Business Strategy
Strategy that survives contact with reality.
Executive strategy engagements that translate ambition into a defensible, sequenced plan — and a measurable execution roadmap.
What this engagement is.
SAZ business strategy work is built for operators. We diagnose the business honestly, model where growth is structurally available, and design a 24-month strategy with the financial, organizational, and operational moves required to win. The output is not a slide deck — it is a sequenced execution plan with owners, KPIs, and quarterly checkpoints.
What you should expect.
Outcome-led scoping — every engagement is measured against specific business outcomes.
- A clear, defensible market position and 24-month strategic plan
- Quantified growth bets with capital, talent, and timeline assumptions
- Operating model and accountability framework tied to outcomes
- Executive alignment across leadership, board, and investors
What the team brings.
Diagnostic & Discovery
Customer, competitor, financial, and operational diagnostic to surface the real constraints on growth.
Strategic Choice Modeling
Hypothesis-driven modeling of growth vectors, capital intensity, and risk-adjusted returns.
Operating Model Design
Org design, accountability framework, and decision rights aligned to the strategy.
Execution Architecture
Quarterly OKRs, scorecards, and review cadence so strategy actually ships.
How an engagement runs.
Diagnose
Two to four weeks of structured discovery with leadership, customers, and data.
Decide
Workshop strategic choices with leadership and stress-test against capital and capacity.
Design
Build the operating model, KPI architecture, and Q1–Q8 execution roadmap.
Deploy
Embed with the team for the first 90 days of execution to lock in cadence and results.
Questions buyers ask.
Business Strategy across Canada.
SAZ delivers this engagement across our Canadian footprint — from Vancouver to Halifax.
Engagements that pair with this.
Corporate Strategy
Where to play, how to win, and what to stop — across business units, geographies, and capabilities.
Revenue Strategy
Pricing, packaging, segmentation, and channel design that compounds revenue without compounding cost.
Growth Consulting
Diagnose growth constraints, design experiments, and build a durable growth engine.
Executive Consulting
A confidential, on-call advisory partnership for CEOs, founders, and senior executives.
Want to scope a Business Strategy engagement?
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