<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822760545989688273</id><updated>2012-02-10T04:14:05.056-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Building a strategic LINE of SIGHT</title><subtitle type='html'>BUILDING A STRATEGIC LINE OF SIGHT to our stakeholders.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://buildingalineofsight.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3822760545989688273/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buildingalineofsight.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Steve Wells</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13951459892124904305</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LJaoalIx7r0/Sxzjf5jYFvI/AAAAAAAAASY/dyen1X4QoYU/S220/Steve+Pic+3.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3822760545989688273.post-5381926335451224163</id><published>2010-09-09T06:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T05:39:02.338-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Building a LINE of SIGHT between our stakeholders &amp; our strategy</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #45818e;"&gt;LINE of SIGHT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; model is designed to support collaborative conversations on how external environmental drivers impact our stakeholders and what that means for our own organisation’s strategy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LJaoalIx7r0/TIjfFa1S9gI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/BjfYUGPGxoc/s1600/LoS+Step+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LJaoalIx7r0/TIjfFa1S9gI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/BjfYUGPGxoc/s320/LoS+Step+2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;This conversation is about three things:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Thinking about our overall strategy and the implications for our business.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Considering the changes our stakeholders are experiencing and what that means to their relative importance on our future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;Thinking about which environmental factors are driving the focus of our most important stakeholders.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;There are four steps to the process:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(1) STRATEGY &amp;amp; DIRECTION&lt;/strong&gt; - address the organisational context we are operating within.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LJaoalIx7r0/TIjfNup-qTI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/Q2zVPM4Uq3M/s1600/LoS+Step+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LJaoalIx7r0/TIjfNup-qTI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/Q2zVPM4Uq3M/s320/LoS+Step+4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(2) STAKEHOLDERS&lt;/strong&gt; - who are the key stakeholders that are able to help or hinder achievement of our objectives?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(3) STAKEHOLDERS &amp;amp; ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS&lt;/strong&gt; - What are the most important forces that might be acting on stakeholders now and in the future?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(4) WHAT DOES OUR ENVIRONMENT MEAN TO OUR STRATEGY&lt;/strong&gt; - What do we believe the stakeholders value from their relationship with us, both now and in the future? And what do we need to do to deliver it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;To learn more about this tool or to arrange a discussion about how &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;LINE of SIGHT&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; can help your business / organisation, contact informing choices ltd by completing our simple &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.informingchoices.com/8.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;contact form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;You can also download more information &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.informingchoices.com/Los/LoSBrief.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Trebuchet MS&amp;quot;, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3822760545989688273-5381926335451224163?l=buildingalineofsight.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3822760545989688273/posts/default/5381926335451224163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3822760545989688273/posts/default/5381926335451224163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://buildingalineofsight.blogspot.com/2010/09/building-line-of-sight-between-our.html' title='Building a LINE of SIGHT between our stakeholders &amp; our strategy'/><author><name>Steve Wells</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13951459892124904305</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LJaoalIx7r0/Sxzjf5jYFvI/AAAAAAAAASY/dyen1X4QoYU/S220/Steve+Pic+3.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LJaoalIx7r0/TIjfFa1S9gI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/BjfYUGPGxoc/s72-c/LoS+Step+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
