Small business planning that gets results

Practical operational planning for smaller businesses

If you feel the usual strategic planning methodology might be too complex for your business, yet you still want an actionable whole-of-business plan to achieve future growth, our Business Success Ecosystem framework is for you.

From studying many business operations Vectis founder Stuart Ayling developed the Business Success Ecosystem as a practical action-oriented approach to identify, develop and implement effective business improvement initiatives.

We know this is an area that many external consultants find hard to manage. Why? Because they operate as an ‘external consultant’! They don’t spend the time nor get involved deeply enough to really understand the people and what happens inside the business.

We go beyond standard business plan thinking

Importantly, our approach goes well beyond standard business planning thinking. We also consider areas such as the learning and development plan for your team, knowledge management, risk analysis and more.

Devising a plan based on assuming all will proceed smoothly is easy. However in most cases implementation, even when well planned, is not always easy. It usually evolves over time as your team takes action, improves the operations of the business, solves problems and learns how to do things differently.

And this is all perfectly normal, it’s the Plan-Do-Check-Adapt cycle in action. That’s why clear guidance and regular management of the implementation process is essential.

Our key difference:

We make things happen! The focus of our work is on helping you achieve the improvements you need in your business, not just making a plan. As a result of this, we work very closely with you and your team to facilitate the process of change. We strive to understand what drives your business from the inside, and we stay with you over time to guide the implementation process and hold you and your team accountable for your commitments.

Effectively realign your business to manage growth

When a business is undergoing significant growth, or is planning to do so, the whole business should be under the microscope to ensure revenue is achieved, costs are contained, and the team is highly engaged and productive.

Our process ensures that together we:

• Understand what really should be focused on, not what is assumed, or what is someone’s pet project.
• Identify the best actions to fast track business improvements while maintaining or raising standards within your business.
• Incorporate feedback from your team and other stakeholders to ensure everyone is supportive of the direction, feels valued, and is onboard with their role in the process.
• Document and implement appropriate systems within the business to drive your success.
• Create effective reporting processes, and train the team where needed, to ensure appropriate communication is taking place and everyone is appropriately accountable for the outcomes they influence.
• Create clear guidance for business leaders so they can manage their team with confidence.

Deep, impactful business outcomes

Our work with clients is deep and impactful. From experience we see our process can identify many improvements that may be actioned quickly, while other changes often take 3, 6, or maybe 12 months to achieve. During those months the goal is to work through a prioritised list of actions to implement the most appropriate initiatives for the business.

Realigning mindset, values, culture and vision

Additionally, and maybe more importantly, as a result of this process there is a change in mindset among the whole team, including managers, that realigns everyone with the vision, values and objectives so they can be lived within the business every day.

Would you like to know more about effective operational planning for your business?

Request a free consultation to explore your options.