The business landscape can make or break your strategy.  So you need to understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing your organisation in order to make informed decisions, identify potential risks, and leverage your competitive advantages.

In the fourth episode of our strategy-focused mini-series, PMI Partner Consultant Des Kelly continues his exploration of top tools for understanding the world in which we operate, showcasing SWOT Analysis as a powerful tool for evaluating your strategic position.

Are you ready to transform your strategy?  PMI’s skilled consultants can help you turn your Goals into Results, assisting you at every stage from conception through to implementation.  Learn more at https://pmi.co.uk/consultancy/#strategy 

More resources to help you develop a strategy that delivers results:

• Podcast: Strategy and the Responsibilities of the Leadership Team
• Podcast: Competitive Analysis Through Porter's 5 Forces
• Podcast: Understand External Influences using PESTEL
• Consultancy: Transform Your Strategy

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Understanding the macro environment is crucial for effective strategic decision-making, and PESTEL is a tool for helping you do this.

Join us for the next episode in our strategy-focused mini-series as PMI Partner Consultant Des Kelly discusses this comprehensive framework for analysing changes to the status quo, underscoring the necessity of using unbiased data to guide strategic choices.

Are you ready to transform your strategy?  PMI’s skilled consultants can help you turn your Goals into Results, assisting you at every stage from conception through to implementation.  Learn more at https://pmi.co.uk/consultancy/#strategy 

More resources to help you develop a strategy that delivers results:

• Podcast: Strategy and the Responsibilities of the Leadership Team
• Podcast: Competitive Analysis Through Porter's 5 Forces
• Consultancy: Transform Your Strategy

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Are you proactive in identifying the forces that influence your business environment?

By understanding and leveraging these forces, your organisation can navigate competitive landscapes more effectively and make informed strategic decisions that drive success.  Join PMI Partner Consultant Des Kelly as our strategy-focused mini-series continues with an exploration of Porter’s 5 Forces. Des explores how integrating Porter’s 5 Forces with other strategic tools will enhance the robustness of your strategic planning.

Are you ready to transform your strategy?  PMI’s skilled consultants can help you turn your Goals into Results, assisting you at every stage from conception through to implementation.  Learn more at https://pmi.co.uk/consultancy/#strategy 

More resources to help you develop a strategy that delivers results:

• Podcast: Strategy and the Responsibilities of the Leadership Team
• On Demand Webinar: Making Your Strategy Work for You 
• Consultancy: Transform Your Strategy

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How do you ensure your business strategy is well-crafted and adaptable to the ever-evolving business landscape?

In the first of a strategy-focused mini-series that will explore specific strategic tools and techniques, Des Kelly, PMI Partner Consultant, breaks down the three pivotal phases of strategy that every Leadership team needs to master: strategic analysis, strategic choice, and strategy implementation.

Are you ready to transform your strategy?  PMI’s skilled consultants can help you turn your Goals into Results, assisting you at every stage from conception through to implementation.  Learn more at https://pmi.co.uk/consultancy/#strategy 

More resources to help you develop a strategy that delivers results:

• Podcast: Adapting Your Strategy in Disruptive Times 
• On Demand Webinar: Making Your Strategy Work for You 
• Consultancy: Transform Your Strategy

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Have you ever questioned if your work is truly aligned with your customer's needs?

Drawing on a coaching experience where a project team faced this very challenge, PMI Director Consultant Sean Buckland underscores the importance of defining value from the customer's perspective and differentiating it from the business's voice.  Tune in for insights on identifying barriers and setting meaningful objectives for sustainable success.

Related resources:

• Podcast: Understanding The Voice of The Customer 
• On Demand Webinar: Improving Through the Voice of the Customer 
• Blog: Link Measures to The Voice of Your Customer 

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Unlock the power of intrinsic motivation to engage your team in change.

Join PMI Director Consultant and experienced Executive Coach Warren Knight as he shares valuable insights into the psychology of change. You’ll discover practical tips for empowering your team to not only accept but wholeheartedly embrace change to achieve organisational goals.

More resources you may find useful:

• On Demand Webinar: Leading Leaders: How to Organise your Organisation in Change  
• Infographic: The Response to Change Model 
• Podcast: How Effective Leaders Support a Learning Organisation 

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Navigate the complexities of Control Charts with ease, as we clear up some common misconceptions. 

Drawing from years of experience reviewing, coaching, assessing, and approving projects, PMI Director Consultant Dennis Crommentuijn-Marsh reveals the most frequent mistakes he encounters so that you can recognise and avoid them in your own work. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting out with control charts, this essential listen will enable you to confidently apply this key improvement tool to enhance your business processes.

More resources you may find useful:

• Infographic: Control Charts - A Short Journey Through the Basics 
• Blog: 5 Flowchart Challenges You’ll Want Your Team to Know About 
• On Demand Training: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt 

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Is your data telling the right story?  The shift from simple data tables to Control Charts is more than a mere change in data representation; it's a transformative step towards data-driven decision-making.  This progression, PMI Director Consultant Dennis Crommentuijn-Marsh explains, stems from a growing awareness of variation and its impact on our processes.

Join us for a powerful learning opportunity, as we share examples from clients around the world who have navigated the discomfort of evolving to Control Charts, and the profound insights they have revealed into their business performance.

Here are some more resources on this topic:

• Infographic: Control Charts - A Short Journey Through the Basics 
• Video: Control Charts in Action 
• On Demand Training: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt 

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Beyond its value as a statistical tool, the Control Chart is a symbol of excellence in operational efficiency and quality management that has shaped the world of Continuous Improvement.

As we celebrate 100 years of Control Charts, PMI Director Consultant Dennis Crommentuijn-Marsh explores the history of Shewhart’s enduring legacy and gift to quality. 

Here are some more resources that you may find interesting:

• On Demand Webinar: Understanding Performance Using Control Charts 
• Blog: 5 Challenges of Embedding Control Charts in Daily Process Management 
• On Demand Training: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

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Effective leaders recognise that their organisation's ability to improve is fundamentally based upon its ability to learn. 

In this thought-provoking episode of Uncommon Sense, we delve into the transformative role leaders play in empowering teams to apply knowledge consciously, as PMI Director Consultant Warren Knight explains the changes you’ll need to make to transform learning from conceptual theory to embedded knowledge.

Here are some more resources on this topic:

• Blog: Learn Knowingly 
• On Demand Webinar: Celebrating Success, Learning from Failure 
• Blog: I Didn’t Tell You Because You Didn’t Ask! 

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