A structured, facilitated strategy development package that helps leadership teams step back from day-to-day delivery, align on the priorities that matter, and build a clear plan for the next stage of growth.

This service is designed for founders, managing directors, and leadership teams who need more than a document review. We provide experienced external facilitation to encourage strategic thinking, challenge your assumptions, and help you shape a focused, practical direction for the business.

We use structured preparation, guided discussion, and proven strategic templates to help you move from ideas or partial plans to a clear strategic position, strong leadership alignment, and a prioritised twelve-month action plan.

Why this works

The value comes from the quality of the challenge, from our experience, and from asking you why? The structure of the process and the clarity it creates for decision-making and execution to overcome plateaus. Our planning process will help you understand where the business is now, where it is headed, what might get in the way, and what needs to happen next.

Who this service is for

• Businesses that have completed our readiness assessment (Mandatory)
• Small and medium-sized enterprises that need structured support to shape or strengthen business direction
• Founders and directors who want independent facilitation rather than leading the strategy process themselves
• Leadership teams that need alignment on priorities, goals, and next steps
• Businesses facing growth, change, uncertainty, or a lack of strategic focus
• Organisations that want professional guidance without committing immediately to a full end-to-end strategy creation programme

What this service includes (subject to amendment to be suitable for your business)

1. Strategic pre-work and preparation
We begin with structured pre-work so the live session is used for discussion and decisions, not information sharing. We conduct research and gather input in advance to maintain the quality of the strategic conversation. You will need to provide us with information in advance.

This stage includes:

• Review of existing plans, notes, assumptions, and relevant business documents
• Identification of key themes, issues, and decision areas ahead of the session
• Preparation of a facilitated agenda tailored to your context

2. Facilitated strategy development session

A professionally facilitated remote strategy session designed to create clarity, test assumptions, and guide the leadership team through the core strategic conversations.

External facilitation is valuable because leaders often find it difficult to participate fully while also managing the process objectively. Independent facilitation reduces bias, improves transparency, and keeps discussion focused on the questions that matter most.

The session typically covers:

• Where the business is now
• What is working well and what is not
• What success should look like over the next twelve to thirty-six months
• The priorities that matter most over the next twelve months
• Risks, constraints, or roadblocks that may affect delivery
• The actions, ownership, and decisions that need to be clarified

3. Strategic insight and independent challenge

We provide a clear external challenge to strengthen the quality of strategic choices and improve alignment.

This includes:

• Independent observations on focus, positioning, priorities, and delivery realism
• Identification of gaps, duplication, or ambiguity in current thinking
• Practical recommendations to improve clarity, coherence, and strategic discipline
• Support to turn discussion into decisions and priorities

4. Draft twelve-month strategic action plan

Following the session, we translate the outputs into a structured draft action plan.

This includes:

• Prioritised strategic actions for the next twelve months
• Headline objectives and intended outcomes
• Sequencing guidance and key milestones
• Ownership prompts to support accountability
• A practical working document to use internally or develop further with additional Corvanta support

5. Review and refinement session

A structured follow-up session to review the draft plan, confirm priorities, refine next steps, and strengthen confidence in execution.

This step helps ensure the work does not remain theoretical. Strategy loses value when it is not revisited and linked to operational delivery.

How we work

• Delivered remotely through a structured facilitation model
• Built around preparation, guided discussion, and practical outputs
• Focused on alignment, clarity, and decision quality
• Supported by Corvanta templates and working frameworks
• Designed to create momentum without unnecessary complexity

What you will leave with

• Greater clarity on strategic direction and priorities
• A more aligned leadership view of what matters most
• Independent challenge to strengthen decision-making
• A practical twelve-month strategic action plan
• A stronger base for implementation support, mentoring, or progression into Total Strategy Creation

Delivery format

• Remote delivery
• Pre-session questionnaire and document review
• Facilitated strategy session
• Written summary of key findings and decisions
• Draft twelve-month strategic action plan
• Follow-up review and refinement session

Cost

From £1,500 to £3,000. 

We know one size does not fit all. The Final scope is confirmed following completion of a questionnaire and a short discovery discussion.