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Clarify the organization’s growth trajectory to support the board of directors and teams during a period of significant expansion

Case study
Cities

Clarify the organization’s

growth trajectory to support

the board of directors and teams during a

period of significant expansion

Client

Canadian leader in nonprofit student housing and social economic innovation

The Big Question

Prioritizing and Settling

How to preserve your core strength through the hardship of growth and transformation

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The Actions

  • Analysis of existing strategic plan to identify priorities, growth-related challenges, and key structural decisions
  • Development of a strategic narrative that presents the company’s ambitions, operational excellence, business model diversification, and changes to the funding framework
  • Morphing of a technical document into a unifying tool for the board of directors, senior management, and operational teams
  • Drafting of a summary document to support decision-making in the context of a rapid scale-up

The Result

A distilled strategy refocused on the most critical decisions for the next growth phase, providing the board and management a shared governance framework to successfully navigate this period of expansion.