16/5/2025

Five abilities and six key roles that bring strategy to reality

The five abilities that create the conditions for strategy to happen

For strategy to become more than a document and to navigate a complex and rapidly changing environment, it takes more than traditional governance. It's about building an organization that is mobile, collaborative and persistent — where strategy is translated into concrete change with pace and precision. The organization needs common capabilities that unite strategy, decision and implementation.

Here are the five key skills that create the conditions for real transformation:

1. Collaborative Leadership as a Foundation

Modern leadership is based on common principles, a strong culture and cross-functional collaboration. It enables faster and better decisions — where accountability and direction are created together, not in silos. This is where the power of real leadership arises.

2. Organizational Flexibility as an Enabler

Instead of slowing down change, structures and ways of working should accelerate it. Through dynamic teams, adaptable roles and scalable processes, an organization is built that can both respond to today's needs and quickly transition to the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow.

3. Value-Driven Governance as a Steering Mechanism

Away from detail management — in with governance that focuses on results, impacts and actual value creation. Dynamic planning and measurable linkage to strategic objectives create a governance model that steers in the right direction — without slowing the power of innovation.

4. Digital Excellence as an Accelerator

Digital maturity is not a function — it is a mindset. By using technology as a strategic lever, we can accelerate development, drive innovation, and create an organization that learns, adapts and grows with change.

5. Resilient Engagement as a Driver of Sustainable Change

Change is not a point effort -- it's a movement. By shifting change management from individual projects to a company-wide capability, sustainable engagement is built, where people are not tired of change, but driven by it.

Through the 5 abilities, power is released that enables a process in which strategy and roadmap are continuously adapted to changing world conditions. We call the process Align to Vision. In the service Enable Business Agility We will guide you to build the 5 skills ---- Read more about our [services]

Six key roles — an ecosystem for real change

Abilities create no value without smart use and effective collaboration. We have identified six key roles — strategic responsibility perspectives that clarify, direct and drive the power of the five competencies and create An ecosystem of modern governance.

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