Publications
MEDIA RELEASE: Right Lane becomes first Australian management consulting firm to become foundation owned and controlled and appoints new CEO
Melbourne-based management consulting firm Right Lane Consulting has appointed Chiara Lawry as its new CEO, while at the same time becoming the first privately owned Australian management consulting firm, and possibly the first for-profit company in Australia, to restructure into a foundation owned and controlled company.
Strategic thinking before strategic planning – know where to start and where to finish
Dr Marc Levy – May 2016
A strategy without a plan is too conceptual. A plan without a strategy is hollow. What is your strategy and what does it mean for what you are actually going to do?
This article outlines how timeless strategic questions (strategic thinking) should be satisfactorily answered ‘upstairs’ before clients move ‘downstairs’ to strategic planning.
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It all starts with an idea
David Hershan – May 2016
How to run a regular ideation process to stay relevant and remain at the forefront of your industry. An approach that we regularly employ to obtaining and extending the best internal thinking is to run ideation sessions as part of the regular strategic and business planning cycle.
Ideation sessions push participants to engage in future horizon thinking. In particular, to ensure you are staying ahead of disruptive forces and leveraging shifts in technology, consumer behaviour and government policy for your organisation’s gain.
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Preparing for the vision discussion
Debbie Williams and Zoe Pappas – May 2016
Asking boards and executive teams to articulate the change they want to see in the world and the distinctive role their organisation will play in creating that change brings a vision discussion back to what really matters and leads to outcomes that teams feel passionate about. Gaining broad input – for example, from staff and customers – can enrich the thinking.
Cascading strategy – options for alignment
Dr Marc Levy – May 2016
Cascading managers’ strategies is a useful exercise to promote alignment, but there are many approaches and no dominant paradigm for doing it.
We recommend approaching cascading in a stepwise fashion; keeping it simple; and building interrelated logic, systems and processes over time as the value becomes evident and the organisation’s appetite for alignment grows.
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Make informed decisions in the absence of a fact base
Brad McSwain
Right Lane explains how to confidently make informed decision in the absence of a deep fact base.
The great business model disruption
David Hershan – June 2015
This five part framework is an enabler for organisations to change their business models to withstand the impending disruption.
Create compelling company statements
Dr Marc Levy and Zoe Pappas – June 2015
We have developed a new approach for our social sector clients to help conceptualise and articulate a galvanising vision and mission.
Where to play and how to win: An approach to strategic thinking
Dr Marc Levy – June 2015
This approach to strategic thinking gives rise to interesting, engaging and ultimately useful; strategic discussions at the executive team and board level
Top team off the beam? Engaging the ‘all officers group’
Dr Marc Levy – December 2014
All officers groups, or senior leadership teams, are a feature of most organisations. This article explains how to establish direction and focus for this group to get the most out of it.
Entry points to strategy
Dr Marc Levy and Brad McSwain – December 2014
There are numerous entry points that can be used to develop strategy and to test the robustness of strategy over time. This article suggests a way to benefit from taking multiple perspectives.