Overview
Amidst disruptive factors that business leaders need to contend with in today’s business landscape, such as new market entrants, digital disruption, regulation, and changing customer preferences and dynamics, the quest for sustainable growth has never been more critical. From a bottom line perspective, factors such as inflation, technology cost escalation, and increased personnel cost may decrease income and increase operational cost.
The Strategy& Fit for Growth (FFG) model offers a practical and structured approach to organisational transformation that is not merely about cost-cutting – but about strategically aligning resources to fuel sustainable growth.
This report provides views of strategic levers available to organisations to realise value and set direction for the long term sustainability and growth. We also share a case study to demonstrate how through our fit for growth strategy, have realised value and provided support to a global insurance broker in accelerating growth.
The five key areas Fit for Growth focuses on to enable sustainable growth include:
Strategy and way to play: Companies with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy don’t chase growth – they build a strategy around the few things they can do better than anyone else and ensure a right to win. It is for this reason that coherent companies are 3x as likely to grow faster and 2.5x as likely to be more profitable than the industry.
Build industry leading capabilities: Developing an objective, fact-based view of the required capabilities to win is key for achieving a competitive advantage.
Transform cost structures: The priority in reorganisation for growth is targeting resources where they can earn the best return, rather than just eliminating the cost in itself, without an understanding of the short and long term implications of its absence.
- Reorganise for growth: Brands and retailers who prioritise their operating model definition in parallel to roadmap development typically realise incremental benefits from their technology investments.
- Enable change and cultural evolution: Fit for Growth leverages organisation cultural traits, behaviours, and informal leadership elements to accelerate change that is in line with the organisation’s culture to maximise success.
Strategy& possesses global expertise in organisational strategy, structure, and cost and capability review and execution. These skills and expertise, paired with senior management’s intimate business knowledge and expertise, creates the opportunity to unlock true transformation and market leadership.
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Senior Manager | Strategy& Fit for Growth, Strategy& South Africa
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Senior Associate | Fit for Growth, Strategy& South Africa
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