Plan. Focus. Execute.

“Without successful implementation, a strategy is but a fantasy.” Hambrick & Cannella

Strategy execution is essential but is by no means easy. In a rapidly evolving market, strategy implementation has emerged as a fundamental factor for your organisation’s success. It is estimated that between 30 and 70% of strategy implementation initiatives fail. Further research shows that companies achieve as little as 63% of the financial outcomes predicted by their planned strategies and that up to 66% of strategies are not even implemented.*

Strategy implementation serves as the bridge between your organisation’s vision and its tangible results. Effective strategy execution ensures that plans and initiatives are implemented efficiently, goals are achieved, and desired outcomes are realised. By aligning priorities, resources, processes, and people towards a common objective, you can optimise your operations, seize new opportunities, adapt to changing circumstances, and gain a competitive edge. In an era of heightened complexity and uncertainty, strategy execution is not just a differentiator, but a necessity for your business to grow and thrive.

However, dovetailing your strategy into execution is a challenge. Your organisation’s strategy might be defined and ready to implement, but you may be unsure or overwhelmed as to the next steps. You may be straining to overcome organisational inertia to get the execution process moving. Or you’ve started the implementation process but there are specific complications or challenges that need to be overcome. It’s in these circumstances, that Echo Advisory’s Strategy Implementation practice can assist. Leverage off our expertise and years of experience to help you quickly diagnose the issues at hand, identify the challenges ahead and put an executable plan in place to deliver the required results. For over 25 years, we’ve been helping clients implement their strategies, systematically, effectively and comprehensively

*Cândido and Santos; Crittenden & Crittenden; and Köseoglu et al.

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What we offer

Implementation
Advisory

Let us empower you to, practically and effectively, translate your strategy into execution and ultimately, tangible results. By leveraging our proven strategy implementation framework, we specialise in converting your strategy into actionable workstreams, with clear, achievable objectives.

Working closely with you, we’ll address the critical facets of implementation, including alignment; key results; defined programmes, projects, initiatives, and ‘business as usual’ (BAU); accountabilities, prioritisation; budgets or business cases; resource allocation, stakeholder management; implementation risk management; reporting; change management; and communication.

Strategy
Development

At Echo Advisory, we understand that effective strategy development and implementation are inseparable. Our Strategy Development service ensures that your strategy is not only visionary but also practical and tailored to your organisation’s needs

By integrating our implementation expertise from the start, we help create strategies that are both ambitious and actionable. Working collaboratively with your team, we use a robust framework to craft strategies that drive your organisation forward, setting the stage for real and sustained success.

From analysis, facilitation, and roll-out through the organisation, we can assist.

Strategic
Planning

At the outset of implementing your strategy, while the implementation is ‘in-flight’, or if a pivot is necessary, let us help you develop a clear, comprehensive and implementable strategic plan.

In setting the implementation roadmap, we’ll make sure that the strategic plan considers your required outcomes, priorities, constraints, budgets, dependencies, stakeholders, capabilities, and contingencies.

Project Management

Consistent project delivery that is aligned to the strategy, throughout the implementation process, is critical to achieving the required results.

Let our expert project professionals take the lead, managing your critical projects and programmes. Rather than taking a very ‘mechanical’ approach to project delivery, our project and programme managers are focused on the strategy’s outcomes, drive delivery, and cut across organisational boundaries.

In addition to project and programme management, we can assist with framework and methodology implementations; project reviews and audits; ‘lessons learnt’ reviews; and workshop facilitation.

Facilitated Workshops

Achieving strategic alignment and operational excellence requires not only setting clear goals but also executing them with precision. Our Facilitated Workshops are designed to address this need by providing structured, expert-led sessions that equip your teams with the skills and insights necessary for success. Our workshops include:

  • Project Portfolio Prioritisation
  • Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
  • Project Scoping
  • Retrospectives
  • 100-Day Kickstart Workshop for New Leaders or Teams

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Why Use Us

Expertise

We are strategy implementation specialists

Experience

We’ve been helping clients implement their strategies for over 25 years

Proven methodology

We have a proven methodology that delivers the right outcomes

Results

Our client see the tangible results of our work