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Paulalaa Strategy Scanner

What’s really driving your organisation?

Does strategy guide day-to-day decisions, and are the skills needed to deliver it in place? These six questions help identify where greater clarity is needed.

1. How clearly has your company defined its strategic choices for the next 2–3 years: which customers to serve, where to compete and how to stand out?

The choices are clear and agreed upon

Some choices have been defined

The choices are mainly in my own head

Decisions are made as situations arise, without an agreed direction

2. When urgent demands compete with strategically important work, how often does strategy determine how time and resources are allocated?

Always or almost always

Often

Rarely

Almost never

Unsure

3. Has your company identified the skills needed to deliver its strategy over the next 2–3 years?

Yes, in specific terms

Partly

Not yet

The strategic direction needs to be clarified first

4. In which areas could a skills gap most threaten the delivery of your company’s strategy? Select up to three.

Leadership and execution

Sales and customer understanding

Marketing and communications

International expansion

Product development and innovation

Production and service delivery

Procurement and logistics

Digital capabilities, data and AI

Other

Skills gaps have not yet been assessed

No known skills gaps

5. Has your company agreed on how to secure the skills needed to deliver its strategy?

Recruitment is not the only option. Skills can also be developed within the existing team or brought in through interim assignments or part-time fractional support.

Yes, actions, responsibilities and timelines have been agreed

Options have been identified, but decisions are still pending

No action has been planned yet

It is not yet clear which skills are missing

An assessment indicates that the current skills are sufficient

6. What is one strategic priority your company could move forward with if the necessary expertise were available quickly?

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