Strategic Initiatives Group

Strategic Initiatives Group We are on a mission to help good organizations become better by improving the performance effectiven Do you see opportunity in the fog of change?

Do you recognize potential despite struggling to survive? In all the uncertainty are you sure of one thing:

That your company is capable of more. Then it is time to Thrive.

Change. Disruption. Recession. Inflation. It’s not new to me.That’s the benefit of being around business for a good long...
11/30/2022

Change. Disruption. Recession. Inflation. It’s not new to me.

That’s the benefit of being around business for a good long time!

I have over 30 years of experience helping some of the world’s favourite brands serve their consumers’ rapidly changing needs and behaviours with meaningful, profitable products and services.

A strategist and planner by trade, I have made it my mission to help my clients find the next great opportunity in this age of disruptive change.

I am also known to bend an ear or two about coffee, jazz, books and the Rolling Stones.

If you’re ready for a change, let’s talk about how we find that next great opportunity for you.

Join the Thrive 2023 waitlist! https://mailchi.mp/sigunlimited/thrive-waitlist

Leaders of first choice companies have 4 super powers that separate them from all competition.1. The courage to challeng...
11/29/2022

Leaders of first choice companies have 4 super powers that separate them from all competition.
1. The courage to challenge.
-You are not likely the market leader. Yet. You have the vision and ambition to become first choice. -You refuse to play by your competitor’s rules. Fast-following is an oxymoron to you.

2.The capacity to change.
-You have a low tolerance for status quo. Just the thought of it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. -You don’t settle. You explore. You believe things can always be better.

3.The willingness to work.
-Work energizes you. When it’s meaningful and fulfilling. You don’t want to do more than you’re doing now. But you would like to do it better. And differently. For a different and better result.

4.The passion for people.
-You see your employees and customers as your company’s greatest renewable resource and source of advantage.

Start your journey to becoming a first choice company today, let’s chat! https://sigunlimited.com/thrive-program/

The client was stuck. They had good employees, customers and products. But, they were falling short of their vision and ...
11/27/2022

The client was stuck. They had good employees, customers and products. But, they were falling short of their vision and expected results.

In less than a year we reimagined, reorganized and rejuvenated the company, the relationships with employees and the product lines.

Results include; best sales year ever, sustainable growth and new, top-tier, high value customers.

The Thrive System is designed for clarity of the disruptive change facing your employees and customers, pinpoint growth opportunities and continually improve company performance and results, in all market conditions.

Find out more about the steps to take to best-ever performance for your company. Leave a comment below and I will get back to you.

It is human nature to strive, struggle and succeed at making ourselves and the world better.Having the courage to contin...
11/25/2022

It is human nature to strive, struggle and succeed at making ourselves and the world better.

Having the courage to continue, to have faith in ourselves and the future is what makes us human.

What if you could unlock this most powerful nature in your company’s Talent and Customers and use it to transform your relationships with them, with disruptive change and with work, into a meaningful, profitable struggle for all?

You can.

When preparing for economic uncertainty most leaders fall back into defensive mode and the traditional practices of cut ...
11/22/2022

When preparing for economic uncertainty most leaders fall back into defensive mode and the traditional practices of cut and protect. They cut people, operating costs, CAPEX, R&D and CSR programs to protect cash and the company. Sometimes it feels like the only way forward but the results of this ‘cut and protect’ strategy raises a multitude of problems for business continuity and potential.

While traditional practices like this may have worked successfully in years past, we are in a new world of work now.

-The markets are different
-The economic environment is different
-Our working relationships with talent and customers are different.

Cut and protect just isn’t as effective a strategy for overcoming economic uncertainty in this different world we work in now.

Do you agree? Let’s chat about it in the comments!

Over 70% of employees would or are considering leaving their jobs. It is a staggering number but not surprising when we ...
11/20/2022

Over 70% of employees would or are considering leaving their jobs. It is a staggering number but not surprising when we look at the underlying reasons.

We are adjusting to rapidly changing conditions at work and in the world. We are learning to work differently, learning and unlearning, often at the same time. We are juggling professional and personal responsibilities with few, blurry boundaries. We are filled with uncertainty and stress. But, there is hope. And opportunity.

We are in this together, new data shows that managers are equally stressed as employees, so let’s rely on each other for support, listen to each other for new ideas and solutions for moving on, through and forward to better.

