#TheStrategicProcess #StrategicTeam

So far until here the senior management has been involved in #TheStrategicProcess development (SPd) defining the Vision and Mission of the company, having also a clear statement about the Shared Values of the organization. From this point, top management should define the Strategic Team that will work to carry forward #TheStrategicProcess. 

The selected team should be made up of highly qualified people from different departments, areas or sections that form the structure of the company regardless of the level they occupy in the hierarchy. If we want to have a good Strategy we need to have the best Strategic Team to define and after to implement it. It is highly recomendable that all the Team or a big part of the people involved in the definition would be later involved in the implementation of #TheStrategicProcess. While doing in  this manner we have the compromise of the people from the beginning to the end of the process.

Experience tells us that these people will be working almost full time in a period of time ranging from three to six months for small to medium enterprises and between six and twelve months for medium to large companies only for the period of definition. Therefore the team should not be excessive because the company must continue to run in their day to day business. 

We recommend Strategic Teams of three to five people for small or medium businesses and five to ten people for medium and large companies. Onset #TheStrategicProcess development is a good time to delegate responsibilities and tasks within the company. 

As we begin to see #TheStrategicProcess development involves more than the willingness to change things because we will really change things. The structure of a company and all employees must consciously be prepared for this kind of process if we want to carried it successfully to the end. Remember that nine of ten companies fails in the implementation of #TheStrategicProcess and this is not acceptable from our point of view. 

The Strategic Team will be selected with extreme care and they must meet many skills that we will attend later, but it will be very important that the people involved in the team have the absolute confidence of senior management. Because very offen during #TheStrategicProcess many sensitive issues about the past, present and future of the company will be discussed.