Strategy International helps companies who want to improve their strategies, organizations and their people. Clients rely on us to be able to direct them to face the difficult facts about their business and industry and to be uncompromising in our insights and ideas.

Our clients expect us to be experienced and innovative in our approach as well as confidential. We focus on strategy, business plans and communications, culture, leadership and organizational design.

We approach problems from a top-down management perspective, with a deep empathy for management's dilemmas, and our primary goal is to change perceptions and achieve results.

Strategy International was established in 1993 and has grown to be a vibrant international associate network of highly skilled individuals in North America and Africa.

Our Philosophy

Work with Clients, Not for Them

We believe the true understanding about the business is with the client. We see our role as a catalyst to work with the management team and bring out the best in them. Working with our client involves client management in the process and engaged people become committed to the goals.

Strategy Is a Process and a Mindset - Not an Event or Document

We believe the end goal for strategy is not the fancy document but the results that come from people having the right conversations and sharing perceptions.

Build a 'Rich Context' of Information as a Stimulus

Markets always win - clients will judge who wins and we help our clients face the cruel facts early!

Make Honest Strategic Conversations™ Possible

Strategic Conversations and challenging observations are critical to achieving change and breaking 'lock-in'. People who voice the need for corporate change are often 'silenced' to maintain the 'group think'. Jack Welsh, former CEO of GE, said that a leader is easily surrounded by managers who tell him what they think he wants to hear. Different views and perspectives can be uncomfortable for leaders but it is often what is needed for survival. We bring outlier voices, views from the edges of the organisation, into the conversation. We also are experts at uncovering the right questions for strategic conversations.

Boost Corporate Control but also Effect Change

Leadership gives the command and control to an organisation but it also embodies corporate values and it is where change happens. We seek to help our clients manage their business, use the right controls but stay in control of the change in course.

Top Management View and Down

Our Client leverage is with senior management and as companies grow, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep a shared focus. We help top management get their strategic direction clear and get their teams aligned and motivated.

Serve as a Catalyst to our Clients to Improve their Long-Term Performance

It is very important to us that we push our clients to the frontiers of their business, places they would not reach without our committed work. We aspire to make a difference in our clients firms and the communities they serve.

Inspire Client Teams to Execute White-Hot Competitive Strategies

We help our clients gain group concensus on the strategic direction of their business. We know that a good idea is not worth anything unless action is taken.

Measure our Success by Client Satisfaction

Impact for our clients is the focus for our professional service firm. We learn from every assignment and we take client input very seriously. Maximum impact is our goal.

Create a Caring Environment for Talented People

In our professional service firm, we demand deep commitment from the individual to learn and be their best. This demanding, high pace can conflict with being a gentle, nurturing place but we strive to have coaching, support and communication at the heart of our business. We attract intelligent people who understand how to work independently and are motivated by challenging work.

Work with Values as our Compass

We want to be impeccable in our services and approach and we use our values to guide our decisions and client assignments. Our clients need to be comfortable that we act with integrity and put our values ahead of anything else when engaging in business.

• Provide professional services to business leaders.
• Focus on business strategy, people development and governance.
• Assist medium-sized firms and large corporate companies and their divisions.
• Be at the frontier of global trends.
• Motivate and inspire our clients to achieve profitable results.

• Confidentiality. We know our clients need to share with us their most strategic issues and their possible actions to take. It is critical that they know our consultants hold this information as private and do not speak about our clients or the assignment.
• Results-driven professional approach: We go to the edge for our clients with creativity, innovation and constant learning.
• Obsessed with adding high-impact value to our clients.
• Committed to our own people, helping our team achieve their best.
• Self-governing network and partnership where people take initiative.