Taking your company from Okay to Outstanding

I believe all companies can leap from okay to outstanding.

No matter how generic, you consider your company as being, it can become unique, highly recognized and accelerate growth.

However you need to shift focus from sustaining your current business model to unlocking your company’s true potential.

When you lead your company through the innovative lens of potential, the constant changes in technology, trends and markets translate into great business opportunities.

The change of focus will make you able to envision a future with way bigger, more diversified and profitable business activities.

You will also be naturally inspired to make your company just as differentiated and extraordinary as the potential is big.

Leaping from Okay to Outstanding simply starts with becoming a breakthrough brand, that stands out from the crowd in an attention grabbing and compelling way.

Strategic Liberation – Break Free

Step 1. Calculate the extrapolation risk

Escape the past. Stop trusting your success formula. Analyze your company's future competitiveness to calculate the extrapolation risk.

This will reveal the need for strategic transformation.

Step 2. Analyze the real performance

Look in the mirror. Analyze the real performance in your company. Embrace the truth. Remove the outcome bias.

This will reveal the need for improvements and new capabilities.

Strategic Imagination – Think Big

Step 3. Locate true potential

Open up to the future. Rethink the purpose of your company. Think big. Create a new vision for the next horizon. Locate your company’s true business potential.

This will trigger your motivation to invest in creating the breakthrough brand, that is able to unlock the full growth potential.

Step 4. Create unique identity

Think different. Think without fear of ridicule. Challenge all norms. Break boundaries. Change your game. Create the unique and integrative brand identity.

This is the beginning of creating a breakthrough brand, that stands out from the crowd in a bold, responsible and interesting way.

Strategic Differentiation – Stand Out

Step 5. Build brand equity

Stop following the herd. Stand out from the crowd. Disrupt the competition. Practice your purpose. Be bold but responsible. Nurture the fans. Be a loveable company. Build much more brand equity. Break through the clutter.

This is the foundation for accelerating growth and inspiring exploration of new business activities and -models.

Step 6. Innovate business model

Innovate the business model to deliver on your brand promise. Improve performance. Build new capabilities. Transform the culture to match the brand.

This will turn your value proposition into a truth proposition as a vital part of accelerating growth.

Strategic Transformation – Grow Fast

Step 7. Accelerate current business

Leverage the brand equity to grow fast. Build more capacity to harness the many profitable opportunities. Don’t become the scarce resource yourself. Onboard more and better leaders at all levels. Get out of the building. Take the shots. The breakthrough brand will make your dreams come true.

This will accelerate growth in the short term.

Step 8. Explore new business

Explore new business activities and -models. Nourish creativity. Let people go crazy. Accept failure. Fund the big ideas. Never stop starting up.

This will diversify your business, take growth to new heights, unlock the true potential of your company and make it absolutely outstanding.

How to calculate your investment in strategic transformation

All companies want a breakthrough brand and accelerating growth.

Not many are able to take on the creative challenges and willing to make the sacrifices, that is a natural part of standing out from the crowd and breaking through in the market.