Case Studies

Global Strategic Vision Development

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A consumer products company faced significant disruption following an underperforming acquisition, leadership gaps, and declining employee confidence. Catena Solutions partnered with the organization to rebuild alignment and create a global strategic vision that clarified priorities, strengthened leadership cohesion, and established a practical roadmap for execution. The engagement resulted in a focused strategy, clear ownership, and renewed momentum for the company’s next phase of growth.

Project at a Glance

• Unified global strategic vision developed to reset organizational direction
• Strategic pillars established to guide priorities & execution
• Brand portfolio evaluated to clarify roles, investment & resource allocation
• Acquired business repositioned within the company’s broader growth strategy
• Clear execution roadmap & ownership established across leadership

The Challenge: How Can Companies Rebuild Strategic Alignment After Business Disruption?

A consumer products company had been navigating a difficult year. A recently acquired business was underperforming, severely impacting financial expectations. The company also experienced two rounds of layoffs and a vacancy in the President role, leaving employees and leaders without clear direction.

Leadership struggled to unite disparate markets, allocate resources effectively, and establish a cohesive global strategy. Without alignment and clarity, the organization lacked the ability to move forward with confidence.

The Solution: How Did Catena Develop a Unified Global Strategic Vision?

Catena Solutions’ Strategy and Innovations Consultant facilitated the creation of a unified global strategic vision. To enable the leadership team to reset direction and reestablish focus, we:

• Conducted team building training to establish team trust
• Led the team through exercises to create a new strategic vision statement
• Brainstormed strategic pillars to help leadership achieve the newly created vision
• Drove an evaluation of brands within the existing portfolio, defining the role of each brand in achieving the vision
• Clearly defined the role of the acquired business in the company’s overall model
• Identified points of friction and led the team in solving for those
• Provided guidance for allocating resources among the company’s brands
• Identified challenges with processes and global alignment
• Optimized spending by analyzing the size and profit of each brand within the company
• Pushed the team to make tough decisions to create focus and enable successful execution

The Benefit: How Did a New Strategic Vision Create Clarity, Alignment & Momentum?

Our work brought benefits to the client that included:

• A newly created strategic vision
• A clear execution plan with next steps
• Ownership of the vision’s execution
• Guidance for the execution phase

Ready to create clarity and momentum for your organization? Contact us to explore how Catena Solutions can help.