
Strategy is often seen as a complex process of negotiation and planning dependent on external analysis; that when done well, will illuminate a perfect path to the future. An alternative view is that strategy is a set of executive conversations and decisive strategic choices about the organization's Purpose and Ambition; Stakeholders, Strategic Assets, and the critical assumptions on which we're betting everything.
When leaders are in transition, coaching is a unique and effective means of support. Done well, it creates the space necessary for the relinquishing of time-tested behaviors in order to discover, practice, and develop the qualities and skills for the successful achievement of one’s ambition.
Change is happening constantly... as are attempts to "manage" it. Traditional change management methods often focus on senior-most leaders and follow an Assess-Build-Implement approach with checklists of activities requiring extensive consultant and project support. An alternative is an Engage-Design-Shift approach, equipping members of the organization to manage themselves, attend to only what will truly make a difference, and develop self-sustaining collaboration and momentum.