We help owners and leaders assess opportunities, compare options and make decisions that connect markets, operations and resources. We bring the information together, identify what needs to be developed and review decisions with those responsible for the business.
A well-prepared decision has information, criteria and clear accountability.
These materials support the leadership team’s work. Their value lies in how they are used: to compare options, identify dependencies and track what each decision requires of the business.
Assessment and priorities
Existing capabilities, options, gaps and questions that require a decision. A basis for deciding what to examine first.
Business and capabilities
The business’s experience, resources and current circumstances brought together in the analysis.
Opportunities and gaps
Options under consideration and what needs to be developed to move forward.
Decision criteria
Criteria for comparing options and understanding their implications.
Priorities for further assessment
Questions, information and stakeholders relevant to the next decision.
Illustrative structure. Content and deliverables are defined by the scope.
Action plan
Stages, responsibilities, dependencies and conditions for moving forward. Priorities guide a work plan with clearly defined deliverables.
Agreed priorities
Choices translated into a work agenda.
Owners and interfaces
Participants, responsibilities and coordination required at each stage.
Dependencies and conditions for moving forward
Information, resources and decisions required for the next commitment.
Review milestones
Deliverables and review points for tracking priorities.
Illustrative structure. Content and deliverables are defined by the scope.
Decision follow-up
Progress on decisions, changing conditions and upcoming commitments. Leadership reviews what has moved forward and what needs to be reconsidered.
Progress on decisions
Progress, deliverables and commitments against the agreed agenda.
Barriers and dependencies
Issues that need to be resolved for the work to continue.
Changing conditions
New information and its implications for previous decisions.
Next leadership decisions
Commitments that require approval, adjustment or further consideration.
Illustrative structure. Content and deliverables are defined by the scope.
Analysis, priorities and ongoing review with leadership.
Strategy and priorities
Connect the business’s objectives, opportunities and capabilities to decide what deserves to move forward.
Leadership advice
Assess options and their commercial, operational and financial implications with those responsible for the business.
Decision follow-up
Check progress, revisit criteria and review priorities when conditions change.
Understand the business, its objectives and the resources it already has.
Compare options
Assess commercial terms, financial implications, risks and the capacity to deliver.
Set priorities
Establish the criteria, responsibilities and information needed to make a decision.
Review decisions
Review progress, changing circumstances and the decisions that come next.
Advisory and Internationalization
When the decision involves building international operations.
Advisory supports leadership in assessing the way forward. Within Internationalization, the Export Program develops export capability and the agreed operational cycle; MESA examines opportunities, and Your Brand International connects the offer, commercial development, market presence and operations in a program tailored to the company.
Decisions remain with those responsible for the business.
Taylor structures the analysis, presents recommendations and follows the agreed agenda. Leadership sets priorities and approves commitments involving the business, operations and resources.
Tell us about the context, the options under discussion and what needs to be assessed. The initial conversation establishes the priority questions and the scope of the work.
