What marks out a 'great' strategy from a 'poor' strategy? Well, it's not the quality of the analysis or the thinking that has gone into creating it.. it is whether the strategy was implemented or not. Great strategies not only articulate where an organisation is heading and how it's going to get there but also make a positive difference on the ground when delivered. At the other end 'poor' strategies sit on the shelf gathering dust.

The importance of bringing a strategy to life.

7days are strategy implementation experts; able to bring your strategy off the page and deliver it to where it matters, your people. Effective strategy implementation is the key to being a successful organisation. If a strategy does not get properly implemented and communicated it is nothing more than a set of good ideas, which will not make a difference to your customers, your performance or your people.

7days has worked with many business leaders to help them implement their strategy and, critically, engage their people in the delivery. We understand what it takes to deliver your strategy quickly and successfully, ensuring that throughout the organisation:

• Management understand what they must do differently and what the implications are
• Your people are aligned in terms of their activities and understand their contribution to the strategy
• The operating model & organisation structure is just right, at the right cost to deliver the new    strategy from top to bottom, it is effective and responsive to the changes
• Processes and systems support the smooth delivery of the strategy, providing the right    mechanisms and levers to make it happen
• Corporate culture, people behaviours, and ways of working all drive towards the same end and    produce the results expected by all stakeholders

How we go about it.

Every client has different needs and demands, and our approach is always tailored to take account of these.

Implementing a strategy requires a deep understanding of what it is that the CEO wants to deliver and an awareness of the impact that it is likely to have on the business. It typically requires multi-dimentional change, which implies a need to pull a number of change levers simultaneously to drive a successful outcome.

We use our core organisation methodology to help guide our work, enabling us with you, to identify what needs to change, what needs to stay the same . . . and how to deliver performance that aligns with your new strategy.

Why 7days?

We have the ability to transform an organisation to deliver to its strategic goals at pace, with energy and with a motivated management team and engaged workforce.

Our credentials in this area are based on both doing the work in senior director level appointments for large multi-national companies, as well as many engagements as consultants to firms such as:

Avis Europe, InBev UK, the BBC, BT Group, Capital Radio Group, DeVere Group, Ealing Council, HM Revenue & Customs, Misys Group Marconi and Whitbread.