Business Agility
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Entrepreneurial leaders are deeply committed to their vision but often run into roadblocks when pursuing next-stage growth.
As they add layers, ambitious leaders may find it difficult to maintain a strategic mindset. Translating their operating methods into a scalable business model embodied by their teams is a big challenge. We help leadership teams develop the strategic plans and internal “operating systems,” and collaborate to embed the management disciplines their teams must have in order to achieve accelerated, sustainable growth and fulfill their business aims.
Learn how we guide leaders to jumpstart team and organizational fitness to achieve accelerated, sustainable growth. >>
Informed and Validated
Our framework is an essential tool enabling leaders to develop a shared strategy, focused problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making with their teams. These are the keys to unlocking rapid growth, and our approach has a track record of success. Our work builds new "muscles" for strategic thought and leadership while providing a repeatable model for managing growth in the years ahead. With our proven methodology, you can trust us to accelerate your growth and develop your leadership potential.
Outcome Oriented Approach
Our main focus is to help companies achieve both short-term and long-term results by assisting them in reaching their growth goals. Our proven method has enabled numerous businesses to expand their market presence, enhance their efficiency, build stronger teams and compete effectively in markets that are dominated by large corporations.
Your Catalyst for Transformation
We assist companies in defining a clear path to growth and innovation through a thorough evaluation process, executive team workshops, and in-depth business process analysis. We help business leaders optimize their core operations while simultaneously pursuing new growth opportunities. This allows them to capture more value at a faster pace and effectively manage their growth trajectory.
Impactful. That is how I would sum up my interaction with Tracey. There are only a couple people in my career I would feel worthy of that statement." - James Cagle, Founder, VAULT
Impactful. That is how I would sum up my interaction with Tracey. There are only a couple people in my career I would feel worthy of that statement." - James Cagle, Founder, VAULT
"Tracey's exceptional talent lies in listening and mobilizing people toward the seamless integration of critical business functions." - Michael Ferren, CEO, Pioneer Square Brands
"Tracey's exceptional talent lies in listening and mobilizing people toward the seamless integration of critical business functions." - Michael Ferren, CEO, Pioneer Square Brands
"Every facet of Tracey's work is first-rate." - Jim Roddy, CEO, Retail Solution Providers Association
"Every facet of Tracey's work is first-rate." - Jim Roddy, CEO, Retail Solution Providers Association
Business Agility
The age of “crossing the chasm” product adoption is over. Technologies are getting faster, cheaper, and more powerful at an exponential rate. Customer preferences are rapidly changing.
the strategic model of disruptive innovation we’ve all become comfortable with has a blind spot.
We must become exquisitely sensitive to changes in our markets. We must be constantly integrating diverse ideas, breaking down and recombining possibilities. We need to become a learning organization. We must be dynamic, things will change with breathtaking speed. We have to be ready to seize emergent opportunities before our competitors. •We have to change direction smoothly. Change funding rapidly. We have to balance governance and risk and start looking for the next singularity Reorganize for the coming downturn. The firm’s leaders then find themselves at a critical inflection point — one where they must either take decisive steps to reinvigorate and grow their business or see it slide into a downward spiral.
Corporate leaders can rarely escape this archetypal growth pattern. But you can plan for it and use that process to lift your business into a new growth phase.
Methodology
Our repeatable, outcome-driven planning process addresses all the key elements in your business growth and success. It starts with a set of key metrics that reveal patterns in your company’s financial, market, and operating performance. We then work with you and your team to craft a strategic plan for accelerating growth from your core business as well as from new markets, customers, and product innovations.
Together, we translate that plan into clear action priorities, taking steps to engage stakeholders and increase accountability. We also establish a results-oriented system for management team meetings—one that shifts them from status reporting to focused problem-solving and decision-making. Finally, we make sure your company has the talent and capabilities it will need to execute on your plans.
You will come away with the mindset, the skills, and the tools you need to think and act strategically every day. You will also gain a framework for renewing your plans and re-building momentum in the years to come.
About Catalyst & Company
Our mission is to bridge gaps by helping companies empower their people as a catalyst for transformation.
Jason and I started Catalyst & Company in hopes of making strategic execution more successful. Fewer this, more that.
Over the last twenty years, we have researched, coached, and collaborated with hundreds of different companies. This work led to one big takeaway: You must build your company with your people, not for them. In other words, approach XXX as a progressive act of collaboartion — doing more with others every step of the way.
Our team has deep experience in strategic enablement, with certifications in Transactional Competence for teams, Business Agility for organizations.
If you’re seeking strategic enablement guidance, we distilled what we’ve learned in the pages of our book Get Together: How to build a community with your people. And if you're searching for inspiration from real people who’ve sparked extraordinary communities, our podcast and newsletter are still updated occasionally.
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