Off-Site Strategy Session Facilitation
Innovation Process Management
M&A Product Management Due Diligence
Go to Market Strategy
Fractional Chief Product Officer
Product Strategy
Product Team Coaching
Change Management
Technical Documentation Tools and Process
Sales Enablement Tools and Process
Content Analysis and Publishing Automation
Semantic Content for AI and Chatbots
You Need to Ensure Your Team Focuses On The Most Impactful Changes to Achieve The Best Results
The entire company must understand what they are trying to achieve. Goals are clear, measurable, and set the context for how each employee will prioritize their work. Its best to focus on 2-3 Goals per year. Getting your leadership to agree to goal definitions is the hard part!
Strategies are the big-picture how do we achieve our goals? Well defined strategies include the expected impact on the goal. Most Companies or Business Units can handle 5-7 new strategies per year.
From change management to daily operations, everyday work is tactical. Understanding who/what/when/why of changes to business-as-usual execution requires clearly-defined, actionable tactics which require an owner to manage, execution steps and target timelines, consumption of resources and costs, and will produce measurable results.
Sourcing and Selecting Ideas for Innovation Should Utilize Well-Defined, Repeatable Processes That Must Include Frequent Market Validation
From small improvements to major investments, innovation should not be an individual whim. 65% of New Products fail. 50% of Startups fail in the first 5 years. All of them started with a "Good Idea." A lack of early and frequent market validation leads to over-building, underpricing, not optimizing market segments, and missing opportunities
It isn't enough to ask, "do you like this?" Customer "likes" are not equal to customer dollars. You must ask, "what would you pay for this?" Asking this in direct and indirect ways can reduce the risk of building a good idea that will not achieve sustainable revenue.
Product Management Leadership and Coaching, M&A Product Due Diligence, Document and Content Management
Prioritization is the fundamental key to good product management. The highest priority for product leader is isn't as many features as possible but to build as little as possible to achieve the business goals.
Is your team prioritizing for optimal business results? Does your product scale for your customers needs?
From Strategic to Private Equity, due diligence processes frequently skip product management and focus on financials and technology only.
Is pricing optimized? Is tech debt causing excess costs? Has the target market segments been well defined and successfully targeted?
The hidden costs of inefficient document processes in product marketing, sales enablement, and technical documentation can block sales, cause customer churn, and create legal concerns.
Is your team's content processes optimized and automated for componentized, multi-channel publishing and delivery?
Through years of experience, Consultavation can provide management boosts in many areas including the following
Have you acquired a company and need a fresh perspective for Product Leadership? Need help prioritizing technical and quality debt against new features? Need a plan for moving from legacy software to the fundamentals of Cloud SaaS scalability?
No one likes to change software tools and processes because the learning new tools requires learning its faults and workarounds. Yet, new tools and processes can enhance productivity once the transition is complete. Is your team struggling to accept change?
