Chris Ward
Brand Strategist @Riverhorse Strategic Advisors
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Brand Strategist @Riverhorse Strategic Advisors
Got a strategy for achieving your intended future?* Concerned about your reputation?* Thinking your employees could contribute more? We help organizations engage customers, members, employees, and other stakeholders, own their space and achieve their intended future. This means being clear on what customers value, working with our clients to clarify a future they can own, and mapping out a strategy to achieve it – one that is supported by employees throughout the organization. We can help you:* Drill down to discover what your stakeholders think and value.* Identify the brand you’ve got, the brand you’d like and the gap between the two.* Build a plan to close performance gaps and move your organization from where it is today to where you intend it to be three or so years down the road.* Facilitate a strategic planning process that spells out your intended future, prioritizes opportunities and challenges, lays out key initiatives, and allocates resources for maximum value.* Operationalize your strategy, monitor progress and course correct when necessary.In the words of one national client, “…the plan [you helped us develop] has been extremely well received and will clearly guide our actions meaningfully and efficiently over the next three years.” Add me to your LinkedIn network and ask for our new publication, “The Business Strategy Checkup: 25 Tips for a Healthy Future.”
EDUCATION
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing
SKILLS
ABOUT CHRIS WARD
Strategic Directions is a boutique consultancy dedicated to working with leaders and their teams to develop, fine-tune, and successfully execute business strategies that are just too big to fail. Over the last 15 years, we\'ve helped dozens of clients identify and remove barriers to execution, clarify their business strategy, and achieve superior performance through an unrelenting focus on collaboration, alignment, and ownership. Our client list includes small and mid-sized owner-managed businesses, professional service firms, major corporations, associations, and public sector departments and (41••••••53
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