telstra & tee ann. now out., page-13

interesting.... Found this interview from Digital Investor website....

http://www.digitalinvestor.com.au/html/default.asp

Testimonial - Chairman Tele-IP Ltd

"During September 2005 Walter Adamson conducted an internal review of our strategic planning processes, and ran a one-day workshop for Tele IP Board and management. The review was timely, as we had just completed a capital-raising and acquisition of two new businesses.

Before the meeting Walter interviewed several Board members and management from the merged companies, and brought to the Strategic Planning review a fresh perspective on several issues confronting the new integrated business.

We were able to accomplish far more during the one-day session than I had considered possible. We came away from the review meeting with a clear commitment to the development of company and individual key performance targets and progress indicators, and a healthy enthusiasm for executing the next sequential steps in developing our plans of execution.

I found the exercise to be very well structured, reflecting Walter's considerable professional experience in formulating and implementing strategic planning processes. These relied on his substantial industry-background experience, and his technical knowledge of the contemporary challenges facing integrated telecommunications service providers.

The exercise was thoroughly professional, cost-effective, and of great personal benefit to the individuals concerned. Tele-IP now has a sophisticated working model of evolving business planning and strategic planning development."

Colin Adam
Chairman of the Board, Tele-IP Ltd

The History

Tele-IP had recently acquired two companies of roughly equal size each and doing so had tripled the size of the business.

The Challenge

The challenge was how to get a firm grip on the current combined capabilities and competencies, and how to form a coherent new strategic intent, and to move towards it in a measured way. Walter Adamson was selected to take the Board and Senior Management Team through that process.

The Solution

The first step was to interview management;
The second step was to adapt a proven process (see our ABCD business reinvention methodology);
The third step was to run a day-long workshop and to identify the business priorities and how they would be measured in a drive towards the new strategic intent, and to lay out the mission, and objectives, and the contents of a balanced scorecard; and,
The fourth step was to develop Key Result Areas related to the business priorities and the objectives, to develop appropriate strategies and actions, and to incorporate these into a broader framework for a draft strategic plan and framework.
The Outcome

A substantial Strategic Plan was developed with a sound framework and allowing for gaps in content to be completed by the Board and Executive but on the other hand containing highly relevant industry and business input as added value beyond the Workshop. A framework for a Business Plan, Marketing Plan, Sales Plan, People Plan, and Finance and Capital Plan was also outlined.


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