Uncertainty and day-to-day challenges carry a pressure to make it through…and there is a push-pull at play when we are focused on how to navigate what’s happening now.
The push: Keeping the pulse on what’s coming to align action to priority to long term goals.
The pull: All the day-to-day problems and challenges that impact our business right now.
Depending on the stage of your business, the level of disruption within your industry, and your ability to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ with confidence impacts how strategic your leadership is. The majority of conversations I’m having with business owners and entrepreneurs, the underlying challenges that they are facing revolve around having more certainty that they decisions they are making in their business are the right ones.
The Driving Solutions Intensive framework I’ve created gives you an adaptive, flexible, and customizable tool for you to use.
Here’s what the rapid results in 90 days looks like:
Three deep work sessions in three weeks
Each group session will provide you with insights about your business and what you may be missing to make consistently good decisions. The time between the sessions is for you to notice:
- What you like and dislike about the way work is being done.
- The work being done and how it aligns to priorities.
- Ideas that ignite creativity and excitement about how to reach your goals.
After these three sessions, you’ll know what your strategy is and how to leverage time and resources to do as much of the right work as possible.
Office hours to work through what comes up as you do this work
As part of this Intensive, being able to talk through what’s coming up for you and hearing what others are discovering and facing allows us to grow together. You aren’t alone, and the work isn’t easy. Even though we are all in different points of business and even industries, listening to what others are facing as they focus on their overarching business strategy to create business that remains relevant in the future may give you some ideas and hints for your journey.
Present Retreat™ structure practices as a group
This protected time is dedicated to creating a cadence for your deepest work. It is when you engage with your strategic plan, assess and reprioritize, and build your intuition about the pulse of your business. It’s these things – within your control – that when developed give you an edge competitively and to navigate through unexpected challenges along the way.
Let’s be clear: you can gain an edge in your business using what you already have.
You have to put in the effort. You carry the vision
And when your business is:
- Growing it may seem like there isn’t time to be strategic.
- Stagnant it may seem overwhelming because all you hear is that you didn’t do it right to get here.
- Stuck because you are stuck it may seem you’re not the right person for the job anymore.
And every single statement is what you hear when you look for help. Until now.
The secret is understanding what’s realistically attainable and the challenges you face:
- In growth, strategic growth gives you clues about success to leverage.
- In a plateau, strategic thinking is assessing what you can carry forward (because something, not everything, will be let go).
- You have what it takes or you wouldn’t have gotten this far.
This group Strategic Intensive has taken many years of consulting with companies one-on-one to bring this to you in a group format. The elements of this framework can be used over time as you and your business change. It is focused on supporting you to choose innovative solutions, deepen your understanding of what is really happening, to save time, and drive meaningful results.
By participating, you can gain a competitive edge and significantly improve your business performance
More than anything, this framework is about certainty – in your goals, path to those goals, vision and strategy. The Driving Solutions Strategic Intensive focuses on three key areas necessary to create achievable goals from your initiatives.
Here are just some of the things we work on together
This Intensive is not about me telling you what to do. It’s about us working hand in hand to unlock your business’s full potential. You’ll have a partner in this journey, guiding you and providing support every step of the way.
- Uncover the limitless potential of your business by breaking the barriers
- To remove the urgency of the problems and solve them in the correct order through strategic prioritization
- Optimizing your time to make sound business decisions
- Building and sustaining confidence to take the right actions
- Distinguishing between urgent and important tasks
- Crafting your own rules for maximum benefit
- Determining which aspects of the framework are suitable for each stage of your business
Recognizing the unique nature of each business, the Driving Solutions Strategic Intensive framework is designed to be adaptable. It empowers business owners to customize it according to their specific requirements and strategies, making it applicable at every stage of their business journey. Whether you’re a startup or an established business, this framework can be tailored to suit your needs.
Successful business owners have an idea of the initiatives they want to focus on in the next 12-24 months. They know what resources are needed and what is possible … and that’s an advantage.
You can do it too, working with me for 90 days
Until you fully understand and commit to accepting your business as it is and the true opportunities that move you toward your long term growth, uncertainty is the norm. It is also ineffective.
When you grasp which obstacle prevents you from taking necessary action, you can confidently make decisions to navigate through for yourself and improve your work and life.
Commit to 90 days and participate in the Driving Solutions Strategic Intensive.
It is the best way to create a clear plan for what work is necessary and possible – to create certainty about what you can control when you are making decisions.
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Jess Dewell is a professional who has been navigating the intersection of operations and strategy for more than twenty years. She helps organizations move forward by identifying the sweet spot where strategy catalyzes operations, fosters innovation, and drives businesses to the forefront of their industries.
Jess is committed to helping businesses turn challenges into scalable opportunities and constraints into springboards for growth. Contact her for a complimentary call, or find her on LinkedIn and Twitter.
