The Purposeful Strategist

Chief Executive Matt Meyer describes how Taylor Vinters has used an identity-led approach to to clarify and strengthen their purpose.  We discuss changes in the legal market that led to them fundamentally reinventing the way they work with clients.  And he describes “disorganisation” as a practical alternative to the slow and inflexible top-down model of cascading a strategy through roles and objectives.

CEO Mark Inskip describes the potential risk around purpose when a strong founder moves on. Learn what he did about it – and how you might address a similar major change in top leadership. Mark also shares his views on how to choose a consultant to work with on strategy and purpose.

Hear why CEO Adam Boddison thinks that project management could be the future of leadership. He also shares how APM’s purpose has been a call to action beyond the organisation, as well as redefining and expanding their playing field.

Simply having a clear purpose can help increase strategic focus, drive innovation, and accelerate growth – even without making it the centre of your communications. Learn how Severfield, the UK’s largest structural steel fabricator serving the construction industry, led by CEO Alan Dunsmore, did just that. 

The current model of capitalism is under pressure and a new model seems to be needed.  Learn how CEO David Smollan crystallised their purpose and brought it alive across their business, preparing them to be sustainable through the possible changes ahead.

https://smollan.com/path-to-purpose/

Sustainability and growth can seem like they are in conflict. In this episode, Dyan Crowther, CEO at Highspeed One, describes how their purposeful strategy has allowed them to have both.

You don’t have to use a structured process to define your purpose. Learn how a more instinct-based approach allowed CEO Helen Rippon to rediscover Worldwide Cancer Research’s purpose and use that to sharpen their strategy, in this episode of The Purposeful Strategist

How can a purposeful strategy drive new growth in a 40 year-old business? Learn how new CEO David Hall does it at Totalkare, in this episode of The Purposeful Strategist.

Managing Director Andy Shaffer shares a simple way to know if your organisation’s purpose is compelling. He also discusses how changing their approach to strategy resulted in a more commercial leadership team. Finally, he describes how they help their people cope with the pressures of a demanding purpose.

Chief Executive Officer Noel Butwell, describes how they are achieving client-led growth and the way their growth is addressing a nation-wide capacity gap. He discusses why it’s important to keep strategy simple and how they use a few simple rules to decentralise strategy implementation. He also shares what he found to be the hardest part of developing and implementing their strategy.