Strategy Tools & Frameworks

Diagram showing Porter's Five Forces are Competitive Rivalry, Threat of New Entry, Threat of Substitution, Power of Buyers and Power of Suppliers

Guides

The Ultimate Guide to Porter’s Five Forces

This is the only guide you’ll ever need for Porter’s Five Forces… 👏

A printed chart being studied to represent the DESTEP Analysis

Guides

DESTEP Analysis: Your Guide to External Environment Analysis

This guide to DESTEP is designed to help you understand your external environment, and the steps you can take to improve your business.

Diagram showing SWOT in SWOT Analysis stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

Guides

The Ultimate Guide to SWOT Analysis

Yes, this is the only guide to SWOT Analysis you’ll ever need…🕶️

Three trophies representing different scoring from the SFA Matrix

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Guide to the SFA Matrix

This framework will help you decide which strategy to select… 🎯

Three test tubes representing Porter's Three Tests

Guides

Introduction to Porter’s Three Tests

If you’re looking to diversify, check out these three tests to see if you’ll succeed…🙋

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Guides

Strategic Cost Reduction Guide

We take a look at how to include cost reduction into your strategy… 📉

A grand ceiling

Guides

Introduction to the Grand Strategy Matrix

The name sounds impressive, but what is the Grand Strategy Matrix… 🎩

A man about to slam-dunk a ball into a net to represent goals from Locke's Goal Setting Theory

Guides

Locke’s Goal Setting Theory: How to set your Business Goals

Locke developed a goal setting theory that includes five elements. By understanding these elements, your business goals will be set for success.

Man stands between a left arrow and a right arrow on the floor to represent the decision in Force Field Analysis

Guides

Introduction to Force Field Analysis

Struggling to make strategic decisions? Take a look at this decision making framework…🤔

Planning meeting for a perceptual map

Guides

How to create a Perceptual Map of your Brand’s Competitors

A perceptual map is an easy way to see how you stand against your competitors. It’s also a useful tool for setting goals and achieving results.

The numbers 1 to 6 to represent the Six Forces

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How to create a Six Forces Analysis

So you’ve masted Five Forces? How about taking on the sixth… 📄

A hand holding a model of the Earth to represent handling different geographies via CAGE Distance

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Introduction to the CAGE Distance framework

How to tell the barriers to a country is a potential opportunity for you… 🗺️

Lots of maps on a desk to represent The Strategy Map

Guides

Introduction to Strategy Maps

We take a look at one method for communicating your strategic objectives… 📍

Six Dice representing the Six Forces

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Introduction to the Six Forces Model

Learn about an evolution of Porter’s Five Forces… 🎲

A large diamond on a ring

Guides

Introduction to The Strategy Diamond

Our guide to one of the most beautiful looking frameworks… 💎

A coach with his team to represent the resources in VRIO

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The VRIO Framework: A Tool to Effectively Evaluate Your Strategy

The VRIO framework provides a basis for mapping out and understanding what makes you successful enabling you to take decisions to provide competitive advantage.

A cow in a field to represent the Cash Cow in a BCG Matrix

Guides

Guide to the BCG Growth-Share Matrix

We look at the popular way to classify products and services… 🐮

A tower viewer looking over the sea to represent Vision Statements

Articles

Good & Bad Vision Statements: Everything You Need to Know

What makes a good or a bad strategic Vision Statement… 👓

Two people sit at a laptop to discuss TOWS Analysis

Guides

How to do a TOWS Analysis

Learn how to take action on your opportunities and threats… 👫

A number of clocks on a wall to represent The Strategy Clock

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Introduction to Bowman’s Strategy Clock

With so many potential ways to master a market, Bowman’s Strategy Clock is a useful tool… ⏰

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