The strategic retreat is typically the centrepiece of the strategic planning process. In many cases people in organisations want to collect the pre-requisite data and write the plan document themselves, involving a facilitator only for the critical - and tricky - strategic retreat.

However, some organisations benefit from the involvement of a specialist consultant to help with the analysis and detailed action planning. If this is the kind of support you would like, then I am always delighted to help organisations to truly understand the drivers of current and future success and to bring a rich array of tools and techniques that provide exceptional insights and outcomes.

There are four ways that this can happen:

Strategic Planning Resource Kits
These kits have been developed so that Neville can guide you through every step as you travel through the strategic planning process.

The 100 hour strategy
This is a special version of the strategic planning process for those organisations that want professional assistance, but have time and/or budget constraints. Of particular value to small and medium sized organisations this approach includes a thorough analysis of the business, a strategic retreat, action planning and documenting the outcomes.

Specific Support During the Strategic Planning Process
There are some aspects of the strategic planning process that you might want to complete independently, with others you might need to be supported by someone with particular expertise, objectivity or impartiality. Neville can provide limited support where required to make sure that your planning process delivers the best possible results.

For example, a number of clients particularly value assistance with the process, and particularly value assistance at the beginning of their strategic planning cycle to properly design the whole process of developing a plan, and they may build in a number of review points to make sure that they are on track. Other clients want help with the content, and involve Neville in the collection of different types of content, or ask him to become involved in some of the analysis.

The Development of a Full Plan
Using the resource kits as a beginning framework, Neville can complete and/or guide you through all the discussions, data gathering, analysis, decision making, action planning, communication, implementation and documentation stages so that you complete the process with ease, and produce a clear and accepted roadmap to your best possible future.

Neville would be delighted to talk through your needs and to tailor a process specifically for you.