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Strategy + Operations
Our Strategy + Operations team helps leaders make critical decisions, improve performance and turn strategic priorities into practical plans for execution. Experienced strategists and operators work alongside leadership from defining the path forward through implementation.
When clients come to us
Organizations bring us in at inflection points when growth, performance or a critical business decision requires greater clarity, alignment and execution.
Growth has slowed, become less predictable or fallen short of expectations, and it is not yet clear whether the constraint is the strategy, the sales engine, or the operating model.
Something has moved in your competitive set, your technology or your customers’ behavior, and you need to know whether it is noise or a signal before it reaches your numbers.
Leadership has priorities and initiatives, but lacks a clear strategy or alignment around where to focus.
Investments in technology, innovation or other strategic initiatives are not delivering the expected business value.
New investment, a leadership transition or another major change is creating new priorities for the business.
A critical business decision or transformation requires objective analysis, a practical roadmap and hands-on execution.
Our Services
We bring together strategic thinking, operational experience and hands-on execution to help leaders set direction, improve performance and move critical priorities forward.
01 · Service line
Make critical decisions with greater clarity. We help leadership teams define where to focus, identify opportunities for growth and build strategies that respond to changing market and competitive dynamics.
Services included
02 · Service line
Build a stronger commercial engine. We assess, design and help lead sales organizations, bringing the strategy and execution needed to drive sustainable growth.
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Align technology investment with business value. We help leaders assess what they have, determine what to build, buy or adopt, and move from roadmap through implementation.
Flexible Support
Engagements range from focused strategy projects to transformation execution and interim leadership. We shape the approach around the challenge, your existing team and the level of support required.
A short, fixed-fee assessment that establishes the facts before anyone commits to a larger program. Typically four to six weeks.
Defined-scope engagements designed around a specific challenge, objective or set of deliverables.
Experienced executives who take the seat. Interim leaders through a transition, or fractional leaders at a defined level of effort per month, in sales, technology or general management.
We run the program itself: the workplan, the governance, the reporting and the interfaces between workstreams, including implementation partners we did not select.
Ongoing strategic support that helps leadership monitor business conditions, identify emerging issues and respond as priorities evolve.
How We Work
Our Strategy + Operations team starts by understanding what is driving the challenge, then works alongside leadership to define the path forward and turn priorities into action.
Assess 01
Assess performance, market dynamics and business realities to identify what is driving the issue.
Design 02
Determine where to focus, evaluate strategic options and align leadership around the path forward.
Implement 03
Translate strategy into clear initiatives, sequencing, accountability and an actionable roadmap for execution.
Sustain 04
Support implementation, measure progress and adapt as priorities and conditions evolve.
Client work
Growth strategy + leadership alignment
Facing a leadership transition and changing market conditions, a mid-sized maritime services company needed a clearer path to growth. Our Strategy + Operations team worked with leadership to identify the root causes of performance challenges, uncover new growth opportunities and align the organization around a focused set of strategic priorities and measurable goals.
Our people
Practice Leader, Strategy + Operations
Managing Director
Peter leads Smith + Howard's Strategy + Operations practice, helping organizations navigate complex strategic decisions, anticipate disruption and turn strategy into action. He brings more than two decades of experience spanning strategy consulting, private equity, executive leadership and national security, with deep expertise in corporate strategy, competitive intelligence and business transformation.
Start a conversation
Whether you're addressing stalled growth, evaluating a critical business decision or working to turn strategy into action, start with a conversation. We'll help you identify the right expertise and path forward.
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