Respect, trust and empathy by over-communicating, over-nurturing and over-delivering will protect your business from the Great Resignation and create new opportunities by keeping your talent and customers engaged, motivated and focussed on a brighter future.

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11/18/2022

The Thrive Program
💡 Was created to help you swiftly navigate this era of rapid change.
💡 And designed to help you plan and operate differently than you ever have before: at the same time.

How? By asking the right questions.

The Thrive Program has reached its own potential and is fully booked until the end of Q1, 2023. But you can still join the waitlist and start your new business year off right by joining a program that has helped my clients do|make|sell better!

Join the waitlist here https://mailchi.mp/sigunlimited/thrive-waitlist //

You already know that you can’t stay the same when business, Talent, your customers, all have been disrupted by the rapi...
11/16/2022

You already know that you can’t stay the same when business, Talent, your customers, all have been disrupted by the rapid, ongoing change of the last three years.

The Thrive Program
💡 Was created to help you swiftly navigate this era of rapid change by focussing attention on the challenges and opportunities that matter most to your Talent and Cusomters/Consumers
💡 And designed to help you plan and operate differently so that the company and its Talent works, makes and sell better than before. For best ever results.

The Thrive Program has reached its own potential and is fully booked until the end of Q1, 2023. But you can still join the waitlist and start your new business year off right by joining a program that has helped clients across all major business sectors, do|make|sell better!

Find out more at sigunlimted.com and please reach out and let’s talk about how your business, your Talent and your customers/consumers thrive in 2023.

Join the waitlist here https://mailchi.mp/sigunlimited/thrive-waitlist

If you know , you know it was founded on the belief that people intrinsically want to be better. Our purpose is to make...
10/28/2022

If you know , you know it was founded on the belief that people intrinsically want to be better.

Our purpose is to make the human struggle more elegant by elevating work to a place of meaningful contribution to their better life.

Da Vinci played a large part in the foundation of this business, he saw that striving to be better is, in the end, a human failing because we are never done but, anything that somehow advances us, enhances us or improves us is a worthy contribution to the human journey.

Leonardo may not have believed in himself, all the time (does anyone?) but, he passionately believed in humanity and our very human qualities of emotion, reason, curiosity and courage. He understood our frailties. In all this Leonardo saw hope and possibility for progress and advancement.

I think this is what Leonardo was lamenting. He was not lamenting for the work left undone but for the possibilities of what would come after him. I think he was lamenting the fact that he would no longer be part of humanity’s greatest gift; our drive to become better, to advance and to leave this world better than we found it.

Don’t settle for being best because you won’t be… for long.In our complex, fast-changing world you need to be better tha...
10/26/2022

Don’t settle for being best because you won’t be… for long.

In our complex, fast-changing world you need to be better than best.

Best Vs. better:
Being best is a point reached. It’s an important milestone and one to be celebrated for sure. But, it is a finite point in time, a point that is already behind you. The concept of being better is continual and infinite. It is a milestone that is always in front of you, inspiring you and your organization to be better, every day.

Better beats best:
1️⃣Better is in our nature. It is human nature to leave our mark on, and to believe that, this world is a little bit better because of us. It is why our drive to strive, reach and ultimately accomplish is a visceral part of our core being. The possibility of better performance becomes exponential as more people onboard the mantra of better is better than best.
2️⃣Better is Cultural. The mantra of better is a universal mentality that can capture the ambition of many versus the singular mentality of being best. Only one can be best but all of us can be better. Better cultures thrive on the friction of fresh thinking and collaboration. “Better” is a path to success and improved performance.
3️⃣Better is Competitive. “Best” thinking is a byproduct of the traditional, scalable efficiency model that focuses on maintaining best position on price, speed and quality. To become better versus best means listening to customers for new and emerging needs, watching for shifts in market conditions and trends.

So, don’t settle for best. It is fleeting. Aim to be better. It is how successful organizations get ahead and stay ahead.


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What could planning for change and not in reaction to it mean to your business’s success?The former is an escalator of o...
10/24/2022

What could planning for change and not in reaction to it mean to your business’s success?

The former is an escalator of opportunity and the latter? A hamster wheel of futility.
I share this and other business-building ideas and solutions in the SIG newsletter. It’s a no BS zone. The sole purpose of the newsletter is to help figure out how to thrive in this age of disruptive change. If you’re interested, catch some issues on the SIG site or sign up here and let’s get you thriving!

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