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Rodney Nelson M.A. C.Dir.
CEO and Principal of Governance
The Global Governance Group613-422-1295
Department of Canadian Studies
Carleton University
Lessons in Business Strategy Planning
Aboriginal Entrepreneurs ConferenceOttawa, 2011
Anishinabe
1. Strategic overview for business2. Planning and models3. Successes 4. Aboriginal business and traditions
Outline
"More of our youth are taking an interest in business, which is good to see. It is important for them to approach business from an understanding of the teachings and a good knowledge of who they are as Aboriginal people."
Elder Jim AlbertAlgonquin
Corporate Strategy
The overall scope and direction of a corporation and the way in which its various business operations work together to achieve particular goals. (Business Dictionary, 2011)
• Strategy is that which top management does that is of great importance to the organization.
• Strategy refers to basic directional decisions, that is, to purposes and missions.
• Strategy consists of the important actions necessary to realize these directions.
• Strategy answers the question: What should the organization be doing?
• Strategy answers the question: What are the ends we seek and how should we achieve them?George Steiner, a professor of management, The California Management Review
Who needs strategy and why?
• Any business large or small should have a strategic plan• Provides reassurance to investors• Clarifies operations to employees• Monitors performance• Reduces risks• Maintains vision
Dr. Chris Bart, Degroot School of Business
Strategy/ Planning
• Responsibility to the business and its investors
• Align other strategies with the corporate strategy
• Articulate activities• Measure the outcomes• Responsibility to the
employees/ community
Strategy and The Board of Directors
Canadian Securities Commission’s National Policy 58-201 — Corporate Governance Guidelines
Board Mandate: “The Board should adopt a written mandate in which it explicitly acknowledges responsibility for the stewardship of the issuer, including responsibility for… (b) adopting a strategic planning process and approving, on at least an annual basis, a strategic plan which takes into account, among other things, the opportunities and risks of the business”
Questions a Board Should Ask
• Is the strategy of the organization shared by all?• Does the strategy have or support the vision and
mission?• Does the strategy contain the corporate values?• Has the organization been realigned to support the
strategy?• Has there been a risk assessment of the plan?
• Are there any monitoring mechanisms to evaluate the strategy in place?
Internal Factors
• SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) in attaining the strategy
• Customer satisfaction• Employee satisfaction• Recruitment, retention and release• Measurement for employee performance in relation
to the strategy• Succession planning• Resistance to change
External Factors
• Fiscal analysis and reality• Political, economic, technological and social factors
that may impede the business• Customer market research• Benchmarking against the industry• Differentiation of product/ service analysis• Supplier chain and dependency• Growth/ demand analysis• Competitive analysis
Traditional Knowledge and Governance
Traditional guidance to strategy
• Seven generations philosophy• Tipi teachings• Medicine wheel• Sacred fires teachings• Turtle Island legend• Legend of Sky Woman• Totem poles• Long house teachings
In everything we do we must consider the impact
on the next seven generations
Wilfred Peltier, OdawaWikwemikong, Manitoulin Island
Traditions
Land
Family
EldersOral History
Community
Creator
Mother Earth
Ancestors
Children AnimalsPlants
Spirituality
The People
Corporate secret
• Strategy is key to all these organizations• Vision, Mission and Values all play a role• Inclusive strategic session
Sec
ret
Hire new
International
BusinessRecognition
PartnershipwithDMG
Market testresonator
Buy new
office
space
Buy out competition 1) Red Works Ltd.2) F.R.M.3) Objex
Increase sales!
Hire help!
New people
reduce our overhead
Get a point of sale system
Find a new SupplierFor ADMT fixer
Expand to Toronto and Montreal markets
Increase employeeSatisfactio
n and retention
Reduce bad press!
Create conflict of interest policyVisions to Actions
Values Exercise
Strategic Planning Exercise
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Anishinabe
Rodney Nelson M.A. C.Dir.
CEO and Principal of Governance
The Global Governance Group613-422-1295
Department of Canadian Studies
Carleton University
