Right Strategy — Well Executed —
Drive Growth Forward With Purpose
GAMEChange: Clarify. Focus. Align. Execute.
GAME Planning
GAMEChange ​
GAMEChange  is our cornerstone suite of methodical, practical, and proven approaches to help CEOs navigate growth given limited time and resources. We help you and your leadership team make better choices, allocate resources more wisely, and build sustainable momentum.
Whether you engage one service or the full suite, GAMEChange empowers your team to leverage strategic clarity, focus, alignment, and execution to achieve long-term impacts that really make a difference.
GAMEReady
Get clear on what's holding back growth.
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Before investing significant resources into deeper strategy work (like GAMEPlan), GAMEReady helps leadership teams quickly:
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Assess readiness for growth
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Identify and prioritize key constraints 
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Decide where to focus prep for strategic success
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Determine when to invest in more rigorous strategy work
GAMEReady clarifies next steps as we give you and your team an objective look at your growth machine to pinpoint key opportunities and challenges.
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​Your Right Strategy starts with a clear view of what’s true today.
GAMEPlan
Build the strategy your team understands, believes in, and will execute.
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The Right Strategy is clear, focused, aligned, and executable. Just as important, it’s owned by the people responsible for making it real.
GAMEPlan is Shepherd’s core strategic planning engagement. Our six-step process works methodically and efficiently with you and your leadership team to navigate the critical decisions required to define the right growth strategy for your business. 
Through GAMEPlan, leadership teams:
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Envision what success truly looks like 
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Decide where to focus and how they will win 
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Align as a team around clear priorities 
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Identify and commit to the actions required to execute 
GAMEPlan doesn't provide prepackaged answers or static plans. It’s a disciplined decision-making process that results in a strategy your team understands, owns, and is ready to put into action.
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​Your Right Strategy is closer than you think. Let’s do this well—it's indispensable.
GAMEPlay
Convert strategy into sustained growth momentum.
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Once strategy meets reality, we can’t afford for it to stall. GAMEPlay  keeps your team focused on turning strategy into action, learning and improving as you go, and maintaining forward progress.
Get out of the gates strong. Implement strategy quickly and clearly once everyone understands the direction, their role, and why it matters. Put the right people in the right roles, focus on key milestones, and ensure teams have the resources they need to succeed.
Stay on track, learn, and refine. Use regular check-ins to maintain focus, track progress, and adapt to changing markets and conditions. Revisit the strategy at 6 months, recalibrate, and recommit annually (or as needed).
Continuously improve performance. Leverage the power of strategy to level up your team, strengthen culture, improve structures and systems, guide smarter investment, and drive sustained improvement across the business.
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Your Right Strategy—applied and refined over time—delivers.