Bridging the Gap: How to Implement Corporate Strategy Throughout Your Organisation

Arkaro Insights

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The frustrating disconnect between corporate strategy and daily execution plagues countless B2B organisations. Despite investing heavily in strategic planning—the offsite meetings, consultant reports, data analysis—many companies struggle to translate carefully crafted visions into meaningful action. When only 28% of executives can name three strategic priorities (MIT Sloan Management Review), how can we expect frontline teams to implement effectively?
This strategy-execution gap manifests in diluted messaging as strategies cascade downward, functional silos developing as teams optimise their own operations without considering broader goals, and operational inefficiencies that ultimately stall organisational progress. Organisations typically attempt to bridge this divide through either traditional consulting (the "do-it-for-you" model) or facilitation (the "do-it-with-you" approach), but each has limitations when used alone.
What's needed is a structured framework connecting different levels of strategy throughout the organisation—this is where the emergent approach and nested strategy frameworks shine. A complete strategy isn't just about corporate-level objectives; it must provide clear direction for decision-making through four essential components: aspirations (defined targets), diagnosis (understanding current situations and bottlenecks), rules (real-time decision-making guidelines), and plans and metrics (progress tracking mechanisms).
The concept of nested strategy frameworks recognises that different parts of your business face unique challenges. While your overarching corporate strategy sets the general direction, each level develops its own focused framework that takes corporate goals as their North Star but addresses specific bottlenecks they face. For example, a chemical company focusing on specialty applications would see product management prioritising development resources toward specialty products, while regional sales builds relationships with technical decision-makers, and supply chain implements modular production capabilities—each supporting the main goal through team-specific decisions.
Arkaro's complementary facilitation approach enhances traditional consulting by focusing specifically on implementation—building lasting strategic capabilities within your team rather than delivering static plans. The result? Greater ownership, stronger alignment both horizontally across teams and vertically through the organisation, and ultimately more effective implementation that drives real results.
Visit arkaro.com to learn how we help B2B executives achieve better results through facilitated strategy development, or email Mark directly at [email protected] for a free consultation.

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Chapters

1. The Strategy-Implementation Disconnect (00:00:00)

2. Research Revealing Implementation Challenges (00:05:47)

3. Traditional Approaches to Strategy (00:10:40)

4. The Emergent Approach Framework (00:15:17)

5. Nested Strategy: Aligning All Levels (00:18:33)

6. Arkaro's Complementary Facilitation Approach (00:21:15)