Define Your Strategy

Set the Strategy

Once you have visualized your business model and designed compelling services, it’s time to put your strategic building blocks in place. It’s time to flesh out the business model and make important decisions.

Resourcing your Strategy:

  • Attract the right people
  • Skill set building
  • Providing the right tools
  • Partner up
  • Review your process

Process Creates the Plan

Just as every good strategy has some key elements, every good plan needs a process; in fact, the process is often just as important as the plan itself. 

Key Elements in a Good Strategy Normally Incorporate:

  1. Vision
  2. Values
  3. Objectives - short and long term
  4. KPIs
  5. Actions
  6. Owners
  7. Deadlines

It doesn’t need to be much more complicated than that, but do invest time and effort in doing this right. 

Make sure your objectives are clear and specific. Include actions, responsibilities and deadlines.

Scaling your Virtual CFO Services with Spotlight

Spotlight Reporting is designed by accountants for accountants. The tool was created to empower you to do work of value and purpose for clients. Spotlight reports are designed to encourage the Accountant to advise, to move from being a recorder of past events to being an architect of future events.

By using Spotlight you can analyze and visualize key client data, alongside your interpretation, guidance and recommendations - you will have engaged clients who view you as their trusted advisor.

Onion Rings of Opportunity

A number of great advisory services can be built around the client, opportunities beyond reporting. Which allows you to add depth and scale. 

Service opportunities that can be incorporated into your cadence of client activity:

  1. Annual strategic planning (facilitated by you).
  2. Annual budget and cashflow forecasting (scenario planning too).
  3. Annual KPI setting (and periodic monitoring of).
  4. Monthly or bi-monthly advisor meetings (present your Spotlight Report, provide advice, evaluate opportunities and threats, and listen to the customer).
  5. Monthly or bi-monthly calls or coffee meetings with the key decision maker to nudge onwards towards agreed milestones, or to keep the finger on the pulse.
  6. Quarterly projects (process review, financing, policies review, software implementation, strategy overhaul, growth/ profit, people review, mentoring).

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Series Modules

Set Your Own Killer KPIs
Set Your Own Killer KPIs
Define Your Strategy
Define Your Strategy
Resource your Human Capital
Resource your Human Capital
Hiring the Best Talent
Hiring the Best Talent
Spotlight Champions
Spotlight Champions
Best Practice: Report Preparation
Best Practice: Report Preparation
Best Practice: Cashflow Forecasting
Best Practice: Cashflow Forecasting
How to Run the Perfect Advisory Meeting
How to Run the Perfect Advisory Meeting