.
How to use the tool kit?
The tools are designed to be flexible – to be used the way you want / that helps you best.
Here are some of the options:
  • Use by yourself or with your colleagues
  • Use with or without data
  • Use with or without your coach
You can use the tool in the numbered sequence shown, or simply pick the one(s) that you are most interested.
We advise using the tools in multiple sittings.  Also sharing the analysis with others.  To do this, you can share the link with others, ideally working through it in tandem (either face to face or virtually).
Is there a use that we haven’t thought of?  Please let us know.

Want to see Pitstop Analytics in action?

In 35 minutes we can take you through key aspects of the pitstop analysis, applying a selection of its powerful frameworks and tools to provide new insights on the performance and potential if your project or initiative.

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