What DOES Future Success Actually Look Like? It Matters a Lot.
What does future success look like? It seems like a simple question. Yet, this is not a simple question for many midmarket firms. When...
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- Jan 23
- 3 min
Building Your Growth GAMEPlan - The Shepherd Way
One thing is certain, to grow is to change. When transitioning from a family led business to private equity, many management teams are...
- Oct 7, 2023
- 3 min
Seven Critical Strategic Planning Missteps to Avoid Now
The business landscape is littered with strategic plans that went nowhere. They sit on the proverbial shelf, many never even seeing the...
- Jul 22, 2023
- 2 min
A New Strategic Mindset Could Unleash Your Company
Many businesses have momentary success, only later to endure long-term challenges. We’ve seen businesses that have endured those...
- May 31, 2023
- 3 min
Is Your Growth Game Plan Working?
A common recipe for companies trying to repair underperforming revenues and margins is a hasty meeting to “fix” sales, “boost” marketing...
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
The Power of Alignment – Leverage this Force Multiplier
My daughter was a Coxswain for her high school crew club. As Coxswain, her job was to: Steer the boat to the finish line (vision), Urge...
- Dec 20, 2021
- 2 min
Why ARE we here Anyways?
As we wrap up another really challenging year, you might take stock and ponder... Why ARE we here anyways? For more and more of us, our...
- Nov 17, 2021
- 5 min
Strategy Matters! 4 Growth Forces Shaping Success in 2022
In our growth strategy work, we look for market growth forces shaping the future. We define a growth force as a market trend or dynamic...
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
3 Steps To New Normal Success
What a crazy time it is! Well, we now know what the “new normal” is also an ongoing period of changes, surprises, and uncertainties...
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
Fortify Your Most Important Future Assets...
Several recent conversations have made me stop to ponder how today’s employment landscape is throttling growth. Before COVID, the level...
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Surfs Up! What is your Industry 4.0 "Blue Ocean"?
In their book Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kaim and Renee Mauborgne’s metaphor outlining “red oceans” and “blue oceans” really struck me...
- Nov 2, 2020
- 1 min
Seize Your Now
Now is a moment. Now is constantly changing, here and yet pressing forward. Today, the energy of a new year is all around us. Can you...
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
Transitional And Transformational Conversations
Employers and employees are transitioning into the next phase of COVID uncertainty, and we can be assured that the next several months...
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Tip: Get Your Grip On Current Reality
With this COVID-19 crisis, many structural market assumptions that we built our businesses on are now questionable - or simply no longer...
- Jun 2, 2020
- 2 min
Tuesday Tip: Use Scenario Planning to Convert Uncertainty to Clarity
Our global turbulence is challenging and reshaping long-standing market assumptions and practices. This is challenging our mindsets and...
- May 19, 2020
- 4 min
Using Scenario Planning To Navigate The Fog of Uncertainty
How disruptive are COVID-19’s unexpected impacts proving to be for your business? How clear is your team’s line of sight over the next...
- May 1, 2020
- 3 min
Planning In Volatile and Opportunistic Times (aka PIVOT)
A clear-eyed look at the landscape today makes a few things clear: Planning COVID-19 and our societal response is incredibly disruptive,...
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Tip: Know Your View
In times like these, it’s really important to get clear about what your view of the near future, even if that's 30 days at a time. Get...
- Mar 16, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Tip: Bet On Your Growth Customers
As Shepherd Advisors helps companies focus on better targets, we will often ask, “Who are your growth customers?” Growth customers are...
- Mar 5, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Tip: To achieve high-level outcomes, set "smart" goals
Outcomes are specific, measurable statements that let you know when you have reached your plan objectives. To achieve high-level...
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